7x Breakfast

3x Dinner

3x Lunch

Accommodation included: 7 nights

7 Nights accommodation in offered...

7 Nights accommodation in offered hotels or similar (standard room)

English speaking tour guide on...

English speaking tour guide on sightseeing days (local guide in each city).

Monument entrance fees mentioned in...

Monument entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary.

Deluxe Air-conditioned private vehicle with...

Deluxe Air-conditioned private vehicle with English speaking chauffeur as per tour program.

Bottled water

Applicable GST (government taxes).

All meal included accommodation in...

All meal included accommodation in Bhitarakanika National Park & Similipal Tiger Reserve

1 Jeep safari in Similipal...

1 Jeep safari in Similipal Tiger Reserve

1 Boat Safari in Bhitarakanika...

1 Boat Safari in Bhitarakanika National Park

1 Boat Safari in Chilika...

1 Boat Safari in Chilika Lake

Entry/Admission - Similipal Tiger Reserve

Entry/Admission - Chilika Lake

Entry/Admission - Konark Sun Temple

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Or anything not mentioned above.

Any air fare

Expenses of personal nature like...

Expenses of personal nature like liquor, laundry, tips, telephone, fax, internet etc.

Main Meals, Lunch or dinner...

Main Meals, Lunch or dinner unless mentioned

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Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Kolkata

Stop At: Badami, Badami, Bagalkot District, Karnataka
On arrival at Kolkata airport assistance and transfer to hotel. Rest time free and easy to relax and personal activities.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 2: Kolkata

Stop At: Kolkata (Calcutta), Kolkata (Calcutta), Kolkata District, West Bengal
Breakfast at hotel, city tour of Kolkata. Visit Fort William, Raj-era edifice built during the early years of the Bengal Presidency. Victoria Memorial the immaculate white memorial bounded by verdant greenery and broad roads dedicated to Queen Victoria. Inside the memorial there is a museum where you can see the dresses of the queen as well as different kinds of weapons used during that era. Netaji Bhawan a building maintained as a memorial and research center to the life of the Indian nationalist "Netaji" Subhas Chandra Bose. Howrah Bridge one of the most popular bridges of India built on the river Hooghly. Dakshineswar Kali Temple one of the major pilgrimage center in the city that is dedicated to Goddess Kali. Rest time free and easy to relax and personal activities.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 3: Kolkata - Similipal Tiger Reserve (300kms/ 6hrs approx)

Stop At: Similipal Tiger Reserve, Handipuhan, Odisha 757034, India
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Similipal Tiger Reserve, check in at hotel. Rest time free and easy to relax.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 4: Similipal Tiger Reserve

Stop At: Similipal Tiger Reserve, Handipuhan, Odisha 757034, India
After breakfast Jeep safari in Similipal Tiger Reserve. Simiipal is endowed with high peaks like Khairiburu, Maghasini and rocky cliffs like Ganapati facing the frost-valleys in Devasthali. Simlipal National Park derives its name from the abundance of red silk cotton trees growing in the area. The biodiversity of the land scape with high degree of endemism is the striking feature of the sanctuary. It harbours Tiger, Leopard, Sloth bear, Elephant, Gaur and other important major faunal species. Similipal is the only home for the unique melanistic tiger in the world. There are 55 species of mammals, 361 species of birds, 62 species of reptiles, 21 species of amphibians, with many species of invertebrate are present in the landscape.

Rest time free and easy to relax and personal activities. Dinner
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 5: Similipal Tiger Reserve - Bhitarakanika National Park (200kms/ 4hrs approx)

Stop At: Bhitarkanika, Odisha 754248, India
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Bhitarakanika check in at Jungle Cottage/ Tent. Bhitarkanika is an adventurist's paradise and a breeding ground for Olive Ridley turtles. The second largest mangrove forest of the country, it was declared a sanctuary in 1975, in order to protect the estuarine crocodile and the turtles in their rare mangrove habitat. Other residents of the sanctuary include water monitor lizards and king cobras. Dinner
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
• Lunch
Accommodation included: overnight at Jungle Cottage/ Tent.

Day 6: Bhitarakanika National Park - Puri (225kms/ 5hrs approx)

Stop At: Bhitarkanika National Park, Bhitarkanika National Park, Kendrapara District, Odisha
After breakfast ready to explore the land of crocodiles in their own Mangrove habitat. Boat safari in Mangrove forest, enjoy the serpentine creeks, watch out for birds, particularly different varieties of Kingfisher. Keep looking for estuarine crocodiles basking in the sun. Also visit Bagagahan Bird Sanctuary, climb to watch tower, look for Pelican & different varieties of Storks. Visit Crocodile museum at Dangamal.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Puri, Puri, Puri District, Odisha
Later drive to Puri via visiting Ratnagiri, Udaigiri & Lalitgiri excavated Buddhist Sites filled with many Stupas cut out from rock and ancient monastery. On arrival check in
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 7: Puri - Chilika Lake – Puri (50kms/ 1hrs approx one way)

Stop At: Chilika Lake, Satapada Satapada, Puri 752001 India
Breakfast at hotel, excursion to visit Chilika Lake a brackish water lagoon, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km. It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest brackish water lagoon in the world after The New Caledonian barrier reef. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent & home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals. It sustains more than 150,000 fisher–folk living in 132 villages on the shore and islands. The lagoon hosts over 160 species of birds in the peak migratory season. Birds from as far as the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Kazakhstan, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas come here. A pleasant boat ride amidst the colourful migratory birds and the quaint water.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Konark Sun Temple, Kasia-Tamkuhi Road, Konark India
Resturn to Puri and visit The Konark Sun Temple, a 13th-century Temple in the form of the chariot of Surya, the sun god with 24 wheels, and is heavily decorated with symbolic stone carvings and led by a team of six horses. It was constructed from oxidizing weathered ferruginous-coloured sandstone by King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. The temple is one of the most renowned temples in India and is a World Heritage Site as a cultural property under categories (i). Rest time free and easy to relax on the beach.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at hotel.

Day 8: Puri - Konark - Pipli - Bhubaneshwar (65kms/ 1.3hrs approx)

Stop At: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Bhubaneshwar with optional stopover visit to Pipili the applique work village. Continue drive to Bhubaneshwar and visit few famous temples Parasurameshwar, Mukteshwar, Rajarani & Lingaraj temple (non-Hindus are not allowed to enter inside the main temple sanctum). You can also visit Khandgiri, Udayagiri Jain caves and Dhauli Rock Edicts.

After sightseeing drop off to Bhubaneshwar airport to board evening flight for onward destination.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.

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