Holiday packages
One journey. A whole South India to discover.
Amma Tours plans custom South India holidays from Bengaluru across 6 states — Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Goa. Tell us the places you want to see, how long you have and what you need, and we put together the route, the vehicle and the hotels, then quote the whole thing in writing.
Tell us where you want to go. We'll help plan the journey.
Heritage · Hills · Temples · Beaches · Backwaters
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What we put together
Tell us where you want to go. We'll help plan the journey.
- A vehicle and an experienced driver for the trip, with fuel and air conditioning
- 3-star, 4-star and 5-star hotels, booked and confirmed before you travel
- A route and a day-by-day plan built around your dates and your pace
- Sightseeing stops along the way, in the order that actually works
Charged separately, and named separately in your quotation: tolls, parking, driver allowance (bata), interstate permits where the route crosses a state line, and any entry or camera fees at the places you visit.
Build your South India holiday
Most people know the feeling they want from a trip before they know the map. Start there — pick the kind of holiday you are imagining and see the sort of route it usually turns into.
Slow & scenic
Fewer places, longer in each
Example route
- Bengaluru
- Mysuru
- Coorg
- Wayanad
Three bases instead of six, with whole mornings that are not spent in the car. The drives stay short enough that the road is part of the holiday rather than the cost of it.
A suggestion, not a fixed package — the stops, the order and the number of nights are all yours to change.
Where would you like the road to take you?
Six states, one road network, and Bengaluru sitting near the middle of it. None of these places is automatically part of a package — they are the destinations we can plan a journey around.
Choose a region
Places in Karnataka
The state the journey starts in. Hills, coffee country, a ruined imperial capital and a coastline, all reachable without leaving it.
Karnataka
Bengaluru
Where most journeys begin
Karnataka's capital, and the pickup point for almost every trip on this page. Its own palaces, gardens and markets are worth a day before the road starts, and it is the easiest place in the south to fly into and drive out of.
Often travelled with
- Mysuru
- Coorg
- Chikmagalur
Four journeys people actually take
Open one to see how the days tend to fall. Every one of these is an example — no fixed departure, no fixed length, and no fixed price. They exist so you have something concrete to argue with.
Example itineraryHills and backwatersBengaluru → Mysuru → Coorg → Wayanad → Munnar → Alleppey → Kochi
The best-known way to cross from Karnataka into Kerala: palace city, coffee country, the forest road, tea estates, then the water. Ends at Kochi, so you can fly home instead of driving back.
- Bengaluru
- Mysuru
- Coorg
- Wayanad
- Munnar
- Alleppey
- Kochi
Day by day
- Day 1Bengaluru to MysuruDown the expressway with Srirangapatna on the way in. Palace and Chamundi Hills in the afternoon.
- Day 2Mysuru to CoorgThrough Kushalnagar into Kodagu. The last stretch is hill road, so it takes longer than the distance suggests.
- Day 3CoorgEstates, Abbey Falls and Talacauvery, or a day that does not involve the car at all.
- Day 4Coorg to WayanadAcross into Kerala. The forest stretch is closed overnight, so this is a daytime drive.
- Day 5Wayanad to MunnarThe longest driving day of the trip, and the climb into the high ranges at the end of it.
- Day 6MunnarTea slopes, viewpoints and the roads between them. Mornings here are usually misted.
- Day 7Munnar to AlleppeyDown out of the hills to the backwaters, with a night on or beside the water.
- Day 8Alleppey to KochiFort Kochi, the harbour and the fishing nets. Fly out from here, or start the drive back.
Suits: Anyone seeing the south for the first time, and families who want variety without a punishing drive every day.
An example, not a fixed departure. Add days, drop a stop, change the order, or start from somewhere else entirely — the quotation follows the itinerary you actually settle on.
Example itinerarySouthern templesBengaluru → Tirupati → Chennai → Mahabalipuram → Thanjavur → Madurai → Rameshwaram → Kanyakumari
A pilgrimage and heritage run east from Bengaluru and then the full length of Tamil Nadu, finishing at the tip of the mainland.
