Suggested Tailor Made Itinerary
By Rice Boat on the Backwaters of Kerala - 18 days
India
India has a split personality: worlds away from the hustle and bustle of the busy north, the south offers you the most serene of experiences. Life here is extremely relaxed amid a landscape of lush green palms and paddies which thrive on plentiful rain. No sojourn in India is complete without a visit to a tea garden and a national park. You visit both, roving north to Nagarhole National Park, which borders Kerala and once encompassed forest reserved for the Maharajah, and climbing the steep hair-pin bends to the old British capital at Ooty before embarking on a private rice boat journey in Kerala’s backwaters.
Day 1: Fly to Chennai (Madras)
Day 2: Chennai
Day 3: Drive to the unusual shore temples of Mahabalipuram
Day 4: Visit Kanchipuram, ‘The golden city of a thousand temples’.
Day 5: Fly to Bangalore, the garden city, and drive on to Mysore
Day 6: Visit Mysore’s glittering palace lit by 50,000 bulbs and breathe in the aromas of sandalwood and incense
Day 7: Drive to Nagarhole National Park
Days 8&9: Nagarhole
Day 10: Drive to Ooty, the old British capital
Day 11: Ooty
Day 12: Drive to Cochin, ancient trading port
Day 13: Cochin’s Chinese fishing nets and introduction to ‘The Backwaters’
Day 14: Join your private Keralan Rice Boat, complete with staff
Day 15: Rice boat
Day 16: Drive Kumarakom
Day 17: Fly to Mumbai (Bombay)
Day 18: Fly to London
Prices vary according to the final itinerary – please contact us for more details.
