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- Bangalore Arrival - Bangalore
(2 nights) - Mysore (2
nights) - Ooty (3 nights) - Kodaikanal
(2 nights) Highlight
- This
is a short-break Tourist Itinerary for visiting Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty and
Kodaikanal. This
is extension of a very popular old-timer summer circuit of Bangalore-Mysore-Ooty.
Idea here is to enjoy good weather with an option to do some
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Recommended Itinerary (can be customised as
per guest preferences)
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Day 1:
Arrive Bangalore - Arrive Bangalore Railway
station/ airport and transfer to hotel. Rest day at leisure.
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Day 2: Bangalore
- After breakfast, proceed for half day sightseeing tour
visiting visit the
Vidhan Soudha or the State Secretariat, Cubbon Park, The Government Museum of
Bangalore (one of India's oldest museums)
and the Visvesvaraya Technological and Industrial Museum, The Lal Bagh Botanical
Gardens, Tipu Sultan's Fort and Palace. Afternoon at leisure to explore the
city.
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Day 3: Bangalore
-Mysore (approx 145 kms / 3 hrs) - After early breakfast, depart
by surface to Mysore (approx 145 kms / 3 hrs) enroute visiting Srirangapatnam,
Ranganathaswamy
Temple, Tippu’s Palace, Fort, Gumbaz, Tippu’s Summer Palace Arrive
Mysore and directly proceed for sightseeing tour of Mysore visiting Mysore
Palace, Chamundi Hill.
Later check-in at hotel. Evening
visit Brindavan Garden & Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (Boat
ride around bird nests).
Overnight at hotel
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Day 4: Mysore
- After
early breakfast, proceed for
full day excursion to Sravanbelagola (approx 2 ˝ hrs) Visit
Jain temple- atop of the hill with five hundred steps cut out of rock lead to
the summit and the colossal statue of Lord Gomateswara, which is 1705 meters
high. It is nearly eighteen hundred years old.
Later,
proceed to visit Hoysala Temples
of Halebid & Belur Visit the Hoysaleshwar temple at Halebid which is
the most outstanding example if Hoysala art. At Belur, visit the Channekeshava
temple is the only one at the three Hoysala sites still in daily use. Late
evening return back to hotel in Mysore.
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Day 5: Mysore -Ooty
(approx 130 kms / 3.5 hrs) - After
breakfast travel to Ooty via Bandipur and Mudumalai forests (enroute you may be
able to spot some Deers and even Elephant herds !).
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Day
6: Ooty - After
breakfast, day free to explore the area. There are view points, Lake
(boating), Rose Garden. Number of Bollywood and South Indian movies were
shot here and several points are now visited by tourists for the same.
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Day 7
: Day excursion to nearby plantations. Coonoor is one of the
popular area to visit and there are number of view points.
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Day
8: Ooty - Kodaikanal (approx 265 kms / 7 hrs) -
After breakfast, depart by surface to Kodaikanal.
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Day 9: Kodaikanal - After breakfast, day free to explore the region. There is
lake (Boating), View points and area looks and feel like an idyllic hill
station.
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Day 10: Kodaikanal - Coimbatore (approx
175
kms / 4 hrs) - After breakfast, morning at leisure.
12:00 hrs check-out and transfer to Coimbatore airport
Seasonality
- Oct-March is better time for Bangalore. Ooty is good Oct-Nov and March-May
period. Otherwise Oct-May is a good time for
this itinerary. Access
: Bangalore is an International airport and a major railhead. Coimbatore is
connected with most major cities in India by train or air.
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