Tamil Nadu State Government Package Tour
Tamil Nadu government tourism department provides the following tours from Chennai through TTDC. Following are the tours along with their itinerary and cost.
1. One Day Pondicherry Tour
This tour takes places only in the weekends – Saturday and Sunday. It starts at 6.30 am in the morning and comes to an end around 7 pm in the evening.
Places of visit: Pondicherry, Aurobindo Ashram, Museum, Beach, Auroville and Boating at Mudaliar Kuppam – Chennai
Cost of the tour for non a/c bus is Rs 500, a/c bus is Rs 750 and A/c Volvo is Rs 850.
2. One day Golden Temple Tour
This tour takes place each day of the week and starts at 7 am in the morning and ends at 8 pm in the evening.
Places of visit: Rathinagiri Murugan Temple, Sripuram Golden Temple, Vellore Jalagandeswar Temple
Cost of the tour for non a/c bus is Rs 350, for a/c bus is Rs 550 and a/c Volvo is Rs 600.
3. 14 Days – Sunny south Tour
This tour takes place on every Wednesday of the week. The bus leaves Chennai at 7 am in the morning and comes back on the evening of the 14th day.
Places of visit: Thiruthani, Thirupathi, Thiruchanoor, Bangalore, Hosur, Mysore, Mudumalai Wild Life Sanctuary, Ooty, Marudhamalai, Coimbatore, Guruvayur, Cochin, Kovalam, Trivandrum, Suchindram, Knyakumari, Tiruchendur, Rameswaram, Thiruparamkundram, Madurai, Palani, Trichy, Thanjavur, Swamimalai, Poompuhar, Chidambaram, Pondicherry, Mamallapuram, Kanchepuram
If you go for non a/c bus and non a/c single room the cost of the tour will be Rs 12500 and for a/c bus and a/c single room is Rs 21100.
4. 6 days south India Tour
This tour takes place on every Friday of the week. The bus leaves Chennai at 7 am in the morning and comes back on Wednesday next week by 5 pm.
Places of visit: Yercaud, Ooty, Mudumalai, Mysore, Brindhavan Garden, Chamundeswari Temple, Medikari, Tala kaveri, Bangalore, Vellore Sripuram Golden Temple.
If you go for non a/c bus and non a/c single room it will cost your Rs 7000 and for a/c bus and a/c single room Rs 9700.
5. 8 days – Goa – Mantralayam Tour
This takes place every Saturday. The bus leaves Chennai on every Saturday morning 7 am and comes back to Chennai on the following Saturday by 8 pm.
Places of visit: Ahobilam, Nandyal, Mahanandi, Srisailam, Manthralayam, Hampi-Hospet, Goa, Bangalore
If you go for non a/c bus and non a/c single room the cost of the tour will be Rs 7250. If you go for a/c bus and a/c single room, it will cost you Rs 12100.
6. One day Mamallapuram Tour
This tour takes place on every day of the week. It starts from morning 6 am and end at 7 pm in the evening.
Places of visit: Kancheepuram, Mamallapuram, Muttukadu Boating, VGP Golden Beach
Cost of the tour for non a/c bus is Rs 385, for a/c bus is Rs 550 and only on saturday and Sunday you can go for a Volvo bus which cost Rs 650.
7. Half day Chennai City Sight Seeing Tour
This tour takes place every day of the week. It starts at 1.30 pm in the afternoon and comes to an end around 6.30 pm in the evening.
Places of visit: Fort St. George, Govt. Museum, Valluvarkottam, Snake Park, Kapaleeswarar Temple and Marina Beach.
Note: 1. Govt.Museum will be closed on Fridays and Birla Planetarium will be covered on that day.
2. Snake Park will be closed on Tuesday
Cost if the tour for non a/c bus is Rs 140, a/c bus is Rs 200 and a/c Volvo is Rs 230.
Note: You can check the various other combination of accommodation on the Tamil Nadu government tourism website. There are also other tours which you can book on TTDC website.
For more info you may also contact:
Tamil Nadu Tourism Complex,
No.2, Wallajah Road,
Chennai – 600 002.
E-Mail Id :ttdc@vsnl.com
Phone Number:-044-25368358
Mobile:-9176995863