Holiday experiences with Vizag Tourism

Inquiry Number:D21379

Senora Resort & Mayuri Hills r grt, except room services of MHills and JBell acmdn cld be imprvised,supports from Vizag Tourism was great.

Mr.Tuhin Mohanta , Malda Town, West Bengal.

Inquiry Number : D25644

Accombidation in Sinora Resort is Excellentn.We enjoyed food and accombidation and hospitality in this Resort. Hotel terrif is reasonable. I advised all tourist to prefer the above resort for stay and food.

D26007:

Even though i went for a Diff package my over all exp with Vizag tourism was very good and i will surely recommend to my colleagues and freinds.

Sabyasachi Datta:

Sandeep/Krishna/Jagdeesh,

Thanks for a very well arranged trip. I must say whatever Sandeep promised was 100% delivered. I am highly impressed by your professionalism with a personal touch. I am sure if you guys are so mature at this young age - you will definitely achieve a lot in your life.

I would be happy if I can provide any kind of feedback anywhere.

Regards,

Manish

manish.singhal2007@yahoo.com

Dear Mr. Sandeep, Mr. Krishna,

This is Balaji from chennai writing to you in appreciation of your excellent service. To recollect I had booked the Vizag - Araku Valley package for my holiday at Vizag. I just returned to Chennai after enjoying the warmth of your services during my holiday.

Every stage exhibited your professionalism. The best of the Van service provided to me with Mr. Rama Krishnan, driver very knowledgeable and good in driving skills. Accomodation at both Palm Beach Resort at Vizag and Mayuri Hills resort at Araku has been excellent.

I have travelled to lots of destinations within the country and abroad, but the warmth and the courtesy exhibited by your organisation is unique and deserves tons of appreciation. On the whole it was an excellent holiday enjoyed by my family.

I stand obligated to thank you personally for all the courtesy provided to me.

I again reiterate " Your services are Professional and the Hospitality extended to us is Great.

Our HEARTY WISHES TO HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2010

Thanks again

C.G. BALAJI

CHENNAI

C.G. BALAJI

EDUCATION OVERSEAS ACADEMY

Regd Office : 7, Rosy Towers, First Floor, Nungambakkam High Road

Chennai - 94

Ph. 28203111, 28203112, 28203113, www.eoaindia.com

Destinations Visited: Vizag and Araku Valley.

Thank you sandeep and Gowri for making this trip a memorable one!

We've felt at home right from day 1 and were extremely pleased /satisfied with the arrangements/planning you have done for us...

I will gladly recomend your services to any of my firends/co workets as i believe you'll continously set new standards in the hospitality industry and make every experience truly special and personal.

The trip couldn't have been better

Thanks Lateef

lateef@google.com

Experience from Bhaskar Das.

Vizag Tourism a name of hospitality, they really show the places differently. First time when i was making tour planning with them, i become exited looking the packages they suggested for us. we never know " Jungle Bells" and other places if they did not suggest us.

so Iam thankful to Vizag tourism for making my Honeymoon travel a dream one.

Hoping all the best to them.

Bhaskar Das

Moumita

Awesome Travelling Experience:

Destinations visited: Munnar/Alleppey/cochin( Kerala Gods own country)

Dear Sandeep,

This mail is to convey our heartfelt thanks to you and the entire team of VIZAG Tourism for your excellent support and service. The entire arrangement including the travel schedule drafted out to us, timely response and updates from you have been of great value to us.

We had the most amazing travel and stay experience at Blackberry hills resorts, Munnar with all the picturistique view, the amazing ambience and the excellent service.

A special mention about the St.Crispin Houseboat team. The House boat cruise was simply beyond words. We nearly experienced what we call a "heavenly" experience.

The Cab arranged was perfect with absolutely no problems whatsoever.

All thanks to the you and the VIZAG tourism team for all the commitment and planning provided.

Looking forward to many more such memorable trips :)

Cheers,

Mr. & Mrs. Prashanth

Alamelu_Pb@Satyam.com

Dear Mr. Sandeep,

Hope you are fine. Thanks to you and your team for excellent hospitality and cooperation provided during our trip to Vizag.

As desired I am attaching few photographs taken during our visit.

Thanks,

Angshuman Datta

Mob. 09437255278

Larsen & Toubro Limited

and-kbl@kbl.ltindia.com

www.larsentoubro.com

Package taken: Honeymoon package to Vizag and Araku valley.

Holiday Taken: super andhra package

Destinations included : konaseema huseboat, Ainavilli, Rajamundhry, maredumilli, papikondalu,Vizag and Araku valley(Ananthagiri)

Travel Dates from December 25, 2008 to december 31, 2008.

Dear sandeep and Gowri Shankar,

Thank you very much for organising an excellent and enjoyable vacation for us. Except for few minor glitches, the trip lived upto our expectationsevery bit. Gowri shankar's company was helpful and we deeply appreciate his efforts in keeping our son engaged and entertained throughout! To have a friendly person taking care of all the travel arrangements and also baby sitting for us is definately a very attractive bonus !

