Overview
Some travel to find peace, some to see new places and some to explore different cultures. This place is a perfect combination of all. Get the feel of living in traditional Indian and French culture away from the hustle of the city. Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry are quiet towns with so much to offer from picturesque colonial heritage buildings to the spiritual sceneries, to endless unspoiled virgin beaches to a variety of restaurants serving a variety of cuisines.
So, Wolfs let’s escape to this dreamy place and find ourselves wandering in those 7th-century ruins or some yellow painted streets’; let us indulge into the wanderlust of the Pondicherry trip!!
Trip Highlights
- Serenity beach
- The Basilica
- Boating between the mangrove forest.
- Panch Rathas
- Mahabalipuram Beach
- Matrimandir
Itinerary
10:00 pm: Meet the HikerWolf Team at CSTM
10:30 pm: Board CSMT MS SF MAIL (22157) from CST
Train Halts at Dadar and Kalyan Jn
02:00 am: Pune participants can board the train
Overnight journey in train
10:00 pm – Reach Chennai Egmore station by night and move to our stay.
11:00 pm – Retire for the day
( Meal – NA )
05.30 am – Wake up call
07.30 am – Leave for Mahabalipuram post breakfast
Sightseeing in Mahabalipuram
Shore temple
5 Rathas
Butterball
Lighthouse
Caves –
Trimurti Cave – The Power Of Three Gods
Krishna Cave Temple – Remarkable Wall Carvings
Mahishasura Mardini Cave Temple – Rock Cut Relic
Covelong Beach
(Please note: Depending on the weather and time sightseeing places will be covered)
07:00 pm – Leave from Mahabalipuram and reach Pondicherry
09:00 pm – Have dinner
10:00 pm – Check in & retire for the day
( Meal – Breakfast & Dinner )
06.00 am – Wake Up call
07:00 am – Leave for Vinayagar temple and breakfast
Sightseeing in Pondicherry:
Auro beach
Aurobindo ashram
french War memorial
Gandhi statue
Rock /Pondy/Promenade beach
Pondy museum
Bharathi Park
Botanic garden
09:30am – Leave for Auroville and explore
01:00pm – Have lunch on the way to Paradise beach
03:00pm – Reach Chunnambar and get a ferry for Paradise beach
05:30pm – Back at white town & visit beautiful churches and cafes in the city
(Please note : Depending on the weather and time sightseeing places will be covered)
(Meal – Breakfast & Dinner)
06:00 am – Wake-up call
08:00 am – Leave for Chennai
12:00 pm – Reach Chennai and explore Marina Beach
03:00 – 05:30 pm – Shopping & Leisure time at Chennai
06:00 pm – Catch MAS LTT EXPRESS (12164) from Chennai Overnight journey in Train(Meal – Breakfast only)
11:45 pm – Reach Pune
02.30 pm – Reach KALYAN JN
03:00 pm – Reach THANE
04:00 pm – Reach LTT
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Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Mumbai to Chennai & Return by Sleeper Coach Train Ticket
- Meals – Day 1 Dinner to Day 4 Breakfast
- Triple / Quadruple Sharing Stay at Hotels & Home Stay
- Entry fees
- Toll & Sightseeing
- Trikon Expertise
- Internal Transport by Non AC Bus
Cost Excludes
- Meals during train journey
- Daily Lunch
- Personal expenses
- Mineral water and soft drinks
- 5 % GST and processing fees
- Anything not mentioned in the itinerary
Things To Carry
- Most Important your ID proof
- Cap/Hats
- Sunscreen, moisturizer
- Charger
- Camera
- Power bank
- Bluetooth speakers
- Torch
- Glares
- Pair of clothes
- Beachwear
- Towel
- Casual shoes and flip-flops
- Sanitary Kit
- Please avoid wearing Gold and other costly jewelry (at your own risk)
- Personal medicines (if any)An extra bag to keep your wet clothes
- Water bottle (Minimum 1-2 liter)
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FAQs
We prefer to have a group of 15-18 people as we intend to have more fun and give personal care. We need at least 6 people to manage our trip
All our trips are led by professional travel coordinators who have good experience in management groups.
We generally have many girls joining us on the trip so there are high chances that you are not the only girl on the trip.
Safety is of prime importance and we understand them very well. The major of our staff is a girl for that very reason so be assured you are in safe and reliable hands.
We rent taxis such as Innova, Tempo Traveler, Bolero, Tata Sumo, etc. from our suppliers.
We are known to provide the best possible accommodation on our trips, the accommodation can be in a hotel / alpine tent/dome tent/living room at home.
It totally depends on the dynamics of the group. If there is a couple, we can give them a separate room, or if there is an odd number of people, then there would be a triple exchange. (If you’ll are couple inform us once you have booked)
After selecting the trip, you can book by clicking the Book now button or you can contact us and we will guide you through the booking.
We provide nutritious and healthy food on the trip. We always try to select best/famous restaurants for the food on our trips
Yes, you can make suggestions. We will analyze this and, if we consider it feasible, we will apply it.
Yes, we can customize any trip based on your needs and feasibility.
Yes, it is recommended to bring your own medicines on the trip
