Duration : 07 Nights / 08 Days
Destinations : Mumbai-Sindhudurg Nagari-Goa-Kolhapur-Aurangabad-Chandrapur

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation Ltd in association with Indian Railways - Ministry of Tourism has launched a Super Deluxe luxury train "The Deccan Odyssey". The train continues to be benchmarked towards the very best luxury trains in the world such as the Blue Train of South Africa, The Orient Express of Europe plus the Eastern and Oriental of South East Asia.

The Deccan Odyssey's sheer luxury can be a sight to behold. Everything within the train displays the techniques of Indian Royalty. The plush interiors, an awesome cuisine and grate web-sites to determine helps make the journey memorable. This luxurious train transports its visitors on the exceptional sojourn of a land shining in legions grandeur - serene beaches, wonderful forts - palaces and encountering divine tales etched in colossal rocks. A weeklong royal journey is by way of a few of the finest places in Maharashtra namely Mumbai, Sindhudurg, Tarkarli, Goa, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Ellora, Chandrapur (Tadoba Wildlife), Wardha (Sevagram), Ajanta and Nasik. The objective of running "The Deccan Odyssey" train is primarily to showcase the very best of tourism assets of Maharashtra like pristine magnificence of Konkan coast, the art, the culture, the wildlife, the heritage (including globe heritage web-sites of Ajanta - Ellora) of Maharashtra as well as Maharashtra's local arts, crafts and cuisine

.The train has 21 coaches, out of which 13 are passenger cars accommodating 8 people per coach (11 passenger Cars, 4 coupes per coach - 2 Presidential Suite Cars, 2 coupes per coach), 1 Conference Car, 2 Dinning Cars, 2 Generator Cars with Luggage Store, 1 Staff, spare Car, 1 Spa Car, 1 Bar Car. The train has on-board facilities like T.V., Cable connection with central audio disc player, cell phones, Channel Music, Foreign exchange facilities, etc. The present capacity of the train is 80 pax

The route has been fixed as Mumbai - Sindhudurg - Goa - Kolhapur - Aurangabad(Ellora) - Chandrapur (Tadoba Wildlife Sancturary)- Wardha (Sevagram)- Jalgaon(Ajanta) - Nashik and Mumbai. It will be a seven days round trip starting on every Wednesday from Mumbai. The seasonal tours will operate every year between October to April month. The itinerary of the tour is broadly as follows:

1st Day - Mumbai

2nd Day- Sindhudurg Nagari

3rd Day - Goa

4th Day - Kolhapur- New Palace, Museum, Bhavani Mandap Mahalaxmi Temple - Shalini Palace.

5th Day - Aurangabad-Daulatabad-Ellora Caves-Bibi-ka-Maqbara

6th Day - Chandrapur (Tadoba) & Wardha (Sevagram)

7th Day - Ajanta Caves / Nasik

8th Day - Mumbai.

Inside the previously mentioned programme, the train will take you by means of different facets of tourism sights of Maharashtra. The coast of Sindhudurg is known for its normal beauty and greenery as well as a unique kind of cuisine, which is predominantly depending on seafood and spices locally referred to as Malvani or Konkani cuisine. The Goa, an already established tourist destination needs no special introduction. Next around the itinerary is Kolhapur, a city of numerous excellent sights. This metropolis is a distinctive blend of culture, historical past, nature - industry. Most of the venues Bhavani Mandap, Mahalaxmi Temple, Shalini Palace, New Palace, Museum and so on. speak for on their own.

From Kolhapur train moves to Aurangabad - a metropolis founded by none other than the Mogul emperor The Aurangajeb which is predominantly a cultural centre of Maharashtra. This is also a place exactly where the planet heritage internet sites of Ajanta, Ellora recognized for the wall painting or frescoes painted on the walls of caves carved out of strong basalt rock and also have briefed the vagaries of time for centuries together are located. At Ajanta - the Buddhist sculptures vividly described lives and legend of Buddha and the stone colours even nowadays spells bounds the visitor. The Ellora caves - a complex of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain caves are the living example of supreme architecture prevalent in those time and also the Kailas Temple, the most effective of all plus the biggest monolithic sculpture - the globe has ever seen can be a marvel in by itself. Itinerary also consists of the go to to Tadoba Wildlife Sanctuary which is among the most effective in India. It is the second Tiger Reserve venture in the State. This lush green forest has variety of animals and ample flora and fauna. The sanctuary also an ornithologist's paradise with a varied diversity of Migratory birds and water Birds. Gandhi Ashram is but another attraction of your itinerary. Sevagram or even the 'Village of Service' can be a tiny and unpretentious village symbolizing the Gandhian method of life. At Sevagram one can realize the Mahatma Gandhiji's means of lifestyle which has inspired quite a few leaders with the planet. Like Varanasi, Nashik is but another colourful pilgrim centre in India. A holy place which is lined with a amount of historical temples on the bank of river Godavari.