Tailor-made tours
Temple circuits, heritage trails, hill stations and Kerala backwaters – every tour starts from Pondicherry and can be customised to your dates.
Chidambaram & Pichavaram · Poompuhar
The Nataraja temple at Chidambaram, a rowing-boat ride through the Pichavaram mangroves and the old Chola port of Poompuhar, in…
Pondicherry
A full day with car and driver covering White Town, the Ashram, Manakula Vinayagar, churches, the museum, Paradise Beach and…
Gingee · Tiruvannamalai
A full day inland from Pondicherry: the hill citadels of Gingee Fort, then Arunachaleswarar Temple and Ramana Ashram at the…
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary · Mahabalipuram
Nesting pelicans and storks at Vedanthangal at dawn, then the Shore Temple and Pancha Rathas of Mahabalipuram – in one…
Vellore
A full day from Pondicherry to the Sripuram Golden Temple and Vellore Fort, by private car with driver.
Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Chidambaram & Pichavaram
All three UNESCO Great Living Chola Temples – Gangaikondacholapuram, Darasuram and Thanjavur's Brihadeeswarar – in two days from Pondicherry.
Javadhu Hills (Jamunamarathur) · Tiruvannamalai
A Saturday-to-Sunday trip from Pondicherry: Beema falls, Komutteri lake and the Kavalur observatory in the Javadhu Hills, then Tiruvannamalai on…
Kalvarayan Hills
An easy weekend in the Eastern Ghats from Pondicherry: Gomukhi dam, the Kalvarayan ghat road, Megam and Periyar falls and…
Mahabalipuram · Kanchipuram
Pallava stone temples at Mahabalipuram's UNESCO site, then the temple town and silk looms of Kanchipuram, by private car from…
Mahabalipuram · Pulicat Lake (Pazhaverkadu)
Pallava monuments at Mahabalipuram, then the Dutch cemetery, fishing villages and flamingo-filled lagoon of Pulicat, north of Chennai.
Pondicherry
Two unhurried days: the French Quarter, churches and Promenade, then Paradise Beach, Ousteri Lake, Arikamedu and the Chola-era Villianur temple.
Tirupati & Tirumala · Vellore
Tirumala darshan by car from Pondicherry, with the Sripuram Golden Temple at Vellore and the Padmavathi temple at Tiruchanur on…
Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) · Karaikal · Velankanni
Danish Tranquebar, French-era Karaikal and the Velankanni Basilica along the coast south of Pondicherry – two unhurried days by car.
Tirupati & Tirumala · Srikalahasti
Kanipakam's Varasiddhi Vinayaka, Chandragiri Fort, Tirumala and the Vayu linga at Srikalahasti in one unhurried loop from Pondicherry by car.
Thanjavur · Chettinad (Karaikudi) · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
Chettiar mansions, Athangudi tiles and Chettinad food, with Thanjavur's Big Temple and Trichy's Srirangam on the way – three days…
Hogenakkal Falls · Yelagiri
Coracle rides below the Hogenakkal falls on the Kaveri, then a cool night in the Yelagiri hills – a three-day…
Kolli Hills
A quiet hill break from Pondicherry: the famous hairpin ghat road, Agaya Gangai falls, viewpoints and pepper and jackfruit country…
Kumbakonam · Chidambaram & Pichavaram
Visit all nine Navagraha temples around Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai in three days, with a private car, a Kumbakonam base and…
Point Calimere (Kodiakkarai) · Velankanni · Karaikal
Flamingos, blackbuck and the old Chola lighthouse at Point Calimere, the salt satyagraha memorial at Vedaranyam and the basilica at…
Pondicherry · Chidambaram & Pichavaram
A family-friendly mix of Pondicherry town, a day trip to Chidambaram's Nataraja Temple and Pichavaram mangrove boating, and a beach-and-museum…
Pondicherry
A slow-paced couple's trip: White Town cafés, a boat to Paradise Beach, an evening at Eden Beach, the Botanical Garden…
Yercaud
The nearest proper hill station to Pondicherry: a lake, coffee estates, viewpoints over Salem and cool evenings in the Shevaroy…
Coimbatore · Valparai
The 112-ft Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga Center, then the 40 hairpin bends up to Valparai's tea estates and rainforest…
Kodaikanal
Three nights in the Palani Hills: Kodai Lake, Coaker's Walk, Pillar Rocks, pine forests, waterfalls and an optional permit trip…
Chidambaram & Pichavaram · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) · Tiruvannamalai · Kanchipuram
The five Shiva temples of the elements – Chidambaram, Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram and Srikalahasti – in one loop from Pondicherry.
Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) · Madurai
Tamil Nadu's great temple towns in four days: Darasuram and Thanjavur, Srirangam and Rock Fort at Trichy, and Madurai's Meenakshi…
Madurai · Courtallam (Kutralam) · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
Bathe under the Main Falls and Five Falls at Courtallam in the monsoon season, with Madurai on the way down…
Bengaluru · Hampi
Drive from Pondicherry via Bengaluru to Hampi, the ruined Vijayanagara capital: the Vittala temple's stone chariot, Virupaksha and the royal…
Mysore · Belur & Halebidu · Bengaluru
Mysore Palace, Somanathapura, Shravanabelagola and the UNESCO-listed Hoysala temples of Belur and Halebidu, by car with driver from Pondicherry.
Ooty · Wayanad · Mysore
Nilgiri toy train and tea hills, Wayanad's forests and Edakkal Caves, then Mysore Palace – a three-state loop from Pondicherry…
Mysore · Coorg · Chikkamagaluru (Chikmagalur)
Mysore Palace, then Karnataka's coffee country: Coorg's estates and waterfalls, Belur's Hoysala temple and the high hills of Chikmagalur.
Coimbatore · Guruvayur & Thrissur · Athirappilly · Kochi
Guruvayur's Krishna temple and elephant yard, Thrissur, the Athirappilly and Vazhachal falls and two nights in Kochi, by car with…
Madurai · Rameswaram · Kanyakumari
South Tamil Nadu's pilgrimage circuit: Madurai's Meenakshi Temple, Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi, then sunrise and sunset at Kanyakumari.
Coonoor · Ooty · Mudumalai & Masinagudi
Tea estates and viewpoints in Coonoor, Doddabetta and Ooty, and two nights near the elephant camp at Mudumalai, by car…
Ooty · Mysore
Tea country and toy train in the Nilgiris, a drive through Mudumalai and Bandipur forests, then Mysore's palace and Srirangapatna.
Kochi · Kumarakom · Varkala · Thiruvananthapuram & Kovalam
From Pondicherry to Fort Kochi's old quarter, the Kumarakom backwaters on Vembanad Lake, Varkala's cliffs and Thiruvananthapuram, by private car.
Madurai · Munnar · Thekkady · Alleppey
From Pondicherry via Madurai into Kerala: Munnar's tea hills, Periyar at Thekkady, a night on an Alleppey houseboat and Fort…
Gingee · Vellore · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) · Thanjavur
Gingee and Vellore forts, Trichy's Rockfort, the Thanjavur and Madurai palaces, Thirumayam fort and the wooden palace at Padmanabhapuram, from…
Chidambaram & Pichavaram · Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
Chidambaram to Kanyakumari in eight days: Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Trichy, Madurai and Rameswaram, ending at Trivandrum or Madurai airport.
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