Explore India initiative enables visitors keen to savor Southern Indian Charms with a unique multi-city experience of India down under!

Those picking the Southern Indian Charms tour can look forward to experiencing the rich and varied cultural heritage of South India, visiting Madurai , the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu, situated on the banks of Vaigai known for its 2500 year old heritage and being a famous commercial centre even as early as 550 AD and other lands that play host to many beautiful temples, monuments, flora, fauna, fine arts and village crafts and finger-licking cuisine.

The Southern Indian Charms tour includes insightful glimpses to the chief political, literary and religious centers of Southern India, visit to the Brihadeeswara temple built by Rajaraja Chola, the first sailor king of India and now ranking among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites with a viewing of famed Tanjore paintings that are world-famous due to their classicism.

Pondicherry, renamed as Puducherry, is a former French colony and enlivens the sense of French finesse for all visitors here as inimitable architectural style in town planning makes for wonderful pictorial memories that a good camera can capture -designs based on the French grid pattern that features neat sectors and perpendicular streets, this town is divided into 2 sections: the French quarter (Ville Blanche or 'White town') and the Indian quarter (Ville Noire or 'Black Town' and easily wins visitors over.

Other Souther Indian Charms tour highlights includes visits to beaches, historic monuments, temples, port towns that were economic hubs in ancient times and now converted into modern marvels with some of the old-fashioned ambience intact in the older parts.

A trip into the Silicon Valley of India, rambling through the Nagarhole National Park officially known as the Rajiv Gandhi National Park, part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India's largest stretch of protected forest and viewing the resident Indian wildlife of the Nilgiri hills (Nilgiri tahr, Nilgiri langur, bison, leopard, Asian elephant, wild boar, deer, dhole (wild dog), porcupine, besides tigers), bird-watching (rare birds like the endangered Malabar trogon, Malabar pied hornbill and the crested hawk-eagle have their homes here), palaces and garden tours complete the package.