Best Places to visit this Summer Holidays in India

Top 5 summer destinations in India are

1. Matheran

2. Shimla

3. Srinagar

4. Munnar

5. Goa

Matheran with its dark evergreen forest cover, wildflowers, butterflies and omnipresent monkeys is balm for the city weary soul.

Matheran Pony Ride

A trendy getaway for people from Mumbai and Pune, Matheran is a quiet hill station situated on the Sahyadri range, at an altitude of 800 mts. Meaning 'forest on top', Matheran was revealed in 1850, by a district collector of Thane, Hugh Poyntz Malet.

Matheran Railway Station

Shimla, as mainly people would know, is one of the most fashionable hill stations in North India.

Shimla

A magnificent hang-over of the British Raj, Shimla's cool surroundings still remain the biggest magnet for Indian tourists. Shimla has taken the best of what the British created, and varied it with the characteristically Indian - and every summer thousands of people from the plains get pleasure from themselves to the hilt in this popular summer retreat.

Srinagar is set about the beautiful Dal Lake, where pictorial houseboats or shikharas, carry tourists on boat rides around the placid lake. This scintillating hill resort set in the Kashmir valley is an ultimate summer getaway. Srinagar chiefly has an alpine weather, as the summers are mild and winters are cold.

Srinagar Dal Lake

Srinagar Boating

Munnar offers summer tourists a mix of recreation and adventure amidst beautiful landscapes. Munnar is a beautiful getaway landscaped with tea plantations, hills, lakes, forests and winding walks.

Munnar - South India

Goa is one of the most heavenly holiday destinations in India. This evergreen destination is a holidaymaker's delight. A diverse tourist locale, Goa is celebrated the world over for its laidback culture, sun kissed beaches, gothic churches and rocking nightlife.

Baga Beach, Goa

Being India's beach capital, it has a steamy climate with balmy weather for much of the year. These are the most exotic holidays destinations in India. 

Anjuna beach, Goa

Banana Boat Ride, Calungate Beach, Goa

Apart from this; rest destinations like Ooty, Kashmir,Darjeeling, Gangtok, Mahabaleshwar, Manali, Coorg, Puri, Shillong, Shirdi, Digha, Kaziranga, Ladakh (Leh), Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar, Mandarmani, Nainital and Kodaikanal.

Best Of Kenya - 7 Nights/8 Days Tour Packages Avail at TripGoTrip.com

Best of Kenya Packages include as Mara, Nakuru, Aberdares, Samburu, Nairobi & Mount Kenya

DAY 1:- Maasai Mara Game Reserve: Arrive Nairobi’s JKIA where a WildTrek Safaris representative will meet you and after a brief safari briefing you depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve to arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. After a sumptuous buffet lunch you depart for an afternoon game drive. The park is covered with rolling grasslands dotted with acacia; hazy forested hills and riverine bush where the Mara River and its tributaries meander. The abundance of wildlife is unmatched anywhere else in the world and the black manned lion still looms large. Dinner and overnight at Mara sentrim camp.

DAY 2:- Full day in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve : Full day in Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drive to explore the expansive Mara.  Masai Mara is the northern extension of the vast Mara- Serengeti ecosystem where every year over a million wildebeests accompanied by thousands of zebras and gazelles perform their annual ritual of migration forming the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth. All meals and overnight at Mara sentrim camp.

DAY 3:- Lake Nakuru National Park: Breakfast and drive to Nakuru to arrive in time for lunch and thereafter depart for an afternoon game drive. The park spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake, offering wide ecological diversity – from lake waters and woodland to rocky escarpment and ridges.  The afternoon game drive will give you the opportunity to view various wildlife both predatory and plains game, not forgetting the abundance of bird life. This park also serves as home to both the white and black rhino. Dinner and Overnight at Merica hotel.

DAY 4:- Aberdares National park: Breakfast and depart for the Aberdare passing through the 100M Thomson Falls to arrive in time for lunch.  Later in the afternoon special transport takes you to the Tree hotel build deep in the Aberdare forest for overnight game viewing. The floodlit water whole at the hotel front attracts many animals including the buffalo, elephant, bushbuck, giant forest hog, lion and occasionally the rhino and leopard. Dinner and overnight at the ARK. (Only small overnight bags are allowed at the Ark. The rest is left at the Aberdare Country Club).

DAY 5:- Samburu Game Reserve: Breakfast and depart for Samburu game reserve. Lunch at the lodge followed by an afternoon game drive. This park has a beautiful landscape and riverine vegetation dominated by the elegant Doum palm. The River Ewaso-Nyiro that flows through the park is a lifeline to the wildlife of this semi desert region. The Park is home to the rare, Reticulated giraffe, the Somali ostrich, Beisa oryx, the Gerenuk and the Grevy zebra among others. Dinner and Overnight at Samburu Sofa Lodge.

DAY 6:- Samburu: Full day with morning and afternoon game drive. Mid morning is spent enjoying the solar heated swimming pool, take an optional bird walk or make a visit to a nearby Samburu village for a cultural experience. All meals and Overnight at Samburu Sofa Lodge.

DAY 7:- Mount Kenya: Breakfast and depart for the nearby Mount Kenya Safari Club. The club is built on the equator and the terrace offers a spectacular view of Mt. Kenya’s snow capped peaks. It is surrounded by hundreds of acres of magnificent flower gardens and lawns. Lunch and afternoon at leisure to enjoy the club's outstanding facilities and optional extra activities such as swimming pool, golf course, tennis court, horse ride or trout fishing among others or visit to the William Holden animal orphanage to see the rare bongo antelope. Dinner and overnight at the mount Kenya safari club.

DAY 8 :– Depart: Breakfast at the club and drive back to Nairobi and transfer to the airport fro your departure flight.

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Samburu, Nairobi - Summer Tour Package

TripGoTrip Offers Samburu Express Package

(2 Nights and 3 Days)

Day 1:- Samburu-Met on arrival of your flight in Nairobi by a Wind trek Safaris representative and after a short safari briefing you depart for Samburu. Drive through the rich and beautiful central Kenya highlands passing through the equator line in the town of Nanyuki and continue the drive north to the warm and dry semi-arid region of the Samburu. The Samburu National Reserve has all the big five and is well known for its long-necked gerenuk, reticulated giraffe and the rare Grevy's zebra.

The Ewaso Nyiro River, flowing through the game reserve has a large population of crocodiles that bask on the sandy banks in the hot midday sun.  Depart in the afternoon for a game drive in this unique park. Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Approximate Distance from Nairobi - 350 km

Approximate driving time – 5 ½ hrs

Samburu National Park

Day 2:- Full day in Samburu with morning and afternoon game drives to explore the beauty and mystique of the semi arid area. Mid morning is spent enjoying the solar heated swimming pool, take an optional bird walk or make a visit to a nearby Samburu village for a cultural experience. Get meals and stay overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Day 3:- Breakfast at the lodge and depart for Nairobi to arrive in the early afternoon and transfer to the airport for your flight.

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