Safari, spices and beach in South India
Slowly the route winds its way uphill and you see the landscapes of Karnataka changing around you. From cybercity Bangalore , the road leads through the royal splendor of Mysore to a diverse jungle filled with tigers, gaurs and elephants, over rolling hills covered with spice and coffee plantations to ruin-strewn Hampi. End point of the trip is Goa, where a kaleidoscopic blend of Indian and Portuguese cultures sweetened with sun, sea, sand, and spirituality awaits you.
Tips & tops from Bangalore to Goa:
- Until Goa, you will have the same English-speaking private driver; all excursions will be accompanied by local English-speaking guides
- At Srirangapatna, visit the fort of the same name; buried in a bloody history, the remains of ramparts, battlements, gates and monuments testify the fortified town's fall to British forces
- Royal palaces, temples, churches but also the atmospheric bazaar district full of spice stores and incense stalls; be enchanted by the splendor of Mysore
- In Nagarhole National Park - the former hunting grounds of the maharajas of Mysore - follow large and small game on safaris by 4x4 and spot numerous unusual bird species during a boat trip down the Kabini River
- Monasteries and flying flags of happiness; your visit to the Tibetan settlement of Bylakkupe will take you, for a brief moment, to the land where harmony, serenity and happiness rule
- The 12th-century Hoysala temples in Belur are the culmination of one of the most artistically exuberant periods of ancient Hindu cultural development
- The beautiful surroundings of Chikmagalur, with its vast plantations, natural parks and waterfalls, are perfect for hiking and intensive trekking
- In World Heritage Site Hampi - where rust-brown hues of magnificent ruins and giant boulders are interspersed with jade-green palm groves, banana plantations and rice fields - the Vithala temple complex and the Virupaksha temple are well worth a visit
- Let all the impressions of the trip sink in with your feet on the golden sandy beach of Susegad Goa
- Do you prefer to bridge the longer distances by plane? Inquire about the possibilities!
- We can offer this trip in different accommodation levels
