Fascinating Tours

Duration: 16 Nights / 17 Days


Tour Preface:

Bhubaneshwar is the starting point to travel into the tribal belt of Orissa. This specially designed Compass Tribal Tour With Calcutta Raj Experience visits the various tribal villages like Baliguda, Rayagada, Jeypore, Taptapani where we see the primitive Kutia Kondh Tribe, the Dingaria Kondh Tribe, Bonda Tribe Sanaparoja and Mali Tribes. The tour is meeting and mixing with these tribes and learning their life-style. The stay during the tribal tour is in lodges and in basic guesthouses. You also explore Kolkata with Compass and enjoy the City Of Joy. One should not expect any luxury. The entry and exit point have been assumed as Kolkata but one can also use any other international gateway city in India.


Day 01 Friday: Arrival Calcutta


Calcutta - Bhubaneshwar
By Flight Airline: CD 7275
Departure: 1315 hr
Arrival: 1410 hr
You will be met on arrival at the International airport. Transfer to your hotel. Relax. Calcutta, now named Kolkata is one of the oldest cities of India and used to be the British Capital of India. Once it was a flourishing city and port before Bombay gained importance. It is rightly named "The city of Joy" as the city is known to be home for the homeless from the perched villages of Eastern India.


Take the evening flight to Bhubaneshwar. Reach and transfer to hotel.


Overnight will be in Bhubaneshwar.


Day 02 Saturday: Bhubaneshwar


Breakfast will be at the hotel. Proceed for half-day tour of the city.
Bhubaneshwar is the capital city of the modern state and ancient Kingdom of Kalinga. Morning post breakfast depart for full day sightseeing covering Lingraja Temple of Shiva and Mukteshwara Temple.


Overnight will be at Bhubaneshwar.


Day 03 Sunday: Bhubaneshwar - Ratnagiri - Bhubaneshwar


Proceed for a full day excursion to Ratnagiri after breakfast.
At Ratangiri two large Monasteries, a huge stupa, Buddhist shrines and several sculptures were surfaced. At Lalitgiri a series of brick pagoda, stone porches, prayer halls and Buddhist images were unearthed.


Overnight will be at Bhubaneshwar.


Day 04 Monday: Bhubaneshwar - Baliguda


Drive to Baliguda after breakfast.
Baliguda is in the district of Phulbani, through the beautiful countryside road full with small mountains of Sal forest, one of the entry points to the tribal highland of Orissa. En-route visit typical Orissa villages.


Arrive at the hotel in the evening. Overnight will be at Baliguda.


Day 05 Tuesday: Baliguda - Belghar - Kothagarh - Rayagada


After breakfast you will depart to Belghar area for visit of Huttiya Kondha Tribal Villages & Weekly Market at Kothagarh.
Proceed to explore the villages of the primitive Kutia Kondh Tribes, once famous for the human sacrifice. Living in the mountain / forest cores are friendly tribal community. You can take small/ long trek as you wish.


Lunch will be on the way. Drive down to Rayaguda.
Arrive in the evening. Overnight will be at Rayagada.


Day 06 Wednesday: Rayagada - Jeypore

Morning proceed to Chatikona (40 km) to witness the Interesting & colorful weekly market of the Dongaria Kondh Tribes.
This day the interesting ornamental Tribes come down from their mountain will known as Niayamgiri hill range. This is a unique opportunity to witness them before they come and mix with other community in the market, so we will take you 2/3 km from the market near the Niyamgiri hill, so to watch & enjoy these communities coming down with different kinds of fruits, animal etc.


Spend time in the market. Overnight will be at Jeypore.








Day 07 Thursday: Jeypore - Unkadelli - Lamptaput - Jeypore


After early breakfast proceed to Ankadelli - 70 km to witness the most primitive, interesting & unique tribal weekly market of the Bonda tribes. The place is the border of the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh, divided by river Machkund, with interest waterfall, mountain & forest.


You can go inside for about 2/3km walk to witness the Bonda man & woman coming down from the forest side. It is being considered that at present Bondas is the most primitive tribe of India or otherwise known as the Nakate tribes of the mountain. Bonda women with their silver & brass rings around the neck, hundred of necklaces on the body, shaved hair a small cloth wrapped down to cover half of the private areas are out of any history book. In the other side the Bonda men with their bow & arrow with country made liquor is a fascinating one to watch. Photography in the market is restricted, so you can take photo on this time.


Spend time in the market. Proceed in the afternoon to Lamtaput area to explore another primitive tribal community of the Gdabas - you can watch the most colorful tribal dance call Demsa.


In the late afternoon drive back to Jeypore. Overnight will be at Jeypore.


