Day 1 ARRIVE BOMBAY
Transfer to hotel. Overnight.
Day 2 BOMBAY/CALICUT/WYNAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Transfer to airport to connect flight.
Dep : Bombay By Air
Arr
: Calicut
Direct transfer to Green Magic Nature Resort, Wynad Wildlife Sanctuary. You stay
in a tree house room 90 ft up in an ancient ficus, an ideal vantage point for
watching the wildlife of the rain forest.
Day 3 WYNAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY/COORG
Drive to Coorg and spend two nights at Orange Country Resort. Overnight.
Day 4 COORG
The hills, valley and coffee plantations around Coorg offer many possibility
for walks and excursions.
Day 5 COORG/CHIKMAGALUR
Drive 235 kms via the Jain colossues at Shravanabelgola to Chikmagalur – the
new Taj Garden Retreat. Overnight.
Day 6 CHIKMAGALUR
Visit the two superb Hoysala period temples of Belur and Halebid.
Day 7
A long drive 351 kms north via the fort at Chittradurga to Hospet – Mallagi
Tourist home Overnight.
Day 8 HAMPI
All day at Hampi, the great 16th century standard capital of the Vijayanagar
empire.
Day 9 HAMPI/BIJAPUR
Driver to Bijapur. Transfer to hotel. Overnight
Day 10 GOL GUMBAZ
The walled capital of the Adilshahis boasts the Gol Gumbaz, claimed as the
world’s second largest dome, as well as other 17th century Islamic monuments.
Overnight.
Day 11 ALHOLE
Driver 130 kms to Alhole and Pattadakal, capitals of the Chaulkya empire, with
good early temples then on a Badami and its cave temples –Badami court.
Overnight.
Day 12 DANDELI
Drive 182 kms to Dandeli wildlife sanctuary – Bison River Resort. Afternoon
: explore the rainforest on foot, by jeep or by boat.
Day 13 WESTERN GHATS
Drive
125 kms down through the Western Ghats to Goa a converted colonial mansion well
inland and away from the crowds.
Day 14 GOA
Morning : Visit to the churches and monasteries of Old Goa. Afternoon visit
the Safa Mosque and Shri Mangesh temple at Ponda.
Day 15
Late afternoon one hr flight to Bombay. Taken the public rooms of an airport
hotel before returning for check in.
Day 16 DEP. BOMBAY