South East India Tribal and Temple Tour
Southern India is fully equipped with several places of religious interest. Several towns in South East India are also called temple towns owing to the number of magnificent temples they are home to.
Most of Southern East India including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala has large number of tribal communities. All these places have more than 100 tribal communities.
Our 14 day long South East India Tribal & Temple Tour will take you to enjoy the wonderful sights of beautiful temples of Bhubaneshwar - Baliguda - Rayadaga - Chatikona - Jeypore - Onukudelli - Gupteswar - Taptapani - Puri - Konark and get you acquainted with the village and their innocent people.
Duration
13 Nights / 14 Days.
Places covered
Delhi - Bhubaneshwar - Baliguda - Rayadaga - Chatikona - Jeypore - Onukudelli - Gupteswar - Taptapani - Puri - Konark.
Day 01
Arrival in Delhi
Arrive in Delhi, meet and greet at the airport by our representative and transfer to the Hotel for your overnight stay.
Day 02
Delhi - Bhubaneshwar
Morning transfer to airport to connect flight to Bhubaneshwar, on arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon city sightseeing in Bhubaneshwar temples. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 03
Bhubaneshwar
Morning full day excursion to Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri and Udayagiri Buddhist monasteries. Overnight at the hotel
Day 04
Bhubaneshwar - Baliguda
Morning after breakfast drive to Baliguda (310 kms/ 7 hours) enroute visit the road side common village, semi tribal villages and tribal villages. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 05
Baliguda - Rayadaga
Morning drive to Belghar area (220 kms / 5 hours) to visit Kuttiya Kondh village and Rasul Kondh villages. Weekly market is on Tuesday at Kothgarh. Later drive to Rayagada. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 06
Rayagada - Chatikona - Jeypore
Morning drive to Chanikona (260 kms / 6 hours) to visit few villages of Dongariya Kondh and weekly market (Weekly market is on Wednesday). Overnight at the hotel.
Day 07
Jeyopre - Onukudelli - Jeypore
Morning full day excursion to Onukudelli visiting Bonda and Gadhaba tribal market (weekly market is on Thursday) and few Gadhaba tribal villages, evening back to Jeypore. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 08
Jeypore - Gupteswar - Jeypore
Morning full day excursion to Gupteswar to visit the caves and few Dhuraba Tribal villages. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 09
Jeypore - Taptapani
Morning drive to Taptapani (300 kms / 7 hours) enroute visiting Jagannath Temple and Tribal Museum at Koraput. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 10
Tatapani - Puri
Morning visit the Tibetan village at Chandragiri, later drive to Puri enroute boatride in Chilka Lake, Asia`s largest salt-water lake (350kms / 8 hours). Overnight at the hotel.
Day 11
Puri - Konark - Puri
Morning drive to Konark (100 kms / 2 hours) to visit the Sun temple and fisherman`s village. Afternoon sightseeing in Puri including Jagannath temple local market, Gundicha mandir and artisan`s village in Raghurajpur (patta painting, palm leaf writing etc). Overnight at the hotel.
Day12
Puri
Day at leisure at beach. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 13
Puri - Bhubaneshwar - Delhi
Morning drive to Bhubaneshwar to connect flight to Delhi, on arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 14
Departure
Early morning transfer to airport for your onward flight.