Bangalore-Madurai-Rameshwaram-kanyakumari : itinerary required

Incidentally i want to know about the same route. Any help please?

I can tell about the Bangaore-Madurai-Kanyakumari route. Did this route January this year. So my update is from then, not current.
Bangalore- Salem: Very good road. That 210km can be easily done in 3 hrs.
Salem-Namakkal-Dindigul : Road was under construction with many diversions here and there but easily manageable.
Dindigul-Madurai : Work was not started in many places and so it had the old road for some of the section which was not in good shape.
Madurai-Kanyakumari : Similar state as Salem Dindigul. Lots of diversions but easily manageable at day time.

To go to Rameswaram you need to come back to Madurai to take the Madurai-Rameswaram route. There is one road from Kanyakumari to Rameswaram but what I heard is that road is not good. This may have changed now.

Here's my itinerary (planned for end-Dec)- I hope you can read this! I am covering Trivandrum too.

Date Morning Afternoon Nighthalt @
25-Dec
25-Dec Start From Bangalore- 12PM Bus- 7pm at Madurai Madurai

26-Dec Pick up from Hotel at Madurai. Goto Rameswaram, Dhanushkodi Temple Madurai

27-Dec Travel to alagar kovil 20 kms Thirupparankundram Temple 8 kms, Meenakshi Temple Madurai

28-Dec Leave for Kanya- Agastyar Falls, Nelliappar Temple Reach Kanya Kanya

29-Dec Rock, Vivekanandanagar, Triveni Kanya

30-Dec Cover the Padmanabhapuram Palace, hanging Bridge, Suseendram Temple Way to TVM TVM

31-Dec Park, Musuem Beaches TVM

01-Jan Misc Flight at 3pm

Hi Everyone,
My parents want to visit Rameshwaram on there 25th anni which is on 7th may, so can any1 help me to plan a trip for them of about 10 to 12 days for rameshwaram and places near by. My parents will be travelling from orissa.

Here is a sample itinerary - though I think 10-12 days are more than enough.

Day 1 - Reach Madurai - check in at Hotel. See Madurai temples if there is time the same day, or can spend another day here.

Day 2 - Go to Rameswaram, Dhanushkodi. Night halt at Rameshwaram. If needed can spend another day here

Day 3 - Proceed to Kanyakumari - night halt there.

Day 4 - See kanyakumari - dont miss sunrise and sunset at the beach. Temples, and vivekananda rock. Also Thirivalluvar statue.

Day 5 - Can relax at kanyakumari or proceed back to Orissa

While returning they can visit Chennai as well and visit Mahabaleshwar etc.

Hi,
10-12 days from orrisa ?
how do you plan to travel from orrisa and around rameshwaram.

Hello Friends,

I am new to this community, stying in bangalore. I am plannning to visit rameswaram, madurai, kanyakumari with my parents.
We would like to take public transport. 1st preference is train journey. i have maximum 4 days in hand ( from sept 8-11)

Plz suggest the possible ways. How is the weather condition. which r the visiting places nearby.
Is there any direct train from bangalore to rameswaram.

thanks in advance

These places can be covered very well by public transport. We (wifey and kuds) did this trip in Dec 08.

1. There is no direct train from Bangalore to Rameswaram. The trains from Madras to Rameswaram don't touch Madurai now. The Madurai-Ramewaram stretch is best done by bus. (3-4 hours)

2. Rameswaram, like any tourist spot, has an organized taxi system. If your group is small, you can even use autos. Visiting Danushkodi, etc. won't be a problem

3. There is an infrequent train from Bangalore (actually K R Puram) to Nagercoil. You may find it far more convenient to reach Madurai and use it as the base. (As you may know, the Kanyakumari Express from Bangalore is not a good option at all to travel to Kanyakumari - it takes too much time.)

4. There is a nice itinerary a few posts above. You may follow that more or less.

5. There are many trains between Madurai and Kanyakumari/Nagercoil - more to Nagercoil. Based on the itinerary, you can choose the train. (About 5 hours) Nagercoil is just about 20km from Kanyakumari - you can find many buses/taxis/autos for the trip.

6. Kanyakumari as such is a very small place; if you stay in any of the tourist hotels, you can simply walk to all points of interest.

7. If you want to visit places around Kanyakumari - Sucheendram, etc. I would suggest that you arrange a taxi from Nagercoil. The taxi scene at Kanyakumari is a rip-off.


Hope this helps on the travel part.

thank u very much for ur immediate response. i am getting confuse, which place i should go first. If i start my journey from bangalore.
fist i should go to madurai, then rameswaram and kanyakumari........Plz help.

A small, but significant, correction to my post above.

There *is* a direct train from Bangalore to Rameswaram. It is a special train and runs once a week. There is also a special train between Nagercoil and Bangalore.

As for the order, it doesn't really matter. Rameswaram is roughly east of Madurai, while Kanyakumari is south of Madurai. There is very poor direct connectivity between Rameswaram and Kanyakumari - and the best route is via Madurai.

Ideally, one should look at the train schedules and availability and make the order accordingly.

Just to be very specific, any of the following combinations would work, and there are more!

1. Bangalore - Rameswaram, Rameswara-Madurai, Madurai-Kanyakumari, Nagercoil- Bangalore
2. Bangalore - Rameswaram, Rameswaram - Kanyakumari (via Madurai) , Knayakumari - Madurai, Madurai - Bangalore
3. Bangalore-Madurai, Madurai-Rameswarm, Rameswaram - Kanyakumari (via Madurai), Nagercoil- Bangalore

4. Bangalore-Madurai, Madurai-Rameswarm, Rameswaram - Kanyakumari (via Madurai), Kanyakumari - Bangalore (via Madurai)

and so on....

Thank u very much. Have a nice day.

Hi All, I am going to chennai on 4th Nov .From there I have a plan to visit trichy...kodai...madurai..rame swaram..kanyakumari..kovalam..

I need some info:

1) Is it possible to cover trichy from Chennai & can get return to Chennai on same day
2) What will be best transport option to go Kodaikanal & how far it is from Chennai.
3) If I want to cover Kodaikanal,how long should I stay there .1 night or 2
4) Any budgetory hotel ??

Pls guide me as I have very short time & I have to finalise all.

Hi,
Here are the answers :
1) chennai to tiruchi is roughly 360kms and it not possible one day,
2) Their is train which stops at kodai road and from their you can get buses/taxi's and even shared taxi's to kodai,kodai is roughly 550 kms from chennai
3) 2 days in kodai is quiete good,
4) ttdc is a good option.

Thanks n kumar for your reply....

Can you pls tell me
1) what should be the best option to go Trichy from Chennai & do you know any budgetory hotel there ? Is it a pick season??
2)Chennai to Madurai or Kodaikanal to Madurai ..which will be the good option..How should we go( train /bus)

Thanks for your co-operation...

Hi can one cover Rameshwaram (Danushkoti ) and Kanyakumari from Pondi in 3 days.

If one needs to fly or take a taxi service to cover the same will be fine.

Any good hotel suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you for your time