- Bengaluru
- Tirupati
- Chennai
- Mahabalipuram
- Thanjavur
- Madurai
- Rameshwaram
- Kanyakumari
Day by day
- Day 1Bengaluru to TirupatiEast out of Karnataka to the town below the Tirumala hills.
- Day 2Tirupati to ChennaiOn to the coast, with Kanchipuram an easy addition on the way if you want it.
- Day 3Chennai and MahabalipuramThe city in the morning, then down the East Coast Road to the Shore Temple.
- Day 4To ThanjavurInland into the Kaveri delta and Chola country. Pondicherry can be added here as a night on the coast.
- Day 5Thanjavur to MaduraiThe delta temples, then west to the Meenakshi temple city.
- Day 6Madurai to RameshwaramAcross the Pamban bridge to the island, with Dhanushkodi at the far end.
- Day 7Rameshwaram to KanyakumariSouth to where the coasts meet. Sunrise and sunset are both over water here.
Suits: Pilgrimage groups, families travelling with elders, and anyone who wants the temple architecture rather than the hills.
An example, not a fixed departure. Add days, drop a stop, change the order, or start from somewhere else entirely — the quotation follows the itinerary you actually settle on.
Example itineraryHeritage and the coastBengaluru → Hassan → Hampi → Badami → Gokarna → Goa
North and west instead of south: Hoysala carving, the Vijayanagara ruins, the Badami caves, and then the coast road into Goa.
- Bengaluru
- Hassan
- Hampi
- Badami
- Gokarna
- Goa
Day by day
- Day 1Bengaluru to HassanWest for Belur and Halebidu, and the most detailed Hoysala stonework in the state.
- Day 2Hassan to HampiA long driving day north to the Tungabhadra and the boulder country around the ruins.
- Day 3HampiA full day at least. The site is spread out and rushing it is the common mistake.
- Day 4Hampi to BadamiThe cave temples, with Pattadakal and Aihole close enough to see the same day.
- Day 5Badami to GokarnaWest to the coast, and the first sight of the sea on this route.
- Day 6Gokarna to GoaUp the coast road. Choose the north or the south beaches depending on how quiet you want it.
Suits: Travellers who have already done Mysuru and Coorg, and anyone more interested in architecture than in tea estates.
An example, not a fixed departure. Add days, drop a stop, change the order, or start from somewhere else entirely — the quotation follows the itinerary you actually settle on.
Example itineraryA short first tripBengaluru → Mysuru → Coorg → Bengaluru
A round trip that never goes far from Bengaluru, for anyone with a long weekend rather than a week. Nothing on it is rushed.
- Bengaluru
- Mysuru
- Coorg
- Bengaluru
Day by day
- Day 1Bengaluru to MysuruExpressway down, Srirangapatna on the way, palace in the afternoon.
- Day 2Mysuru to CoorgInto Kodagu through Kushalnagar, with the Dubare and Bylakuppe stops if you want them.
- Day 3CoorgEstates and waterfalls, or a day spent entirely off the road.
- Day 4Coorg to BengaluruBack the way you came, with a late start if you would rather not leave early.
Suits: First-time visitors, a long weekend, and anyone testing whether a longer road trip is for them.
An example, not a fixed departure. Add days, drop a stop, change the order, or start from somewhere else entirely — the quotation follows the itinerary you actually settle on.
From your door to the destination
The hard part of a long trip is rarely any single drive. It is the joins — the transfer that has to be arranged in a town you have never been to, the hotel that turns out to be an hour from where you thought. That is the part we take on.
- Your address in BengaluruPickup from your door, at the hour that suits the first drive.
- One vehicle, the whole routeThe same car and driver stay with you rather than a new transfer at every city.
- Hotels already confirmedBooked and confirmed before you leave, so no evening is spent looking for a room.
