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Southern Spice

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7 reviews

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The one that journeys through Keralan backwaters and beyond, discovering elephants, temples, and a different side of India

Take a sojourn to where the spices grow and the palm trees slope, under the beam of India’s southern sun. We’ll prance the streets of the delightfully French Pondicherry, and drift in a bamboo houseboat through the backwaters of Kerala. Temples, tea plantations and a tiger reserve – the phrase “Incredible India” must have been coined in the south.

WHAT YOU GET

10 nights accommodation

9 nights in Hotel, 1 night in Special Stay - Houseboat

10-nights: Plush hotels with twin share rooms will see our tired selves well-rested. One special night will be spent adrift in the arms of a traditional Keralan houseboat, the quintessential South Indian experience.

16 included Meals

10 Breakfast, 4 Lunch, 2 Dinner

Prepare your taste buds for a fireworks display of spices, fresh seafood, and tropical fruits, dished up in 15 included meals - 10 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 2 dinners - and an array of self made food discoveries. We’ll eat off palm leaves, lap up our curries with parotta bread, and sip coconuts moments after they’ve fallen off the tree.

Team

Expert Trip Manager and Local Guides

A highly trained Trip Manager who brings your adventure to life, along with Local Guides who make tourist traps a thing of the past. This is your team. Smart, friendly, fun, and integral to everything we do.

Transport

All transport included during the trip

Getting around Asia is half the fun, and all transport is included for the duration of your trip. Private, air conditioned mini coaches allow you soak up all that scenery in style, but it's our unique, local forms of transport that make the journey all part of the adventure.

Your group

Travel with other 18-35 year olds from around the world

Our trips are exclusively 18-35. This means you'll be travelling with people just like you, from all over the world. Small group sizes ensure you'll never miss out on the action, and laughter and friendships are always guaranteed.

Experiences

15 included, 4 optional that you can add

TOP EXPERIENCES ON THIS TRIP:

- See the incredible gold dome of Matrimandir at the experimental township of Auroville
- Admire the French inspired architecture and pastel coloured lanes of Pondicherry
- See artisans at work with a visit to a silk weaver's home and bronze casting school in Kumbakonam
- Be guided around a spice plantation in Kerala, one of the most prominent locations of the ancient spice trade
- Spend a night drifting down the backwaters admiring sloping palm trees and kingfishers whilst devouring spicy fish curry
- Walk around markets, book stores and galleries in India's famed art city of Cochin

*This experience is a Free Time Add-on and not included in trip costs

ITINERARY

Nights spent per location

1 night

Chennai

2 nights

Pondicherry

1 night

Kumbakonam

1 night

Madurai

1 night

Periyar

1 night

Kumarakom

1 night

Kerala Backwaters

2 nights

Cochin

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Jack Lown

Traveled Jan 2019

Southern Spice was Very Nice!

Great Product! Great Value for money.

Michael Magyar

Traveled Dec 2018

Southern Spice

The diversity of sites visited, and the indepth knowledge our Aaron and Mahdu had.

Dayna Taliana

Traveled Dec 2018

Awesome trip

More amazing than imaginable

Anonymous

Traveled Nov 2018

Southern Spice

Indien ist ein tolles Land und Contiki führt einen sicher dadurch, ohne dass man als Reisender Angst haben muss, da der Ruf von Indien ja leider nicht der Beste ist aufgrund der Sicherheit.

Aurelee Marion

Traveled Nov 2018

Beautiful Southern India

Amazing experience, that I wouldn’t have been able to have without contiki

Anonymous

Traveled Mar 2018

Awesome Trip

Best trip I've done so far. The Southern Spice tour was good value for money, with a lot of cool experiences. The tour guide and the group were awesome.

Isabella Knightley

Traveled Feb 2018

My perfect southern spice trip

The people that I met were lovely, friends for life.

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