Bhubaneshwar to Konark & Chilika with Boating, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
This private tour include transport by AC car, English speaking accompanied guide from Bhubaneshwar, monuments entrances and boat ride on Chilika Lake. The Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Temple an architectural marvel and categories (i) UNESCO World Heritage Site. While Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km a tentative UNESCO World Heritage site.
Description & Instructions When Visiting Hyderabad, Telangana, India
This private tour include transport by AC car, English speaking accompanied guide from Bhubaneshwar, monuments entrances and boat ride on Chilika Lake. The Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Temple an architectural marvel and categories (i) UNESCO World Heritage Site. While Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km a tentative UNESCO World Heritage site.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Konark Sun Temple, Kasia-Tamkuhi Road, Konark India
Pick up from your Bhubaneshwar hotel for same day excursion visit to Konark Sun Temple & Chilika Lake
The Konark Sun Temple a 13th-century Temple (also known as the “Black Pagoda”), at Konark. Located on the east coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Mahanadi Delta, it is built in the form of the chariot of Surya (Arka), the sun god with 24 wheels, and is heavily decorated with symbolic stone carvings and led by a team of six horses. It was constructed from oxidizing weathered ferruginous-coloured sandstone by King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. The temple is one of the most renowned temples in India and is a World Heritage Site inscribed in 1984 as a cultural property under categories.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Chilika Lake, Satapada, Puri 752001 India
Chilika Lake a brackish water lagoon, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km. It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest brackish water lagoon in the world after The New Caledonian barrier reef. It has been listed as a tentative UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent & home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals. The lake is an ecosystem with large fishery resources. It sustains more than 150,000 fisher–folk living in 132 villages on the shore and islands. The lagoon hosts over 160 species of birds in the peak migratory season. Birds from as far as the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Kazakhstan, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas come here. These birds travel great distances; migratory birds probably follow much longer routes than the straight lines, possibly up to 12,000 km, to reach Chilika Lake.
After sightseeing drive back to Bhubaneshwar and drop off to your hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Hyderabad, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
