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Overview: A fabulous on the go experience
Whenever you visit South India, an excellent Cultural impression. This tour is a perfect mix of Cities and landscapes. On this journey, you will travel across the cities Bangalore & Mysore. Bangalore is known for its hi-tech industry, parks and nightlife & Mysore is known for fertile plains, Beautiful Palace, amazing Gardens and Monuments. This tour is complemented with Ooty – The Queen of the Hill Stations. This fantastic place is in the Nilgiri hills. Which are glisteningly green throughout the year. You will certainly have the ‘time of your life’ when you visit hill stations and dwell for some time amidst serene landscapes.
In this 7 days tour, we will cover many tourist attractions in “The Garden City”, Bangalore, many monuments and places worth visiting in Mysore, and vantage points in Ooty. In Bangalore, our tour representative will lead you to one of the oldest botanical garden, the Lalbagh gardens, along with the Bangalore Palace, Visvesvaraya Technical museum and some more places. As we proceed to Mysore, we will stop by Srirangapatna for visiting Dariya, Daulat Bagh, and gumbaz in addition to a fort and a temple. In Mysore along with the must-visit Jagmohan
Palace & Vrindavan Gardens, we shall visit many other places of your interest. Which can be Chamundi Hill, Big Bull, the zoo, St. Philomena’s Church and Devraja Market. On our way to Ooty, you will enjoy exciting wildlife safari at Bandipur National Park. Later, along this route, we shall take brief halts at some worth watching sites. Once you are in the Queen of Hill stations – Ooty, you shall have many experiences to choose from. Our tour representative will guide your activities as per your interest.
NOTE: The tour can be further customized as per the interests of the traveller. Please free to write to us to know more options and special interest tours.
Note: The tour can be customized further with the interest of the traveller. Please do write to us to know more options and special interest tours.
On Arrival in Bangalore Airport / Bangalore Railway station. You will be received by a member of our local team. Or an appointed driver who will take care of your transfer and check-in at the hotel. Pickup from arrival Transfer to hotel after lunch proceed for sightseeing. Bangalore – lies in the southeast of Karnataka at an average elevation of 920 m (3,018 ft). Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India because of its position as the nation’s leading IT exporter. Another of its nicknames is “The Garden City”. That’s thanks to many local parks, along with pink cassias, golden acacias, and jacarandas which bloom throughout the city. During the sightseeing tour, we shall visit Lalbagh Gardens, Bangalore Palace, Visvesvaraya Technical museum and drive past some essential sites of Bangalore.
Stay: Bangalore.
After breakfast, check out and proceed to Mysore. Mysore is the erstwhile capital of Wodeyars, the rulers of Mysore state. The Wodeyar family ruled Mysore since 14th century except for a short period of 40 years when Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan were the rulers. Mysore has never failed to mesmerize the tourists with its quaint charm, rich heritage, magnificent palaces, beautifully laid-out gardens, imposing buildings, broad shady avenues and sacred temples. The appeal leaves no one untouched. EN-route we halt at Srirangapatna to visit Dariya, Daulat bagh, gumbaz, fort and Temple and leave for Mysore. On arrival, we do check into the hotel and in the evening visit the famous Brindavan Garden.
Travel Time: 3h25m
After breakfast, Proceed to sightsee. Mysore traces its history into the mythological books where there is a reference of Mahishasur (Mahishasura) or the buffalo-headed demon king who is believed to have lived here. Goddess Chamundeshwari of Chamundi Hills killed this demon and hence the Dussehra, the festival of the victory of good over evil is celebrated with unprecedented grandeur. Today, the whole day to explore Mysore. We shall visit Maharaja’s Palace, Chamundi Hill, Big Bull, St.Philomena’s Church, Jagan Mohan Palace (Art Gallery) and Zoo.
Stay: Mysore.
After an early breakfast, your spectacular road journey starts for Blue mountain hills. By noon arrival in Ooty, the Queen of Hill stations snuggled in the Nilgiri mountains and popularly known as Ooty. In 1821, A Britisher Mr John Sullivan discovered Ooty. The sheer opulence of this dreamy city is enough to drain anyone out. En-route we visit some incredible places… Bandipur National Park Safari, Needle Rock View Point, Pykara Boat House, 9th Mile Shooting Point. Later proceed to Ooty. On arrival, check into the hotel. Evening you can spend at Ooty lake.
After breakfast, Proceed to Coonoor. It is probably the second most popular hill station in the Nilgiris. The hill station stands at the height of 1839 meters and is known for its great picnic spots and picturesque surroundings. Coonoor is also famous for tea gardens and tea factories. During this tour, we see some beautiful vantage points… Sims Park, Lams Park, Dolphin Nose, Tea Garden, Tea Factory, Ooty Botanical Garden, Ooty Rose Garden and Doddabetta Peak. In the evening, return to the hotel.
Stay: Ooty.
After breakfast rest of the day to relax and unwind in “The Queen of Hill stations”.OR you can go for an, leisurely walk around Ooty to see the landscape. Ooty is marked by rolling hills covered with dense vegetation, smaller hills and plateaus covered with tea gardens, and eucalyptus trees.
Stay: Ooty.
After breakfast, check out & proceed for Coimbatore (85 km) Rly station / Airport to leave for the hometown. Tour concludes.