- Stops on the way, not just at the endsThe places between two cities are usually the part people remember.
- State borders handledInterstate permits arranged where a route crosses a line. They are charged separately.
- Home, or an airportDropped back in Bengaluru, or left at Kochi or Chennai if you would rather fly home.
Not every traveller wants the same South India.
This is the main reason we quote rather than sell a shelf of fixed packages. Four groups can ask for “a week in the south” and want four genuinely different holidays.
One family wants more sightseeing
Full days, an early start, and as many of the major sites as the road allows between them. That is a different route and a different vehicle from the next enquiry.
Another wants slow mornings
Three bases instead of six, a comfortable hotel in each, and drives short enough that nobody is in the car at nine in the evening.
Another is travelling to temples
A pilgrimage route has its own order and its own timings, and it often travels with elders, which changes how long a driving day can reasonably be.
Another wants hills, or the coast
The Ghats and the beaches are in opposite directions from most starting points. Trying to have both in a week is usually the thing that spoils both.
So the route gets discussed against the days you actually have, the destinations you actually care about, the pace you want to travel at, the vehicle, the size of the group, where you want to sleep and how much you want to see in between.
On pace
Leave room for the journey.
South India is not a checklist of cities. The journeys people remember are the ones with enough slack in them to enjoy the road, stop when something catches your eye, sit down to a proper meal, wander through a market, or spend one more morning somewhere you have decided you like.
If you tell us the number of days first and the list of places second, we will say honestly whether the two fit together — and which stop we would drop if they do not.
The south changes with the season
There is no single best month for the whole region — a week that is perfect for the hills can be the wrong week for the coast, and the other way round. What follows is general, and the useful version of it is the one worked out against your actual dates.
Monsoon
roughly June to September
The Western Ghats are at their greenest and the waterfalls are full. It is also when the ghat roads around Kodagu, Wayanad and the high ranges are slowest, and coastal Karnataka and Kerala get heavy rain. Worth planning around rather than avoiding outright.
Winter
roughly November to February
Comfortable across most of the south for long sightseeing days - the plains, the temple towns and the coast are all easier than they are in May. Hill stations get genuinely cold at night, so pack for it.
Summer
roughly March to May
Hot on the plains and along the coast. This is when the hill stations earn their keep: Coorg, Chikmagalur, Ooty, Kodaikanal and Munnar all sit high enough to stay bearable.
Festival periods
varies by destination
Some places are at their most interesting around a festival and at their most crowded at the same time - Mysuru during Dasara in September and October is the clearest example, with heavier traffic into the city to match. Tell us your dates and we will say what falls in them.
Let's plan your South India holiday.
We do not publish a package price, because there is no honest one to publish before the itinerary exists. We quote your trip in writing instead, once we know what it is.
What shapes the quotation
- Destinations and distance
- Number of days
- Vehicle and group size
- Hotel category and rooms
- How much sightseeing
- Travel dates
For the figures we do publish, see our outstation, airport and local rates.
How it goes
- Send us your destinations, your dates and how many of you are travelling.
- We come back with a route, a suggested order for it, and an honest view on whether it fits your days.
- You change whatever you want to change — stops, pace, vehicle, hotel category.
- We confirm the quotation in writing, with tolls, parking, bata and permits named separately.
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Want transport only, with no hotels or itinerary? See outstation cabs from Bengaluru and its per-kilometre fares to Mysore, Coorg, Wayanad, Munnar, Kochi and Goa. For a single day out of the city instead, see our Karnataka tour packages, or a Bengaluru sightseeing tour before you set off. Travelling as a large group? Look at tempo traveller rental or bus rental. To pick the vehicle first, browse the fleet; arriving by air, see airport transfers; or simply get in touch.
Your South India story starts here.
Tell us where you want to go, how long you have and what you need. We'll help you turn it into a practical, comfortable journey — and put the quotation in writing before you commit to anything.
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