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Tour Package: Inbound Tours > South India > Short Trips From Chennai > Pondicherry / Chidambaram / Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
Pondicherry / Chidambaram / Pichavaram Mangrove Forest - Itineraries |
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Pondicherry / Chidambaram / Pichavaram Mangrove Forest (STC-PCP) |
| Duration | 1 Night / 2 Days |
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Pichavaram the second largest Mangrove forest in the world, near the temple town of Chidambaram, is one of the unique Eco-tourism spots in South India. The backwaters, inter connected by the Vellar and Coleroon river systems, offer abundant scope for water sports, rowing, Kayak and canoeing. The Pichavaram forest not only offers waterscape and back water cruises, but combines another very rare occurrence - the mangrove forest trees permanently rooted in a few feet of water. The Pichavaram mangroves are considered among the healthiest mangrove occurrence in the world. Pichavaram consists of a number of islands interspersing a vast expanse of water covered with green trees. The area is about 2800 acres and is separated from the sea by a sand bar which is a patch of extraordinary loveliness. The Pichavaram mangrove biotope, with its peculiar topography and environmental condition, supports the existence of many rare varieties of economically important shell and finfishes. The Pichavaram mangroves attract an appreciable bird population of residents, local migrants and true migrants.
At the mangroves, so far, 177 species of birds belonging to 15 orders and 41 families have been recorded. The season for birds is from September to April every year. Peak population of birds could be seen from November to January. This is due to high productive nature (in terms of prey organisms) of the ecosystem and coincidence of the time of arrival of true migrants from foreign countries and local migrants from their breeding grounds across India. The availability of different habitat types such as channels, creeks, gullies, mud flats and sand flats and adjacent sea shore offers ideal habitat for difference species of birds. In the above background, the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation and the District Administration of Cuddalore District have proposed to conduct an Eco Tourism festival namely " DAWN FEST " (Vidiyal Vizha) at Pichavaram…
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| Suggested Itinerary |
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Chennai – Pondicherry (160 Km) – Chidambaram (80 Km) |
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After breakfast, drive to Pondicherry.
Pondicherry has a special ambience, not felt anywhere else in India. It is a blend of spiritual aura, French colonial heritage, Tamil culture and the cosmopolitan flair of many nationalities in a small but varied town.
Visit Aurovile, the city of dawn was designed by the French architect Roger Arger and was started as an experimental commune where people of all nationalities irrespective of caste, creed or religion would live together in harmony.
People from different countries live in the settlements of Auroville. It is advisable to hire bicycles to look around as the village is too large to wander through on foot. Surrounded by lakes and gardens, the sphere shaped Matri Information Centre at Promesse the first stop is Here, a 25 hectare farm and orchard where organic agriculture has been practised successfully. The produce is used in the kitchens of Auroville as well as the Ashram in Pondicherry.
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Drive to Chidambaram |
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On arrival at Chidambaram, check into the hotel.
If time permits, visit the famous Natrajar temple at Chidambaram.
Overnight at Chidambaram
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Pondicherry – Pichavaram Mangrove Forest (20 Km) - Chennai |
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After early breakfast, drive to Pichavaram Mangrove Forest and enjoy the boat ride wandering through the mangroves.
Drive to Chennai and en route, have lunch at Pondicherry.
Evening return to Chennai. Tour ends.
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The Package Cost |
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(The Package cost depends on the Group Size / Type of vehicle / Other Connected Services) |
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- One night accommodation at Hotel at Chidambaram (Hotel Saradharam or similar)
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- Arrangement of guide is subject to availability at the time of your confirmed booking with full payment.
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