The positive features are:

Flexibity in choosing the places to visit and other arrangements

Having a person accompany us throughout to take care of all the nitty glitches.

Having the benifit of local knowledge in planning the trip better..

As far as for improvements a suggestion is to pay a little more attention to scheduling the activities, especialli soon after a journey.

To sumit up, it was a very enjoyable experience and we found all our interactions with vizag tourism extremely positive and friendly. We would not hesitate to recommend your services to anyone. Thanks again for making a wonderful vacation possible for us.

Warm regards,

Mr and Mrs srinivas

v_s_srinivasa@yahoo.com

Banglore.

Feed back on Trip to Vizag and Araku valley:

Holiday taken: Vizag Araku beach and hill package.

Over all it was an excellent package. Well planned and organised.

Sequence of site seeing well- sorted.

Hotel rooms- Decent and well located.

Driver of our vehicle - a good and Sober person, coperating by nature.

We haad enough flexibility throughout the trip.

The itineary and the content there i is meticulous enough to guide the tourism well in advance.

Keep it up and keep improvising.

you have made tourism a customer's delight.

All the very best.

Sushanta Dutta

sd@reitzindia.com.

Hyderabad.

Wednesday, 14 January, 2009

Recent honeymoon package of Mr. Trishul Mukharjee.

Honeymoon in Vizag, Araku Valley and Tyda : Consistently beautiful.

My wife and I went to Vizag for our honeymoon. We were a bit sceptical about the whole thing because we got mixed reactions when we told people that we were going to Vizag. You can understand our predicament when we got a range of reactions like ”Wow, that’s wonderful’ to ‘What the hell will you do there in Vizag…it’s nothing but the most boring of all places !!!’. But I did some searching on the net and decided to get going. But I had no idea where to go and what to see. That’s the difference when one gets married. You have to care about each and everything and especially on a honeymoon trip you cannot take chances. You’ll get screwed for the rest of your life - literally

Ok. So I started to send mails to different people who claimed to be tour operators. The first to reply was Sandeep from Vizag Tourism (www.vizagtourism.co.in). Sandeep was very polite and asked me a few regular questions and sent me a detailed itinerary - which he said can be customized. I had a nice time communicating with this guy since he was very co operative and helped me understand stuff. We finally agreed on an itinerary which seemed to me was quite inclusive of all places we wanted to visit.

Day I :We arrived at Vizag at around 11:00 a.m and Gauri Shankar ( another person from the said Tourism ) was there to pick us up. He said it’d take about 30 min from the railway station. After travelling for about 20 mins, the sea , in its sheer awesomeness was revealed to us. The first thing that one notices is the picturesque landscape with hills on one side and the sea on the other. The roads are excellant and the drive could not be smoother. We simply loved the cleanliness around us.

We checked in at APTDC’s Rushikonda Beach resort. I cannot stop praising the room that was chosen by these guys (room no. 508). The room was a standard a.c but the balcony (the size exceeded that of the room !!) in front of the room is the place you’d love most. It had a splendid view of the beach, sea and the hills. We could stnad there for hours and hear the waves…it was a good start - and frankly it exceeded all my expectations.

We always had a car on call arranged by Sandeep. So, we could spend time wherever we liked. After having lunch, we decided to go for some local site seeing based on the detailed itinerary handed over to us by these guys. Great ! We wen to to Bheemunipatnam ( another beautiful beach ) , saw the Clock Tower (it lies dilapidated and in shambles anyway), walked in the red sands of Erramattidibbalu ( try saying it 5 times :). We visited Thotlakonda (a buddhist relic site..mostly destroyed but still a nice place to visit) and Kailashgiri (you’d simply love the view and the rope way ride ). We ended our tour for the day by visiting the Submarine museum (it’s a must visit…even if you are not interested in anything related to marine, it has a very rich history - and the guide knows what he’s talking about - I’m sure you haven’t seen another machine built by human that’s so so complex !!). We could’ve also visited a spa at the Bay Leaf hotel (a good alternative to the Rushikonda beach resort) but we preferred the balcony !

Day II: We spent the morning at Rushikonda beach - playing in the sand, taking pictures and going for a speed boat ride. The cost of going for a speed boat ride is pretty high Rs 150 for 3 ppl (or one ride to be precise)- 5 mins duration

We had lunch and then left for Yarrada beach. It’s awesome - simply awesome. The car went through hilly road and the approach to the beach was covered with palm trees and hills on one side. The road looked more like a rally track but the ride was too good !! We just loved the view and the landscape was too beautiful. You’d love the journey.

We arrived at 3 p.m and spent some time there. After that we went to visit the Aquarium near Ramkrishna Beach (RK beach). That too was good. The sheer variety of marine life is sure to amaze you !!

