Karnataka Tour

TOUR DAYS: 06 Nights & 07 Days

Bangalore (Arrival) - Hassan - Kabini - Mysore - Bangalore (Departure) 

TOUR LODGING INFO:  06 Nights Hotels.

Accommodation is provided on twin sharing room with breakfast at listed hotels. A hotel list is as follows: 

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:

• Accommodation on twin sharing rooms with break fast at listed hotel

• Air Conditioned transport for entire tour as per itinerary

• All presently applicable taxes of 4.08%

TOUR PRICE EXCLUDES:

• Meals other than those specifies in the itinerary

• Entrance fees at all sight seeing spots, Camera fee, Special guide charges & tips

• Excludes New Year and Christmas Eve supplement charge

• All other than those listed in above inclusions

PRICE INFO & VALIDITY:

• The above quote is valid from 02 minimum paying persons onwards

• The above quote is subject to change with a proviso that: incase of hike in price of fuel/tax

TOUR ITINERARY:

DAY 01: ARR. BANGALORE - TRANSFER TO HOTEL

Upon arrival at Bangalore, transfer from airport to hotel. (Overnight in Bangalore)   

DAY 02: BANGALORE - HASSAN (180 km / 3,5 hrs)

Morning after breakfast checkout from hotel and you will drive to Hassan. Enroot we will visit the sacred Jain site of Sravanabelagola. Sravanabelagola means "the monk on the top of the hill”, where hermits, mystics and ascetics have resided here since at least the 3rd century BC. In those early times the hill was thickly wooded and hermits could feed themselves from the vegetation of the forest. Near the middle of the 10th century AD, temples began to be constructed upon the hill and from that time the place has become one of the most important pilgrimage sites of the Jain religion. Here we will see extraordinary 18m-high monolithic statue of a naked male figure from the 10-century, Gomateshvara. Carved out of a single block of granite this majestic statue was created during the period of Chamundaraya, and believed to be the largest freestanding sculpture in India. (Overnight in Hassan) 

DAY 03: HASSAN

In the Morning we proceed for sightseeing tour around Hassan. First we will visit Belur where you can see the best template for Hoyasala architecture a Channekeshava Temple. The particularity of this temple is, that the angled bracket figures depicting women in ritual dancing poses. (The best time to visit 9am, 3pm, and 7:30pm ceremony). After we will drive to Halebid - the ancient capital of the Hoysalas, which is famous for its Hoysaleswara Temple. This particular temple represents one of the most artistically exuberant periods of Hindu cultural development. The Hoyasala temples in Belur and Halebid symbolize the confluence of Dravidian, Chalukyan and Chola art at the same time.

(Overnight at Hassan) 

DAY 04: HASSAN - NAGARHOLE - KABINI

Morning after check out from hotel and you will drive to Nagarhole. Nestled in the southern fringes of the Nagarhole National Park, the Kabini River Lodge is a perfect getaway for nature lovers. The breathtaking locale with the tranquil backwaters of the River Kabini presents an ideal setting for a long-awaited vacation. Once the hunting lodge of the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore, Kabini River Lodge is today rated by the British Tattler’s Travel Guide as one of the top 5 wildlife resorts in the world. Kabini is pure elephant country as one can see numerous herds at a time.  On arrival check into hotel. (Overnight in Kabini) 

12:00 pm - Check in at noon. 

1:30 - 2:30 pm - Lunch at resort

4:00 pm  - Gear up for a ride into the Park with tea/ coffee served at the Gol Ghar

4:30 - 7:00 pm - Our naturalists take you on a wildlife jeep safari into the Nagarhole National Park, showing and sharing with  

                            you their experiences and information about the jungle and all the animals that live there. 

7:45 pm  - Watch a wildlife movie as you gulp beer at the Viceroy's building.

8:30 - 10:00 pm - Bask in the warmth of the campfire, while you dine in the Gol Ghar, Overnight at Jungle resort) 

DAY 05: KABINI - MYSORE (140 km / 3 hrs)

Check out from hotel after breakfast and drive to Mysore - the palace city of South India. On arrival check into hotel. After refreshment visit the famous “Palace of Mysore” which was once the residential of Wodeyars and is one of the largest of its kind in India. Built in 1912 in the indo Saracenic style, this palace exudes a grandeur that is unmatched. The on visit the “Jayachamsrajendra Art Gallery” housed in the Jaganmohan palace. This gallery has a collection of Exquisite paintings dating back to 1875. Later in the evening visit to the bull temple (a 4.8mts monolith) on the middle of hill on the way to Chamundi temple and then to visit the “Chamumdi Hill Temple” at a height of 1062mts. The 2000-year-old temple is dedicated to Goddess Chamundi. A seven storey, 40mts high tower, dominates the temple. A view of entire Mysore city from this hilltop is breath taking. (Overnight in Mysore)

Morning after breakfast you will proceed for Somnathpur one of the most famous Hoysala Temple. After we will go to Somnathpur, where we visit the Hoysala temple. The Somnathpur temple stands in the middle of a walled compound. All around the temple is an open verandah having 64 cells and it stands on a raised platform. (Overnight in Mysore) 

DAY 07: DEP. TRANSFER TO BANGALORE AIRPORT

Morning after breakfast checkout from hotel and you will drive to Goa airport for onward flight.