Kerala with Taj Mahal
      Duration : 13 Nights / 14 Days
      
Destinations Covered : Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Delhi - Chennai - 
      Trivandrum - Cochin - Periyar - Madurai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram - 
      Chennai 
      
      
      
Day 01: Arrival at Delhi
      Company representatives will receive you on arrival at the international 
      airport in Delhi late in the night or midnight. Transfer to your hotel. 
      Relax. Overnight will be at Delhi. 
      
      
Day 02: Delhi
      Breakfast will be at the hotel. Start a full-day tour of Old and New Delhi. 
      Proceed to see the DANCES OF INDIA show in the evening. Overnight will be 
      at Delhi. 
      
      Day 03: Delhi - Agra 
      Start for Agra early in the morning after breakfast. En-route you will visit 
      the SIKANDRA. Check in at hotel. Overnight will be at Agra. 
      
      
Day 04: Jaipur 
      Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. Relax in the evening or visit the markets. 
      Overnight will be at Jaipur. 
      
      
Day 05: Jaipur - Delhi 
      After leisurely breakfast proceed for shopping. 
      
      Leave for Delhi after lunch. Reach Delhi and you will be transferred to 
      airport for flight with sweet memories of India after FAREWELL DINNER. 
      
      Day 06: Delhi - Chennai
      Transfer to hotel Le Meridien (near the airport) 
      
      
Day 07: Chennai - Trivandrum 
      Transfer to Somatheeram Ayurvedic Resort 
      
      
Day 08: Ayurvedic Beach Resort 
      Relax and enjoy the facilities at the resort including private beach, yoga, 
      massage, nature walks, classical music and dance programs on open-air stage, 
      visits to local traditional village. 
      
      
Day 09: Backwaters of Kerala
      From the resort drive to the pier to board a private rice boat (70 kms/2 
      hrs drive) and then cruise through the narrow canals and wide lakes enjoying 
      the scenic natural beauty -- coconut trees, rice patties, small villages.Meals 
      and overnight on houseboats. 
      
      
Day 10: Backwaters - Cochin 
      Morning relax on houseboat, after lunch drive to Cochin 65 Kms/ 1 1/12 hrs.), 
      transfer to hotel. Taj Mallabar Hotel, overlooking the harbor, sea facing 
      rooms. 
      
      
Day 11: Cochin 
      Full day sighseeing: palaces, museums. Enjoy a Kathakali dance performance 
      at Cochin Cultural Center, arriving by 5 pm to watch the make-up. Dinner 
      at traditional Kerala restaurant. Taj Mallabar Hotel 
      
      
Day 12: Periyar 
      Periyar Wild life Sanctuary Home to bison, antelopes, sambars, wild boars, 
      monkeys, langurs, a wide variety ofbirds, and some 750 elephants. Game 
      viewing by private motor-boat in the evening, (the best time to see wild 
      life). Hotel Taj Garden Retreat 
      
      
Day 13: Periyar - Madurai
      Relax at Periyar in the morning. In afternoon, drive to Madurai (135 kms./ 
      4hrs. drive), "The Temple City of India." Evening relaxed overview 
      of the city, independent strolling. Hotel Taj Garden Retreat in Madurai, 
      cottages. 
      
      
Day 14: Madurai 
      Full day sighseeing: Sri Meenakshi Temple, Tirumalai Nayak Palace, Tiruparankundram 
      (rock-cut)Temple, Alagarkoil Temple Evening fly Madurai-Madras dep 19:40 
      arr 20:30 arr. OR 20:40 dep.-21:30 arr. Hotel Taj Garden Retreat 
      
      
Day 15: Madras 
      Full day sightseeing of Madras: Kapaleeshwarar Temple, San Thome Cathedral, 
      Sri Parthasarathy Temple, Fort St. George, the Marina. Hotel Taj Coromandel, 
      superior room 
      
      
Day 16: Drive to Kanchipuram 
      Visit temples of Kanchipuram enroute to Mahabalipuram. Kailasanatha Temple, 
      Vaikunta Perumal Temple, Sri Ekambaranathar Temple, Kamakshi Amman Temple, 
      Devarajaswami Temple. On arrival in Mahabalipuram transfer to Hotel FishermanÕs 
      Cove. 
      

      Day 17: Mahabalipuram 
      Morning relax; afternoon sightseeing: Five Rathas, Shore Temple, ArjunaÕs 
      Penance, Mandapams, Krishna Mandapam. 
      
      
Day 18: Madras
      Relax in the morning. Late afternoon drive back to Madras (80kms./2hrs. 
      drive). Transfer to international airport for flight home.