Travelpack

Highlight: Mumbai - Nashik - Ajanta Caves - Kolhapur - Goa - Sindhudurg

Please note:
✎This is a quotation only and not a confirmation of the arrangements.
✎All schedules and ground prices are subject to change at the time of confirmation
✎All the accommodations are subject to availability at the time of receiving the go-ahead from your end
✎Check-in and check-out timing of the hotels will be according to the timings of the respective hotels
✎Complimentary usage of WiFi is as per the respective hotel’s policy
✎Deposit if any will be non-refundable
✎Any hike in Fuel and Indian Government taxes in the near future. The cost will be revised and the same will be advised well in advance
✎Offered special rates will not be applicable during Sold Out Dates, City Event Dates, and Black Out Dates.
✎Any applicable Supplements (rooms/ festive lunch/ festive dinner/peak period/city events) will be levied extra. We ✎hope you will find the same in order.

Hotel featured:
✎Taj Mahal Tower Mumbai 5* or similar

Railway:
✎Maharashtra Splendor - Deccan Odyssey

✎Fri 20 Sep 2024: Mumbai
0855 Hrs: Arrive at Mumbai airport
Upon arrival at Mumbai airport meet and assist by our representative and transfer to Hotel
Rest of the day at leisure and Overnight stay at the Hotel

✎Sat 21 Sep 2024: Board the Deccan Odyssey onto Nashik
Transfer from Hotel to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Board Deccan Odyssey. Welcome aboard the Deccan Odyssey. Early this evening assemble at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at approximately 1530 hours to complete the registration process and check-in formalities for your Maharashtra Splendour journey, as you receive a traditional Indian welcome and enjoy a refreshing welcome drink. After completion of all formalities, you will be shown to your delightful cabins. As you settle in, the Deccan Odyssey shall depart Mumbai for Nashik. Dinner on Board
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Sun 22 Sep 2024: Nashik
This morning the Deccan Odyssey brings you to the holy city of Nashik, which is rapidly gaining the status of being the wine capital of the country. After breakfast, disembark and spend the morning walking along the Godavari Ghats observing several important Hindu rituals being performed. Continue on through the lively market by the Ghats which sells everything from vegetables to lentils, dried seafood to cow dung cakes, and many things in between. Thereafter drive to the Sula vineyards for an exclusive tour of one of the finest Indian wine-producing facilities. Walk through vines laden with Chenin, Chardonnay, and Shiraz grapes. Be taken through the old method traditionally used to make one of the best-known brands of sparkling wines in India. After a sumptuous lunch at Sula Vineyards, return to the Deccan Odyssey and set forth for Aurangabad. Breakfast on board, Lunch at Sula Vineyards, Dinner on board.
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Mon 23 Sep 2024: Ellora Caves
Aurangabad, named after the last Great Mughal Aurangzeb, is an industrial town in Maharashtra and the stop from where to head out to visit the exceptional. Ellora Caves, a World Heritage site. The city itself has deep Mughal influences and there are several monuments of note here; the DaulatabadFort, Bibi-ka-Makbara, and the city's 52 gates, each with its own history, As you enjoy breakfast, the Deccan Odyssey arrives at Aurangabad, from where a scenic drive takes you to the Ellora Caves, carved into the side of a basaltic hill 30 km from the city. Savor a leisurely lunch on board as the hinterland of Maharashtra sweeps past, with its ever-changing colors and landscape. In the evening, sit back, unwind, and enjoy cocktails fixed by our bartender onboard, followed by a sumptuous dinner and a well-deserved rest as the Deccan. Odyssey proceeds towards Jalgaon to visit the exquisite Ajanta Caves.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Tue 24 Sep 2024: Ajanta Caves
The Deccan Odyssey arrives at Jalgaon station this morning from where, after breakfast on board, you will disembark and drive to the Ajanta Caves, another. World Heritage site and an architectural marvel of its time. Lunch will be on board the Deccan Odyssey as it continues on to the multifaceted city of Kolhapur. The rest of the day is at leisure for you to relax and enjoy some of the activities available on board. Watch a movie, learn the rules of carrom, a popular Indian board game, from a Deccan Odyssey team member, or book yourself a relaxing massage in our spa on board. In the evening watch the tapestry of rural India unfold as you sip a sundowner before dinner. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are on board.
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Wed 25 Sep 2024: Kolhapur
Watch the hinterlands of Maharashtra sweep past as you relish breakfast. Enjoy time at leisure as the Deccan Odyssey rolls into Kolhapur, a city of many hidden treasures, all waiting to be discovered! After an early lunch on board, you will disembark for a tour of the city. Visit the New Palace Museum, a lovely basalt and sandstone octagonal Palace from the 19th century. Behold its beautiful architecture and memorabilia of the Kolhapur rulers. Continue to the Town Hall Museum, a somber neo-Gothic building. Explore the local markets for a pair of beautifully handcrafted Kolhapurichappals that you can carry back with you as a souvenir.
You will then visit the 1300-year-old Mahalakshmi temple, also called Shakti Pethas, or a place associated with the Goddess Shakti, said to be the consort of Lord Vishnu. Following your temple visit, witness a traditional martial arts performance called Mardani Khel translated to mean masculine games. After your sojourn into Kolhapur, you return to the Deccan Odyssey for dinner as we depart for India's happening destination Goa. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are on board.
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Thu 26 Sep 2024: Goa
Today you arrive at Goa, India's smallest state, with strong Portuguese influences, having been a colony of Portugal till as late as 1961. After breakfast, you will disembark and drive to Fontainhas, the Latin Quarters in Panjim which still has some well-preserved houses built in Portuguese style architecture.
Continue to Ribandar, the erstwhile capital of Goa, for a walk through ancient churches and the ruins of the once lofty St. Augustine tower that continues to valiantly withstand the vagaries of nature. Lunch at Zeebop and enjoy few time by the beachside. Return to the Deccan Odyssey for dinner as it departs for Sindhudurg traversing through the Konkan, one of the most scenic railway routes in the country, bound by the Arabian Sea on the West and Sahyadri hills on the East, a marvelous feat of engineering, that made it possible to tunnel the tracks through the seemingly insurmountable hills. Breakfast on board, Lunch at Zeebop, Dinner on board
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Fri 27 Sep 2024: Sindhudurg
Arrive in Sindhudurg which lies on a rocky island just off the coast of Malvan. A visit to Sindhudurgs Pinguli village and Sawantwadi Palace is on the cards today. Get a glimpse of the traditional Thakar folk arts and crafts at the local museum, then head towards the Sawantwadi Palace for a delicious luncheon. Enjoy dinner on board as the Deccan Odyssey makes its way back to Mumbai. Breakfast on board, Lunch at City Hotel & Dinner on board.
Overnight on Deccan Odyssey

