: SPLENDORS OF THE SOUTH February 28-March 15, 2018

16 days from $4,974 total price from Boston, New York, Wash, DC ($4,095 air & land inclusive plus $879 airline taxes and fees)

This tour is provided by Odysseys Unlimited, six-time honoree Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Tour Operators award.

An Exclusive Small Group Tour for Alumni and Friends of the University of Pennsylvania With Thomas Max Safley, Professor of Early Modern History Dear Penn Alumni and Friends, Join alumni, friends, and Penn faculty host Thomas Max Safley, Professor of Early Modern European History, on a special 16-day journey throughout Southern India. Together you will visit places steeped in history, art, and architecture. Your journey starts in India’s “entertainment capital,” Mumbai, situated on India’s west coast. Here you’ll visit the revered Mani Bhawan, Mahatma Gandhi’s headquarters, and tour the acclaimed Prince of Wales Museum. Traveling south to Mysore, stop first in the key cultural town of , then visit Mysore Palace. Continue on to Coorg and tour the coffee plantation at Orange County Resort, where you stay. Then it’s on to Kabini and Nagarhole National Park, where you enjoy boat and vehicle safaris in search of wildlife. A leisurely Kerala houseboat cruise through the canals of the Arabian Sea showcases Indian life up close. The tour concludes in Kochi, where you attend a colorful Kathakali dance performance. This departure also offers a 5-day/4-night pre-tour option in Delhi and Agra, and a 5-day/4-night post-tour extension in . This air-inclusive small group tour is limited to only 24 Penn alumni and friends. We encourage you to register today to guarantee your place on this trip of a lifetime. Sincerely,

Emilie C. K. LaRosa Assistant Director, Alumni Education & Alumni Travel

P.S. For more information about the Penn Alumni Travel program, please visit www.alumni.upenn.edu/travel.

PENN ALUMNI TRAVEL RESERVATION FORM – INDIA: SPLENDORS OF THE SOUTH Enclosed is my/our deposit for $______($500 per person) for ____ person(s) on India: Splendors of the South departing February 28, 2018. I/We understand the final payment is due at least 95 days prior to departure. Payment may be made by American Express, Discover, MasterCard, VISA, or personal check. Please make check payable to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. and send, with completed registration form, to: Odysseys Unlimited, Inc., One Newton Place, 275 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02458. You may also call Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. toll-free at 888-370-6765, or you may fax your reservation to 617-454-9199. Full Passport Name ______Date of Birth ______Gender ______Badge Name ______Penn/Sch ______Full Passport Name ______Date of Birth ______Gender ______Badge Name ______Penn/Sch Year ______Address ______E-mail ______City ______State ______Zip ______Home Phone (______)______Cell Phone (______)______Please book my/our air from ______I/We request a Business Class upgrade q I will share a room with ______I request a single room (limited availability) q Please sign me/us up: Pre-Tour “Delhi & Agra” Option q; Post-Tour “Sri Lanka” Extension q Please Note: The undersigned has read the schedule of activities for India: Splendors of the South, February 28-March 15, 2018, and agrees that their signature below represents their acceptance of the General Terms & Conditions. Signature(s) ______Date ______

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Penn Alumni Travel is proud to offer valuable trips and programs to alumni and friends through a number of partnerships. Any revenue that may be generated from Penn Alumni Travel above our program expenses supports Penn Alumni Programming. Tour membership limited to 24 alumni and friends of the University of Pennsylvania India: Splendors of the South 16 days from $4,974 total price from Boston, New York, Wash, DC ($4,095 air & land inclusive plus $879 airline taxes and fees) xperience India off the beaten tourist path – and in excellent accommodations – E on this distinctive small group journey from Mumbai south to cultured Mysore and the wildlife haven of Nagarhole; to tranquil resorts and working farms; to cosmopolitan Kochi and the canals of Kerala, where we enjoy a houseboat cruise.

Delhi and Agra Option Day 1: Depart U.S. for Mumbai, India To Delhi Delhi Mumbai Day 2: Mumbai Upon arrival, we transfer directly INDIA to our hotel. INDIA Indian Ocean Agra Day 3: Mumbai Today we encounter India’s most Coorg Bangalore populous city, as well as its commercial and enter- Destination Air Mysore tainment capital. We begin at the Gateway of India Calicut Bay of Bengal Motorcoach Kabini monument then visit the revered Mani Bhawan, Ma- Train Kochi hatma Gandhi’s headquarters here from 1917–1934. Houseboat Cruise Extension (air) Kerala SRI LANKA This afternoon we tour the acclaimed Prince of Extension Backwaters Kandy Wales Museum; tonight we enjoy a welcome (motorcoach) Entry/Departure Colombo dinner at a local restaurant. B,L,D