Day 08 Friday: Jeypore - Kunduli - Nandapur - Jeypore


After breakfast proceed to witness the biggest tribal weekly market of Sanaparoja & Mali tribes in Kunduli 65 km away via Sunabeda. It is a very colorful market.
Later drive down to Nandapur to visit village of Sanaparoja tribes. Visit village Khilus, Saana Padar, Bada Padar with small trekking and later drive down to Jeypore.


Day 09 Saturday: Gupteshwar Excursion


Proceed to Gupteshwar (70 km) to visit the villages of very interesting Dhuruba tribe. Visit and walk through villages of Ramanguda, Dogariguda, Silpader, Talur etc. There is an interesting tribe where the males like to put ornaments living in the border of Madhya Pradesh. Visit the Cave Temple of lord Shiva in the hidden mountain famous among the tribes.


Later drive down to Nuagaon to witness the beautiful tribal weekly market of Sana Paroja and then back to Jeypore.
Overnight will be at Jeypore.


Day 10 Sunday: Laxmipur Excursion (Jeypore-Laxmipur-Rayagada)


Breakfast will be in the hotel.
Visit Dhuruba Tribe, Laxmipur, of the Bondas Region. Also Visit Jagannath Temple & Tribal Museum at Koraput (The Jagannath Temple is a new temple built on 1972. Here Non Hindus are allowed inside the Temples and all activities are similar to Jagnnath Temple of Puri).


Overnight will be at Rayagada.


Day 11 Monday: Rayagada - Taptapani - Gopalpur


Breakfast will be at hotel. Proceed to Gopalpur.
Visit Taptapani on your way. Enjoy the nature close to your heart and carry the memory years to come. Visit the hot spring, which till dates the local habitat use on a mark of Blessing.
Another popular beach resort is Gopalpur-on-Sea, 170 km from Bhubaneshwar, and 15 km from Berhampur. This is a perfect beach, fairly isolated and undisturbed by day-trippers. This place is good for both sailing and surfing.
Overnight will be at Gopalpur.


Day 12 Tuesday: Gopalpur - Chilka - Puri

Morning post breakfast leave for Chilka Lake, spread over an area of 1,100-sq-km, the glorious stretch of the Chilika is Asia's largest brackish water lake. Home to thousands of colorful birds throughout the year, it is particularly noisy with the din of the raucous influx of migratory birds, which descend on it from as far off as Siberia in winter.


Drive to Puri and reach by evening.
Puri is not only one of India's holiest pilgrimage centers, it is also gifted with a fabulous coastline and lovely beaches. The beaches here are ideal for beach sports but swimming is not recommended unless in the company of a lifeguard, who wears yellow conical caps. The rough seas don't even allow many water sports. Overnight will be in Puri.


Day 13 Wednesday: Puri


Breakfast will be in the hotel.
Proceed for a tour of Puri after breakfast covering Jagnnath Temple and Konark (The Sun Temple). Overnight will be at Puri.


Day 14 Thursday: Puri - Bhubaneshwar


By Road 60 km in 2 hr


Bhubaneshwar - Calcutta
By Flight
Airline : IC 7541
Departure: 1410 hr
Arrival: 1505 hr


Have an early breakfast at the hotel.
Proceed to Bhubaneshwar and enroute visit Raghurajpur, Pipli and Dhauli. Reach in time for flight to Calcutta.
Reach and relax at hotel in Calcutta.


Day 15 Friday: Calcutta


Breakfast will be at the hotel.
Proceed for sightseeing tour of Calcutta visiting the Kali Temple at Kalighat first. This is the most famous Kali Temple in Calcutta and considered very sacred by the followers.
In the evening enjoy the cruise on the Ganges and watch the city of Calcutta as it was 250 years back. Nothing much has changed here and your guide will give you an insight into the culture and the life by the Ganges. The port here used to be the main port for the British when they ruled the country and the city was then the capital of India. Relax in the evening.


Day 16 Friday: Calcutta


Breakfast will be at the hotel.
Proceed on an excursion of the Kumartuli, which to every Bengali around the world is like "good old days". All through the year thousands of artists work on the clay idols of thousands of Gods and Goddesses which are then finished and taken to the homes, temples and make shift decorated tents for the "Puja". Here you will see the idols in every stage - raw clay, the basic structure, the finished structure, the part painted ones, the completed ones and half finished ones. There are families who are doing this for generations and have confirmed orders years in advance from all over the world.


Your guide will give the insight again as to the "clay" used for the making of these idols and their importance. Visit the famous families and their workshops.
In the evening end your stay in Calcutta with a special dinner of Bengali cuisine at Aheli, which is the most authentic Bengali Restaurant in town. Overnight will be in Calcutta.


Day 17 Friday: Calcutta - Home
Breakfast will be at the hotel. Proceed to the international airport for flight home with sweet memories of India.