Zigi Tours - Luxury World Travel
We are driven by our passion for India and the pursuit of excellence. We absolutely love what we do and philosophy is to define new standards of luxury. We pride ourselves in providing the excellent guest service, and hospitality that is second to none. For us, guest satisfaction is key, we aim to provide you the greatest experience and a holiday of a lifetime. We specialize in bespoke tours and we will go to great lengths to ensure every fine detail and personal guest request is catered for. We have diligently researched each destination, every excursion, every hotel and every spa to streamline the very best for our guests. In fact, so strong is our desire to deliver the epitome of Indian luxury and guest service excellence, that rather than expanding our business into other countries, we have decided to specialize on Indian luxury tours. We are proud to be affiliated with the Incredible India campaign.
We are driven by our passion for India and the pursuit of excellence. We absolutely love what we do and philosophy is to define new standards of luxury. We pride ourselves in providing the excellent guest service, and hospitality that is second to none. For us, guest satisfaction is key, we aim to provide you the greatest experience and a holiday of a lifetime. We specialize in bespoke tours and we will go to great lengths to ensure every fine detail and personal guest request is catered for. We have diligently researched each destination, every excursion, every hotel and every spa to streamline the very best for our guests. In fact, so strong is our desire to deliver the epitome of Indian luxury and guest service excellence, that rather than expanding our business into other countries, we have decided to specialize on Indian luxury tours. We are proud to be affiliated with the Incredible India campaign.
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Day 9<br />
Madurai<br />
Morning is at leisure.<br />
In the afternoon enjoy rickshaw ride and local market of<br />
Madurai, later proceed to visit The Meenakshi temple<br />
which remains a major religious centre attracting pilgrims<br />
the year round, a riotously baroque example of Dravidian<br />
architecture with gopurams (towers) covered from top to<br />
bottom with a breathless profusion of multi-colored<br />
images of gods, goddesses, animals and mythical figures.<br />
In the evening, you will proceed you will witness the<br />
evening Aarti ceremony in which Lord Shiva is carried in a<br />
palanquin accompanied by musicians, temple singers and<br />
priests to the temple of his consort Parvati to spend the<br />
night.<br />
Note: Foreigners (Non Hindus) are not allowed inside the<br />
inner sanctum of the temple.<br />
Madurai – Periyar<br />
Day 10<br />
After buffet breakfast at the hotel you would be driven from<br />
Madurai to Periyar, which is also known as Thekkady.<br />
Upon arrival proceed to check in at your hotel.<br />
Optional – In the morning, in this Programme we give you<br />
the opportunity to try a new and unforgettable experience,<br />
off the beaten tracks of the very traditional elephant walk.<br />
Five elephants live in this farm, under the attentive care of<br />
their Mahouts. A very particular relationship is here created<br />
between these wonderful pachyderms and you, and we offer<br />
you the opportunity to spend a rare and special moment<br />
with them. Located just outside of the city, nestled within the cardamom, coffee and pepper plantations, the surrounding itself is<br />
already very peaceful.<br />
Day 11<br />
Periyar<br />
Breakfast is at the hotel. In the morning proceed for a guided<br />
walk through for spice plantation to see the cultivation of<br />
cardamom, pepper, vanilla and coffee.<br />
In the evening proceed for common boat ride at the Lake<br />
Periyar.<br />
The Periyar Tiger Reserve and National Park - Established in<br />
1934 as the Nelliampatty Sanctuary, the park was enlarged in<br />
1950 and is India's southernmost tiger reserve. Since boat<br />
travel is the only means of transport in the park, large areas<br />
can be covered in a short time.<br />
Overnight at Periyar<br />
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