kakatiya &
buddhist circuit
(hyderabad-nagarjunasagar-srisailam-warangal-ramoji)
Day 1 Hyderabad: Meet and greet by Concept Voyages' representative at the Hyderabad airport and transfer to hotel. Free day at leisure, for shopping and personal activities. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 2 Hyderabad Old city: Breakfast at hotel and depart for full day sight seeing to Birla Mandir, Salarjung Museum-one of the biggest one-man collections of antiques of the world by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III. Then drive to Nizam Jubilee Pavilion housed at Purani Haveli Palace to see the jewellery of Nizam. Now you visit the magnificent Charminar square edifice of granite. Drive through Mecca Masjid, south India's largest mosque. Shopping at Laad Bazaar, the famous bazaar for Hyderabadi lacquer stone-studded and glass bangles. Afternoon stop at Kalanjali handicrafts emporium before visiting Lumbini Park for boating on Hussain Sagar Lake to get a closer look at the mighty Buddha statue. Evening proceed to Golconda fort Sound and Light show at 6.30pm. Golconda fort is one of the famous forts of India. The name originates from the Telugu words "Golla the unique Sound & Light Show takes you right back in time, when Golconda was full of life, glory and grandeur. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 3 Hyderabad-Nagarjunasagar (150kms/4hrs): Early morning after breakfast, depart for Nagarjunasagar. Full day Tour of Nagarjunasagar covering the fascinating island museum-
Nagarjunakonda. The museum is situated in the middle of a vast man-made lake. This museum houses exquisite 3rd century relics of Buddhist art and culture excavated during the construction of Nagarjunasagar dam. A few kilometres from here we visit Anupu where more Buddhist monuments including a university belonging to 2nd century B.C. are reconstructed and preserved. The reconstruction of Anupu University is done by using a technique of transplanting along the lines of those at Abu Simbel (Aswan Dam) project in Egypt. About 20 kms from Nagarjunasagar visit Ethipothala Waterfalls and crocodile breeding centre. Return back to Hyderabad in the night. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 4 Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam: Proceed to visit Srisailam. Srisailam located on the south bank of the Krishna River, in the Nallamalai forest, on a 457 meter high hill is the Bhramaramba Mallikarjunaswamy temple, and it is one of the 12 'Jyotirlingas' in India. Visit the Tiger Reserve, Mallela teertham, Patala Ganga and Mallikarjuna Swamy temple. The core area of Srisailam Tiger Reserve is 1,200 sq. kms. Srisailam wildlife sanctuary, which covers areas in five adjoining districts, has tigers, panthers, spotted deer, giant squirrels, great lizards, pangolins, crocodiles, civets and a variety of snakes. Evening Return to Hyderabad for overnight stay.
Day 5 Hyderabad-Warangal-Hyderabad: Early morning after breakfast, depart for Warangal. The city was once the heartland of Telugu culture. The capital of the Kakatiya rulers, Warangal today contains some of the best forms of architecture, especially temples. The 1000-pillar temple and the Warangal (Orugallu) Fort and Ramappa Temple in the district are glowing examples of the exquisite architecture patronized by the Kakatiyas. Bound on the Northern part by the mighty Godavari River, the district has large tracts of forest and an array of flora and fauna. There are rock-cut elephants or either side of the main shrine and a Nandi in front which measures 1.8 metres in height. Warangal Fort is another masterpiece of the Kakatiya rulers, built in the 12-13th centuries. The fort has two walls; the outer has a circumference of 49 kms, the largest of its kind in India. Drive back to Hyderabad late evening for overnight stay at hotel.
Day 6 Hyderabad-Ramoji Film City: After breakfast full day Ramoji Film City Tour. The Film City is a limitless spread of water-washed foliage of different climes and locales. With colourful fountains, rock formations, and zigzagging pathways flanked by lamps, which automatically come to life at dusk. Shangri la is very well serviced by a support system consisting of horticulturists, botanists, landscape artists, well-stocked nurseries constituting the agri-division of the gardens. The tens of thousands of country-specific plants in the nurseries help in re-creating the spring in England or a Japanese garden. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 7 Hyderabad: Breakfast at hotel, check out and transfer to airport/railway station for onward journey.
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Tour Booking Code: CVDAP-07
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