Gems of South India

Morning visit to Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace and Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, then drive to Mysuru. Evening Mysuru Palace illumination (Sundays).

Mysuru Palace, Chamundi Hill, Devaraja Market, and the silk-weaving cooperative. Evening at the music fountain.

En route stop at Srirangapatna's Tipu Sultan landmarks. Continue to Hassan, your base for the Hoysala temples.

Full-day temple circuit — Chennakeshava at Belur, Hoysaleswara at Halebidu, and the 17m monolithic Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola.

Drive into the Western Ghats to Chikmagalur, the birthplace of Indian coffee. Check in at a heritage plantation stay.

Plantation walk with a barista-led tasting. Afternoon drive to Mullayanagiri, Karnataka's highest peak, for sunset.

Long drive to Hampi (or overnight train from Bengaluru variant). Evening orientation walk through the bazaar ruins.

Sunrise coracle ride on the Tungabhadra. Explore the Vittala Temple complex, Royal Enclosure, Queen's Bath, and Lotus Mahal.

En route visit to Badami's Chalukyan cave temples and Aihole's early Hindu architecture. Continue to Goa by evening flight or overnight transfer.

Morning tour of Old Goa's Portuguese churches and Fontainhas Latin Quarter. Afternoon at Palolem or Agonda beach.

Morning at leisure. Transfer to Dabolim or Mopa airport for onward departure. End of tour.