Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Andaman and Lakshadweep.
The South is backwaters and tea hills, temple towns and coffee estates, and the two island groups that are India’s best beach holidays: the Andamans in the Bay of Bengal and the coral atolls of Lakshadweep.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are run from Kochi with its own staff and contracted fleet. Karnataka and both island groups are run from Bengaluru, which handles the permit and connectivity constraints that islands carry and mainland sectors do not.
Kerala’s houseboats, Munnar and the Nilgiris.
Madurai, Thanjavur, Tirupati and Hampi.
Andaman and Lakshadweep, with ferries and permits planned.
Each has its own page: what to see, when to go, how to get there, and the departures and catalogues we sell.
Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady, Alleppey, Kovalam, Wayanad
Kerala, “God’s own country”, is a narrow green state between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, and one of the most complete holidays India offers in a week.
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Chennai, Madurai, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Rameswaram
Tamil Nadu is the heartland of Dravidian temple architecture, and its towering gopurams set the skyline of town after town. Madurai’s Meenakshi temple is the most famous, with Thanjavur’s Brihadeeswarar, a UNESCO World Heritage site, close behind.
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Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Araku
Andhra Pradesh is best known for Tirumala, the hill shrine of Sri Venkateswara above Tirupati and one of the most visited places of worship in the world. Pilgrimage packages turn on darshan tickets, which are released by the temple trust in advance.
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Hyderabad, Ramoji, Warangal
Telangana is built around Hyderabad, the city of the Nizams: the Charminar and the bazaars around it, the Golconda fort and its sound-and-light show, the Chowmahalla Palace and the Salar Jung Museum.
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Coorg, Mangalore, Mysore, Chikmagalur, Hampi
Karnataka holds the royal city of Mysore, whose palace is lit by nearly a hundred thousand bulbs on Sunday evenings and during the Dasara festival, and Srirangapatna, Tipu Sultan’s island fortress, on the road from Bengaluru.
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Port Blair, Havelock, Neil Island
The Andaman Islands lie in the Bay of Bengal closer to Myanmar than to mainland India, with clear water, coral reefs and beaches that are among the finest in Asia.
Explore Andaman & Nicobar
Islands on request
Lakshadweep is a scatter of coral islands and lagoons off the Kerala coast, India’s smallest union territory and one of its least visited. Only a few islands are open to visitors, and the number of guests is kept small on purpose.
Explore LakshadweepEvery fixed departure and catalogue for South India & the Islands, kept up to date from the Fixed Departures calendar and the Products page.
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