We wrapped up for the day a bit early since we had to leave for Borra Caves the next morning at 6:30 a.m

Day III: Train ride from Vizag to Borraguhallu (Borra Caves) - a fascinating journey through 43 tunnels. I can never express in words the ride. You just have to be there to experience it !!

Our car was waiting for us at Borra Caves. We ordered for typical Andhra food at one of the roadside restaurants on our way to Borra Caves (its 5 min away from the rail station). We had a great time visiting the caves. Get a guide who can show you stuff (he charges about 50 rupees for an hour) because its pretty dark inside the cave. Again, there are too many things that we saw and we loved it all. We also visited the ‘temple’ that’s visited by the tribals (its a pretty stiff climb ) who worship at the temple every Shivratri. Altogether , it was superb !!

We had lunch at the said restaurant and it was spicy - but excellant taste !!

We checked in to Ananthagiri Hill resort (we got a valley facing cottage). The resort is located superbly and again, thanks to the guys at Vizag Tourism, we got an excellant view of the Valley.

Two things to note : There is no communication through mobile once you enter this region and the only way to call home is through the few telephone booths located near the resort.

The resort is beautifully planned and the watch towers provide a splendid view.

After freshening up, we went to Galikonda view point - a beautiful view point from where you can have a magnificient view of the Valley. Don’t forget to stop by the Ananthagiri Coffee plantations and pick up a few packets of grounded coffee (or coffee beans if you prefer). Its coffee powder at its best - I can assure you that !!

Day IV: Checked out of the resort at 10 am and towards Araku Valley we went. Again, excellant landscape and beautiful roads. We visited the Tribal Museum - a really nice place to see all things ancient. Stuff created by tribals are on sale and we picked up a few suveniors. The Museum is a must see.

We then went towards Chaparai view point - a nonchalant place where you can see a small waterfall. Again, nice place to go just because of the view.

We checked in at Tyda Eco Tourism Jungle Bell’s wooden cottage in the evening. There was no communication facilities available since this was a nature camp of sorts. One can find a battery operated STD telephone near the Tyda railway station (10 min away from the resort). The wooden cottage was smack in the middle of a jungle like setting - with a variety of trees and a fine place to walk and spend time together at the top of watch towers.One can hear beautiful bird calls - nothing like you get to hear anywhere in a metro like Kolkata. Its just the right place to relax.

The resort arranges for campfire (everyday), Dhimsa Dance (everyday except Friday - we were unlucky on this one - we arrived on a Friday ), Trekking (early morning every day). You could also go cycling or just take a walk !!

One has to order dinner before 6pm.

Day V: This was the saddest day because we knew our tour was coming to an end. However, after having breakfast, we left for Tadipuddi , a huuuge reservoir. I had no idea that a water reservoir could be so huge and beautiful at the same time. Just to give you an idea of the sheer vastness of the reservoir - it takes about an hour to complete a tour of the whole reservoir in a motor boat travelling at a moderate speed of 20 km/hr !! We booked on the whole boat for INR 250 (35 min tour) and enjoyed the trip thoroughly. We sat in front of the boat, sometimes shooting pictures of nearby mountains and sometimes playing with the water !!

We then moved towards Simhachalam (Simha : lion, achalam: Hill) temple - a very famous temple , I was told - and that it was the second richest temple in India. Again, the road to the temple was fascinating. Inside the temple we offered prayers (remember to buy coconut froom outisde the temple ) and prayed for a lovely and peaceful life

By the time we were done, we had lots of time in our hands. I called up Sandeep, and he suggested that we take a trip to Kambalakonda after having lunch. So went. And boy, I would’ve really missed a lot if I didn’t agree to go. Kambalakonda is another eco tourism project made famous by its open sanctuary. You can view deers at arms length, clib up the magnificient watch tower to sorround yourself with lush greenery and splendid landscape, go river crossing or enjoy a leisurely boat ride. But the park closes at 4:30 pm, and so we had to leave even though we could’ve spent a lot of time above the watch tower !!

Our trip had at last come to an end. It was time to bid good bye to Vizag. We spent a little time at our favorite RK Beach and before finally leaving, we got our dinner from Hyderabadi House (again, suggested by Sandeep ).

All said, there were many things taken care of by Vizag tourism. We never had to worry about a single thing. They were always ready to help me with any questions I had and most importantly, they were highly approachable and available whenever required. They even surprised us with a wedding cake and a complimentary table with an umbrella which was put up in a secluded spot just to make our day special. My wife was completely floored - these guys had thought about everything.

Its hard to belive that these guys are just out of college and so focused and dedicated to their clients. I really appreciate their entrepreneural abilities and wish them all the best for their endevour. I have no qualms recommending these guys because they have kept thir promise of showing me places differently although I had to pay a little bit more that I’d have liked to pay.

Thanks Vizag Tourism for making this an extremely memorable trip.

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