Welcome to Mumbai.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2 Mumbai
Morning boat ride to Elephanta Caves.
Afternoon half-day sightseeing tour of Mumbai including Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Hanging Gardens and Prince of Wales Museum.
Mumbai - The Indian film city is famous for Gateway of India built in 1911 to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary for the Delhi Durbar. Prince of Wales Museum exhibits antique articles of art, sculpture, china, rare coins, weaponry and miniatures. Kamala Nehru Park and Hanging Gardens are cool while Marine Drive is the hip-hop area of the town with thee top-notch night life.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 3 Aurangabad
Flight to Aurangabad.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 4 Ajanta Caves
Excursion trip to Ajanta Caves.
Ajanta Caves - The world heritage site, Ajanta caves has 30 Caves dating back from 200 BC to 250 AD. Cut out from volcanic rocks of Deccan India, they are located in the forest ravines of the Sahyadri Hills. Two basic types of monastic Buddhist architecture that can be seen Ajanta are the Chaityas (rayer halls) and Viharas (monasteries). While Mahayana sex related edifices have religious imagery, Hinayana sect have theirs plain and stark.
Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 5 Ellora Caves
Morning excursion tour of Ellora Caves featuring Kailash Temple.
Evening transfer to Hyderabad via overnight train.
Day 6 Hyderabad
Welcome to Hyderabad.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Sightseeing tour of the city including Charminar, Salarjung Museum and markets of Hyderabad.
Day 7 Golconda
Excursion tour to Golconda Fort.
Overnight stay at Hyderabad.
Day 8 Chennai
Morning flight to Chennai.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Half-day sightseeing tour of Chennai including Dakshin Chitra.
Chennai - Apart from the lazy stroll at Marina Beach, the second longest beach in the world, where you enjoy the playfulness of the seas and the sands and a look at the archaeological section and bronze gallery of the Museum, you also visit Lord Shiva's temple built in Dravidian architectural style known as Kapaleeshwar Temple.
Day 9 Mahabalipuram & Kancheepuram
Excursion tours to Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.
Mahabalipuram - An open stone art gallery, Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram is world famous for its shore temples. The artwork here can be divided into following categories - stone sculptures strewn around in the open, structured and chariot-shaped temples and artificial caves cut out from rocks. However, the highlight of the city is the Shore Temple on the beach.
Kanchipuram - Popularly known as the city of thousand temples, it is one of the seven most sacred Hindu pilgrimage centers. The highlights are the 108 Shaiva temples, 18 Vaishnava temples and Adi Shankararchya's Ashram. This small town is also famous for its thriving handloom and cotton industry and silk weavers known for their skills in producing best silk sarees in the entire country.
Overnight stay at Chennai
Day 10 Mysore
Morning transfer Mysore via train.
Welcome to Mysore.
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 11 Belur & Halebid
Excursion trip to Belur and Halebid. Visit the the Chennakesava Temple at Belur and Shiva Temple at Halebid.
Overnight stay at Mysore.
Day12 Mysore
Sightseeing tour of the city including Maharaja Palace, Art Gallery and Chamundi Hills and visit Chamundeshwari Temple and Nandi Bull.
Mysore - Often known as City of Palaces, lavish Mysore Palace was built in 1912 by the Wodeyars in the Indo-Saracenic style. Its highlights are the Golden Royal Elephant Throne, the Durbar Hall, the Kalyana Mandap and the Gallery. The gothic-style St. Philomena's Church is one of the largest churches in the country with beautiful stained-glass windows. The monolith of Nandi bull on the slopes of Chamundi Hills is a fitting introduction to the 2000-year-old Chamundeswari Temple atop. One can also visit the Brindavan Gardens with musical fountains and colorful lights.
Overnight stay at Mysore.
Day 13 Hassan
Drive to Hassan via Sravanbelgola.
Overnight stay at Hassan.
Day 14 Bangalore
Drive to Bangalore enroute visiting Srirangapatna to see Tippus Dariyadaulat, Gumbaz and the Nimishambha temples.
Overnight stay at Bangalore.
Day 15 Bangalore
In the morning half-day sightseeing tour of Bangalore.
Bangalore - Known as the City of Gardens and Indian Silicon Valley. Kempe Gowda built the Bangalore Fort and Tippu Sultan expanded it. It houses 16th century Ganapathi Temple. There is Tippu Palace famous for its carving and paintings, Venkataramanaswamy temple built in the 17th century as a splendid example of Dravidian temple architecture, lal Bagh, the botanical gardens laid out by Hyder Ali, the Bull Temple with a giant Nandi, the Gangadhareshware temple or Cave Temple, the Dharmaraja Temple, the Ravindra Kalakshetra built to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's centenary, St. Mary's Church and Gandhi Bhavan. One can also visit the famous racecourse here and the picnic spot of Ulsoor lake. Vidhana Soudha is neo-Dravidian granite building near Cubbon Park.
Evening flight to Mumbai.
In Mumbai, transfer to airport for flight to onward journey.