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South India Singing Holiday with Ali Orbaum

Price

£ 2600

Deposite

£ 500/ Person

Available Seats

25

Date

18 Jan - 01 Feb 2025

Duration

14 Days

Overview

South India – We invite you to sing your way around three different states in South India each with their own unique, unforgettable appeal. The stunning historical town of Mysore. Bandipur Wildlife safari park, the exotic Nilgiri hill stations of Ooty, the wide ranges of Wayanad Tea and Coffee Plantations and the Garden city of Bangalore. With many authentic experiences along the way and regular singing sessions on most days, our Southern Indian singing adventure will leave you with memories to last a lifetime.memories to last a lifetime.

COST PER PERSON

  • Single Occupancy: £ 2900
  • Sharing Occupancy: £ 2600

What’s Included

  • 13 Nights of accomodation in high-quality hotels
  • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
  • Air-conditioned vehicle throughout the tour
  • Singing sessions led by Ali Orbaum and Liz Martin
  • Full-time support of local tour manager
  • Local sightseeing tours
  • Bandipur wildlife safari drive
  • Experience the Indian heritage train journey
  • Boat tour in Banasura Dam
  • Visit Toda tribes in Ooty
  • Cultural performances
  • Kerala cooking demonstration
  • All entrance and activites included
  • Flight tickets
  • Visa & Insurance
  • Any tip & personal expenses
  • Anything not mentioned in inclusions

TUTOR : ALI ORBIUM & LIZ MARTIN

Ali Orbaum has been running popular choirs and singing workshops around the UK for the past 25 years in arts centres, festivals, workplaces, schools and community spaces. Her work as a vocalist, arranger and choir director has taken her around the world, including leading singing holidays in France, Italy, Morocco, the Czech Republic and Southern India.

Liz’s enthusiasm for singing is passionate and highly infectious. She has lived in France, Spain and Italy where she sang in bands, choirs and madrigal groups. For 20 years she has shared her love of singing by teaching and running four big community choirs, collectively known as The Loud Crowd. She loves sharing different kind of songs: world, folk, jazz, classical, gospel, pop, sacred – in fact anything in harmony.

Ali and Liz’s clear, encouraging and dynamic teaching style combines with a wonderful range of songs – from pop and folk to jazz and world music. All the songs are taught by ear and suitable for beginners and experienced singers alike.

Highlights

  • 3 Nights @ Mysore
  • 2 Nights @ Bandipur
  • 3 Nights @ Ooty
  • 3 Nights @ Waynad
  • 2 Nights @ Bangalore

Tour Plans

Fly from London to Bangalore International  Airport (Karnataka – India)

Transfer from Bangalore airport to our first hotel in Mysore. Mysore is a rich heritage city where we will see wonderful temples, palaces, local markets, and heritage structures. We will go on a historical tour of Mysore and have the opportunity to purchase Mysore silk.

Bandipur is famous for its National Park in the Nilgiri hills, the most beautiful and well- managed national park in India. We will have an amazing jeep safari in the National Park. We shall have a singing lesson in the forest resort.

Ooty is spectacular as our minibus climbs high into the Nilgiri hills. After settling into the hotel we take a walk to absorb local life and the busy market. The next morning we take a trip to visit the Toda tribe and later to Coonoor on the World Heritage train, and see some beautiful gardens and tea plantations

Wayanad is a small, vibrant hill station surrounded by tea and coffee estates in the northern part of Kerala, ‘The Green State’. Here we will take a boat trip and visit the dam and spice plantation. There will be plenty of opportunity to enjoy the beautiful landscape and see local life and culture

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