✎Sat 28 Sep 2024: Mumbai
Disembark in Mumbai. Early this morning, after breakfast, you will disembark at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway Station, Mumbai. Bid farewell to the Deccan Odyssey as your royal passage through the grand vistas of India comes to an end. Breakfast on board Transfer from railway station to Hotel for an Overnight stay

✎Sun 29 Sep 2024: Departure

Exclusions:
✎Any expenses of a personal nature like table drink( soft & hard), laundry, telephone calls, Visa fee, camera fee, Tips to driver and guide, Any Travel Insurance, etc
✎Any other meals (apart from as mentioned in the inclusion) expenses that are not mentioned in the above Tour Itinerary
✎Any vehicle on a leisure day
✎Anything not mentioned in the above inclusion
✎Any optional tours as mentioned in the itinerary during the Maharajas Express train
✎Alcoholic beverages (Apart from the house brands) during Maharajas Express train
✎Video, film, and professional still camera fees

Prices and Departures:
✎Y45988 London Heathrow from £5535pp
✎Y48085 London Gatwick from £5649pp
✎Y48053 Birmingham from £5855pp
✎Y48065 Manchester from £5745pp
✎Y48081 Newcastle from £5759pp
✎Y48061 Glasgow from £5839pp
✎Y48092 Dublin from £5625pp

Terms & Conditions:
Based on 2 Adults Sharing, Subject to Availability

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