Official KSTDC tours — hill stations, heritage circuits, wildlife sanctuaries, Kerala backwaters and pilgrimages. Same price as KSTDC, zero booking fee, booked through Padaki Travel Desk.
Doddabetta Peak, Sim's Park Coonoor, Edakal Caves and Banasura Sagar Dam — the Nilgiris and Kerala highlands in one sweep.
Tipu Sultan's Daria Daulat, KRS Brindavan Gardens, Nanjangud, Ooty Botanical Garden, Doddabetta Peak (2,637m) and Mysore Zoo.
Departs from Mysore — Nanjangud temple, Bandipur forest drive, Ooty Lake, Botanical Garden and Doddabetta Peak, Tamil Nadu's highest at 2,637m.
Brindavan Gardens KRS, Ooty Botanical Garden, Doddabetta Peak, Sim's Park Coonoor, Silver Cascade Falls and a full day at Kodaikanal's Pillar Rocks.
Kodaikanal Pillar Rocks, star-shaped lake, Silver Cascade Falls, then Munnar's rolling tea estates, Eravikulam National Park (Nilgiri Tahr) and Madupatty Dam.
Himavad Gopalaswamy Hills, Pookode Lake, Kanthanpara Falls, Banasura Sagar Dam — India's largest earth dam, Glass Bridge and prehistoric Edakal Caves.
Goa's beaches and churches, Gokarna's sacred Om Beach, and Jog Falls — India's second-highest waterfall. Oct–Jan season only.
Yagachi Dam boating, Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (UNESCO), Bababudangiri, Manikyadhara Falls and Mullayanagiri — Karnataka's highest peak at 1,930m.
Male Mahadeshwara temple in the Satyamangalam forest, then Biligiri Rangana Tiger Reserve — the unique meeting point of the Western and Eastern Ghats.
Kerala's finest — Periyar boat safari, Kumily spice gardens, a night aboard an Alleppey houseboat on the Vembanad backwaters, and Munnar's tea estates with the endangered Nilgiri Tahr.
Namdroling Golden Temple Bylakuppe, Cauvery Nisargadhama river island, Raja's Seat sunset, Talacauvery, Abbey Falls and Dubare Elephant Camp.
Two UNESCO World Heritage sites — Hampi's Vijayanagara ruins and Pattadakal's Chalukya temples — plus Badami Cave Temples, Aihole and Bijapur's Gol Gumbaz.
Three masterpieces in one day — Lord Bahubali's 18m monolithic statue (981 AD), Chennakeshava Temple Belur (1117 AD) and UNESCO Hoysaleshwara Temple Halebid (2023).
Sri Raghavendra Swamy Brindavana at Mantralaya, full-day Hampi UNESCO circuit with the iconic Stone Chariot, and Tungabhadra Dam Musical Fountain.
Chitradurga's legendary stone fort, Tungabhadra Dam Musical Fountain, 11th-century Lakkundi Chalukya temples and Anjanadri Hills — believed birthplace of Lord Hanuman.
Karnataka's most revered Kshetras in one circuit — Dharmasthala, Kukke Subrahmanya, Kollur Mookambika, Udupi Sri Krishna Temple and the coastal temple towns of Tulu Nadu.
The sacred Konkan coast — Gokarna Mahabaleshwara, Murudeshwara's massive Shiva statue above the Arabian Sea, Udupi Sri Krishna and Kollur Mookambika.
Sarva Darshan at Sri Venkateswara Temple Tirupathi — one of the world's most visited pilgrimage sites — and Sri Kalahasteeswara, one of the five Pancha Bhuta Stalas of Shaivism.
Forest pilgrimage — Male Mahadeshwara Swamy Temple inside the Satyamangalam Forest Reserve, then Biligiri Rangana Tiger Reserve where the Western and Eastern Ghats meet.
The ultimate South India pilgrimage — 15+ shrines across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Thiruvannamalai, Tanjavur UNESCO, Madurai, Rameswaram 22 holy wells, Kanyakumari sunrise, Guruvayur, Palani and Kodaikanal.
Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Rameswaram Thirtha Snana and Spatika Linga darshan, Suchindram's Trinity shrine and Kanyakumari's sunrise with Vivekananda Rock.
The French Riviera of India — Pondicherry's Promenade Beach, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville's Matrimandir and the colourful French Quarter with Tamil temples.