Avg. High (°F) Feb Mar Day 4: Mumbai We embark on an unusual yet re- Mumbai 88 91 warding excursion this morning to Dharavi, Mumbai’s Mysore 88 91 Kochi 88 89 giant slum considered a “city within a city.” We learn about the resilience and resourcefulness of the residents here. After lunch at a local restaurant, we visit Crawford Market, the huge Raj-era arcade selling everything from produce to pets. B,L Small Group Tour Highlights Day 5: Mumbai/Bangalore/Mysore Early this Unique small group itinerary • Mumbai touring • Dharavi morning we transfer to the airport for the flight to slum visit • Wildlife safaris in Nagarhole National Park • Bangalore. Upon arrival we board a coach for the 9th-century Ranganatha Temple in Srirangapatna • My- journey to Mysore, stopping en route in the key sore touring • Two-night houseboat cruise on Kerala’s religious town of Srirangapatna. Here we visit Sri canals • Outstanding accommodations, including resort Ranganathaswamy Temple, built in the 9th century to set on working plantation (Coorg) and riverfront eco- honor the Hindu god Ranganatha and an important lodge (Kabini) pilgrimage site. Then we continue on to Mysore and our hotel, where we dine tonight. B,L,D Day Itinerary Hotel Rating 1 Depart U.S. for Mumbai Day 6: Mysore Today we travel to the Chamundi 2-4 Mumbai Taj Mahal Palace Deluxe Hills, site of Chamundeshwari Temple with 1,008 Sup. First ancient steps leading to the summit. Next we visit 5-6 Mysore Hotel Radisson Blu Class Mysore Palace, the Indo-Saracenic blend of Hindu, 7-8 Coorg Orange County Coorg Deluxe Muslim, Rajput, and Gothic styles that remains the 9-10 Kabini Orange County Kabini Deluxe home of the Maharajahs of Mysore. B,D Sup. First 11 Calicut Taj Gateway Class Day 7: Mysore/Coorg We travel today to Coorg 12-13 Kerala cruise Houseboat Not rated (also known as Kodagu) and our excellent accommo- Vivanta by Taj, 14-15 Kochi Deluxe dations at the Orange County Resort, set on a 300- Taj Malabar acre working coffee and spice plantation. After lunch 16 Depart Kochi for U.S. here, we take a guided walk of the extensive grounds Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel and a talk with the resort’s resident naturalist. Later industry standard reference. Unrated hotels may be too small, too new, or too remote to be listed. we enjoy a cultural dance performance. B,L,D

Cover photo: We spend two days cruising Kerala’s scenic backwater canals. We visit Mysore Palace on Day 6.

Day 8: Coorg We encounter everyday life up close Day 9: Coorg/Kabini After an early morning bird- on this morning’s visit to a nearby village, as we wander watching walk, we leave Coorg for Nagarhole National the narrow lanes, see a traditional coffee pour, and Park, whose abundant wildlife, including Bengal , experience the round “coracle” boats used by local Asian , Indian bison, wild , , antelope, fishermen. Back at our lodgings this afternoon, we and , make it one of India’s finest preserves. We learn about the coffee grown here on a walking tour enjoy lunch at our safari lodge, named one of National of the plantation. B,L,D Geographic Traveler’s 25 “world’s best” eco-lodges, then set out on a boat safari. B,L,D

