Mahabalipuram Self-Guided Audio Tour - Chennai

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Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Hotel pickup Available
  • Duration: 9 Hrs
  • Language:
    English
  • Departure Time :
    9:00 AM
  • Departure Details :
    Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu 603104, India
  • Return Details :
    Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu 603104, India
  • Cancellation Policy :
    This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Learn more about the top 8 tourist attractions in Mamallapuram. Its history, culture, myths, architecture, and other important facts are in this audio commentary.

The top 10 advantages for those who prefer flexibility on their tour.
1. Safe - Not required to download, with just a click of secure access links it can be listened to online on any device.
2. Save - The lowest price in the city.
3. Stories - No imagination stories, only verified information.
4. Schedule - Listen at your own convenience of time, pace, and location,
5. Select - Preferred languages and attractions.
6. Self-control: No need to be behind someone's instructions in always.
7. Share - with co-travelers in just a click.
8. Soft - Selective crafted words that make you listen again.
9. Simple - Use our personally created itinerary which starts from the city's central station and then gradually moves one by one.
10. Smart - in all aspects.

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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

Explore group of monuments at Mahabalipuram

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tiger Cave, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

unique rock cut cave on the seashore on which the tiger scuptures are carved.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sea Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

The Shore Temple is so named because it overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

it is a giant open-airrock reliefcarved on twomonolithicrock boulders. The legend depicted in thereliefis the story of the descent of the sacred riverGangesto earth from the heavens led byBhagiratha. The waters of the Ganges are believed to possess supernatural powers. The descent of the Ganges andArjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava heritage site.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Descent Of The Ganges, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

it is a giant open-airrock reliefcarved on twomonolithicrock boulders. The legend depicted in thereliefis the story of the descent of the sacred riverGangesto earth from the heavens led byBhagiratha. The waters of the Ganges are believed to possess supernatural powers. The descent of the Ganges andArjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava heritage site.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Varaha Cave Temple, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

The most prominent sculpture in the cave is that of LordVishnuin the incarnated form of aVarahaor boar liftingBhudevi, the mother earth goddess from the sea. Also carved are many mythical figures

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Krishna's Butter Ball, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

The most prominent sculpture in the cave is that of LordVishnuin the incarnated form of aVarahaor boar liftingBhudevi, the mother earth goddess from the sea. Also carved are many mythical figures.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Pancha Rathas, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

Pancha Rathas is an example ofmonolithic Indian rock-cut architecture. The complex was carved during the reign of KingNarasimhavarmanI(630668 AD),
Dharmaraja Ratha
Bhima Ratha
Arjuna Ratha
Nakula Sahadeva Ratha
Draupadi Ratha


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: MadrasCrocodileBank, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

India's leading institution for herpeto faunal conservation, research and education. The bank is the first crocodile breeding centre in Asia

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: DakshinaChitra Museum, Muttukadu, Chennai District, Tamil Nadu

a living-history museum in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, dedicated to South Indian heritage and culture.

Duration: 1 hour

Inclusions

Direct access to audio guide in one playlist for all tourist attractions

Personally created tour itinerary map with audio guide for each attractions

6 days access validity (considering flexibility on your itinerary)

Exclusions

Entry Fees (Wherever its necessary)

Pickup and Drop-Off

Additional Info

How to use it? Audio guide access links will be sent to you in an email on your selected date of travel before your starting time.

Not wheelchair accessible

Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate

Face masks required for travelers in public areas

Social distancing enforced throughout experience

This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Traveler Reviews

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  • 26-May-2022

    Tout se fait à pied et on a l’impression de se retrouver à une autre époque. Jolie balade qui nous en met plein les yeux……..

  • 30-Jan-2020

    We enjoyed ourselves very much. Our driver was very kind and after we visit Mahabalipuram he took us to a seafood restaurant near the beach where we enjoyed fresh and very good fish and shrimps.

  • 29-Jan-2020

    We enjoyed ourselves very much. Our driver was very kind and after we visit Mahabalipuram he took us to a seafood restaurant near the beach where we enjoyed fresh and very good fish and shrimps.

  • 28-Jan-2020

    the tour is perfect a day trip to Mahabalipuram, its well planned and just the right duration. the driver was polite and helpful, although he was not an official guide, but he was knowledgeable and helped me understand the history of each site.

  • 27-Jan-2020

    the tour is perfect a day trip to Mahabalipuram, its well planned and just the right duration. the driver was polite and helpful, although he was not an official guide, but he was knowledgeable and helped me understand the history of each site.

  • 27-Dec-2019

    After reading the reviews on this trip we went ahead and booked. Wish we hadn't, a small old taxi picked us up, 4 adults so was very cramped & boiling hot, driver had very little English, hardly said a word to us. Dropped off at places, no explanation, no info nothing. For the price they charge its daylight robbery,better off just getting your own taxi and going. They advertised Wifi & water neither of which were available. We put in a complaint to the company using WhatsApp,only to then be blocked by them!! All in all a waste of money & waste of a day. BEWARE, I suggest you book independently & not with this company.

  • 26-Dec-2019

    After reading the reviews we had a good feeling that we would enjoy our experience.... WE WERE TOTALLY WRONG! BEWARE!!! If you don’t get a good tour guide your experience will be a disaster!! He had ZERO English, gave us no information or knowledge about each location. Didn’t even give us his name!? We was not provided what was advertised at all (water). It would of been A LOT cheaper and easier to grab a taxi in the street! Beware beware beware, we were totally robbed of our money on this tour!

  • 01-Dec-2019

    Our tour operator Mr Ranjith made our family tour so easy and simple that even the children were feeling so confortable and enjoyed the tour.

  • 03-Nov-2019

    Really enjoyed the tour and our driver Mr. Ranjith was great. He spoke English really well and was a very genuine and helpful guy. We visited all of the temples but decided not to do the crocodile stop, that’s the great thing about this tour is you can customise it to suit you. Leaving early is totally the right thing to do as it gets really hot by 10.30 but thankfully we had done a few temples by then. Highly recommend this tour and driver. Highly recommended.

  • 06-Oct-2019

    Driver will pick up at the hotel and drive to mahabalipuram, which is around 1 and a half hour from the centre of chennai, a very lovely guide and driver, brings us to many attractions together with the detailed explanation. We gained a lot of knowledge from this tour. Totally would recommend it.

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