Crowned as the capital city of Karnataka, Bangalore is a wonderful destination for spending memorable holidays. It has so much so tourist hotspots to gift to its travelers that it becomes hard to decide that which place to visit first and which second.
With our South India tour, we take you to all the tourist charms of the city one by one. Be it the Lal Bagh Botanical Garden or the local market, we cover every place you'd want to see in your itinerary. We take you to the most popular attractions, but also introduce you to hidden wonders, places that don't usually make their way to traveler guidebooks.
That’s not the end of the story. We also take you to Munnar and Cochin, where you get to see god's own country via a memorable sightseeing tour.
Please refer to the itinerary for a detailed description of the tour.
This was my first trip as a single person and I had a fabulous time. The group of 12 (four couples and four singles) really gelled and were very friendly, supportive and fun. The itinerary was very good, with at least one specific thing to do, see or visit each day. The high points were the tea plantation, the spice farm, the cookery evening, the wonderful scenery and the houseboat . The accommodation was generally very good, but the homestay was too basic to be an enjoyable experience. It didn't feel as though we were guests in someone's home, it felt more like a commercial exercise (eg the host talked of building a hotel next year to accommodate more guests). The food was excellent in most places with some well-chosen restaurants/snack bars, and plenty of choice for vegetarians, but I was a little disappointment at the street food experience, which was just selecting one cold, precooked snack (such as samosa, vada or fritter.) I was anticipating some freshly cooked food (while we looked on) such as rice and dahl or pani puri. Also, I thought that the purpose of visiting the market was to select spices and vegetables to use later in our cookery evening, but there wasn't an obvious link. Our guide, Sree, was flexible, knowledgeable and very accommodating of all our needs.
Overall a really great experience with a great group of people. Will definitely use Explore again for another adventurous trip.
City sightseeingSight
Tour Type
Small Group TourSmall group tours usually have 8-12 participants and maximum up to 18 travelers