 Day 1: Depart USA to India. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
Day 2: Arrive to Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, and transfer to your hotel: Ramee Guestline.
Day 3: Enjoy a tour of Mumbai in the morning. Visit such places as Dhobi Ghat, Gateway of India and Jain Temple. Pass the Crawford Market and Marine Drive. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Chennai, formerly known as Madras. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel: The Park Chennai. (B)
Day 4: Chennai is a busy, efficient metropolis, is the home of the ancient Dravidian civilization, one of the oldest articulate cultures in the world. It is a city where the landscape of the past lives easily with more recent history. The friendliness, sincerity and colorfulness of the people can slowly be absorbed while taking a stroll over the sandy stretch of beach known as the Marina, or visiting Fort St. George, built by the British East India Company. This day you will have a city tour, which includes Gundy National Park, Sri Parthsarthi Temple, Snake Park, Marina Beach and Aquarium. (B) Day 5: Transfer to airport, where you will board a plane to to Madurai, the ancient city, which is laid out in the banks of River Vaigai as a lotus flower with the Meenakshi Temple in the center. On arrival in Madurai you will be assisted for transfer to hotel: Sangam. Afternoon city tour of Madurai will include visiting Meenakshi Temple, King Tirumala's Palace, Great Tank and Gandhi Museum. (B)
Day 6: In the morning you will have a drive to Thekkady, which is located at beautiful Periyar Lake area. Upon arrival in Thekkady, check in at the resort hotel: Cardamom County. In the afternoon you will have a sightseeing boat trip over Lake Periyar. Enjoy sceneries and view wildlife. (B)
Day 7: After breakfast leave Periyar Lake area for Kovalam, an internationally renowned beach resort, which has been a favorite haunt of tourists since the 1930s. On arrival check in at the resort hotel: Uday Samudra.
Day 8: Full day free to relax and engage in beach activities. Kovalam consists of three adjacent crescent beaches of which the southernmost, known as the Lighthouse Beach, is the most popular. (B)
Day 9: Full day free to relax and engage in beach activities. Kovalam is much sought after for sunbathing, water sports, shopping, catamaran cruising, yoga, meditation and rejuvenate Ayruvedic body toning massages. (B)
Day 10: Transfer to Trivandrum airport, flight for Colombo. Arrival to the capital of Sri Lanka and transfer to your hotel: Galadari. Balance of the day will be at leisure. (B)
Day 11: Enjoy the city tour of Colombo. Visit Bandaranike Conference Hall, The National Museum and Gangaramaya Temple, view the Old Parliament, visit a Hindu temple, Bazaar Town Hall and residential areas. Continue drive to Anuradhapura and on arrival check in at the hotel: Palm Garden Village. (B)
Day 12: Continue your travel in rural areas of Sri Lanka. Drive from Anurudhpura to Polonnaruwa. On arrival check in to your resort hotel: Deer Park. (B)
Day 13: Polonnaruwa is full of interesting sites. You will see and visit stupendous pagodas, the Brazen Palace, Sacred Bo-Tree, Buddha Samadhi, Isurumuniya Temple and a twin pond. After your sightseeing tour there will have a drive to Kandy. Check in to your hotel: Mahaweli Reach. (B)
Day 14: Visit bazaars of Kandy, Kandyan Arts Association and the upper lake area. Drive to Nuwara Eliya. Stay overnight in your hotel The Tea Factory, surrounded by lavish plantations of the famous Ceylon tea. Learn about Ceylon tea production. (B)
Day 15: Drive to Colombo. Transfer to the airport for flight to Mumbai (Bombay). Overnight in Ramee Guestline. (B)
Day 16: Transfer to the airport for your departure flight. (B)
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*Special price only when booked online  | Included | · Round trip airfare New York - Mumbai (Bombay). Other departure cities and connected flights are available upon request
· Intra-India flights and ground transportation
· All transfers
· High standard convenient accommodations
· Full buffet breakfast daily
· Comprehensive sightseeing tours including entrance fees and services of local English-speaking guides |
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