Post-Tour Extension Pre-Tour Option March 15-19, 2018 February 24-28, 2018 Sri Lanka Delhi & Agra 5 days/4 nights 5 days/4 nights for $1,095 total price for $1,095 total price Single Supplement: $395 Single Supplement: $345 Diverse cultures, ancient sites, and Experience two of India’s tropical scenery highlight Southeast iconic cities of the north and the ’s oldest democracy. magnificent Taj Mahal. Your Tour Price Includes Your Tour Price Includes • Air transportation Kochi/Colombo, Sri Lanka, inclusive • Air transportation Delhi/Mumbai, inclusive of airline of airline taxes and fees taxes and fees • 4 nights’ accommodations: 3 nights Kandy at • 4 nights’ accommodations: 2 nights Delhi at ITC Cinnamon Citadel (Deluxe); 1 night Colombo at Sheraton (Deluxe); 2 nights Agra at ITC Mughal Cinnamon Grand (Deluxe) (Superior First Class) • 9 meals: 4 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 4 dinners • 9 meals: 4 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners • Extensive sightseeing: UNESCO town of Kandy, tea • Extensive sightseeing: Old/New Delhi, Chandni plantation, Hindu (Embekke) and Buddhist (Tooth Chowk Bazaar, Taj Mahal visits (including sunrise), Relic) temples, elephant sanctuary, Peradeniya Agra Fort Gardens, Colombo city tour • Services of an Odysseys Unlimited representative • Services of an Odysseys Unlimited representative • Private motorcoach transportation • Private motorcoach transportation • Gratuities for dining room servers and airport and • Gratuities for dining room servers and airport and hotel porters hotel porters “Wherever you are Faculty Lecturer is the entry point.” Thomas Max Safley is Professor of Early Modern European – Kabir History. A specialist in the eco- nomic and social history of early modern Europe, he has pub- Day 10: Kabini This morning we embark on a safari lished extensively on the history by vehicle through Nagarhole in search of wildlife, of marriage and the family, of including the elusive , India’s national poverty and charity, and of labor and business. He that is now an endangered . We return is currently working on the economic and social to the lodge for lunch and to see Orange County’s history of failure, especially bankruptcy among Butterfly Park. Later we drive through the rural merchant-bankers in early modern Europe. Safley landscape to the village of Gundathur, where we visit is a regular Penn Alumni Travel host, having with a local family in their home. B,L,D traveled with alumni to Turkey, the Netherlands, Eastern Europe, Sicily, Morocco, and Spain. Given Day 11: Kabini/Calicut This morning we set out that so many of the merchants he has studied had on the five-hour drive to Calicut, known as the Kerala intense commercial connections to , region’s “City of Spices” for its role in the spice trade, he has long wished to travel to India to further stopping for lunch along the way. Upon arrival in explore these connections. At the University of Calicut, we have the remainder of the afternoon at Pennsylvania, Professor Safley teaches the intro- leisure. Dinner tonight is on our own. B,L ductory survey of European history and advanced lecture courses on the Reformation, the Baroque, Day 12: Calicut/Kochi/Houseboat Cruise We board pre-industrial economic history, and the early an early morning train for the journey to Kerala’s modern period. backwaters then travel by coach to our well-appointed houseboat. Later today we begin our leisurely cruise along the palm-fringed canals of the Arabian Sea. B,L,D we wish. Tonight we enjoy a sunset harbor cruise before dinner on our own. B,L Day 13: Houseboat Cruise Today we see Indian life up close as we slowly cruise past small farms and Day 16: Depart for U.S. Very early this morning villages, and old temples and churches, stopping on we depart for the airport and our return flight to the occasion to go ashore. B,L,D U.S., where we connect with our flights home.

Day 14: Kochi We disembark and return to Kochi, “Queen of the Arabian Sea,” where this afternoon Tour Departs: February 28, 2018 we take a walking tour of Fort Kochi, with its mix of Prices include int’l airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees. Boston, New York, Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial houses and $4,974 other historic buildings. Then we attend a performance Washington, DC of Kathakali dance, where facial expressions and hand Chicago, Dallas, gestures combine with movement to create this tradi- Houston, Los Angeles, $5,174 tional Kerala art form. Tonight we celebrate our journey San Francisco, Seattle at a farewell dinner at our hotel. B,D Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Day 15: Kochi This morning’s walking tour reveals Cleveland, Miami, $5,374 Kochi’s multi-layered past, a rich brew of Arab, Por- Minneapolis, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa tuguese, British, and Dutch influences. After lunch Denver, Detroit, together we are free to explore Kochi’s Old Town as $5,474 Phoenix, Portland (OR) Land Only (transfers not included) $3,795 Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person Your Tour Price Includes based on double occupancy and include airline taxes, • Round-trip air transportation from listed cities; all surcharges, and fees of $879, which are subject to flights within itinerary change until final payment is made. • 14 nights’ accommodations: 12 nights in Deluxe Single travelers please add $1,595. All tour prices and Superior First Class hotels; 2 nights in privately above (excluding airline taxes, surcharges, and fees) are guaranteed. chartered houseboat • 34 meals: 13 breakfasts, 11 lunches, 10 dinners Business Class upgrade on round-trip Trans-Atlantic • Extensive sightseeing as described, including all flight: $5,195 per person in addition to the above costs (upgrade is subject to availability and pricing is subject entrance fees to change). • Services of an Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director • Private motorcoach transportation throughout For reservations and information, please call Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. toll-free at your trip • Luggage handling for one bag per person 888-370-6765 • Gratuities for local guides, dining room servers, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Eastern Time airport and hotel porters, and all drivers

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