THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL PANCHGANI/ MAHABALESHWAR TRIP 23 – 29 MARCH 2017 India offers myriad flavours mingling in the steam of a country coming of age. Teeming with over a billion people who voice over a million concerns in fifteen hundred different languages, India is where people live with variety, thrive on diversity and are too familiar with largeness to let it boggle them. Travellers and tourists to India may however not find it so undoubting. Mud huts and mansions face off across city streets and lurid luxury and limp living are inhabitants of the same lane. Just like in the 'masala' box in every Indian kitchen, measures of Calm and "Kaam" (work)craft the people of India. In this beautiful and bountiful land that is India, events, experiences and sensations heap themselves on the tourist at every step. India will be one of the most stimulating places you’ll ever visit, so you must visit. Come savor the flavours of India - the spice in life beckons PANCHGANI/MAHABALESHWAR Mahabaleshwar is a hill station in India's forested Western Ghats range, south of Mumbai. It features several elevated viewing points, such as Arthur’s Seat. West of here is centuries-old Pratapgad Fort, perched atop a mountain spur. East, Lingmala Waterfall tumbles off a sheer cliff. Colorful boats dot Venna Lake, while 5 rivers meet at Panch Ganga Temple to the north. Pune is the nearest airport for Mahabaleshwar (120 km) AIRLINES: SPICE JET FLIGHT NO DEP DATE DEP CITY ARR CITY DEP ARR TIME TIME SG 52 23 MAR DUBAI PUNE 2359 0425 SG 51 29 MAR PUNE DUBAI 2005 2200 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE 24 MAR: Arrive Pune | Transfer to Camp | Raft building & River Crossing | Camp Fire & Music 25 MAR: Raft building & River Crossing | Farm Local Village Visit | Skit/Dance competition 26 MAR: Pratabgad fort and Mahableshwar Tour | Market Visit 27 MAR: Funfair games | Team building activities | Making of Juke Box | DJ Session 28 MAR: Treasure Hunt| Kayaking | Pot painting | Campfire / Treasure hunt part II 29 MAR: Pack up, Closing Ceremony | Departure DAY 1 : ARRIVE PUNE AIRPORT – I - CAMP 0425 hrs : Arrive Pune International airport 0530 hrs : Meet & greet by our representative and drive to Mahabaleshwar (3 hours) 0930 hrs : Arrive camp & Breakfast, Fresh up and rest 1300 – 1400 hrs : Lunch 1400 – 1700 hrs : Raft building & River Crossing at the resort. 1700 – 1800 hrs : Eve snacks 1800 – 1900 hrs : Break (free time) 1900 – 2000 hrs : Campfire & Music 2000 – 2200 hrs : Dinner. 2200 hrs : Lights off! DAY 2 : I - CAMP 0800 – 0900 hrs : Breakfast 0900 – 1200 noon : Raft building & River Crossing at the resort 1300 – 1400 hrs : Lunch 1400 – 1700 hrs : Farm Local Village Visit 1700 – 1800 hrs : Evening snacks & Tea 1800 – 1900 hrs : Break 1900 – 2000 hrs : Skit/Dance competition 2000 – 2200 hrs : Dinner 2200 hrs : Lights Off! DAY 3 : I-CAMP 0800 – 0900 hrs : Breakfast 0900 – 1300 hrs : Departure for Pratabgad fort and Mahabaleshwar sight seeing 1300 – 1400 hrs : Lunch at Mapro garden. Mahabaleshwar. 1400 – 1600 hrs : Mahabaleshwar market visit & Shopping 1600 – 1700 hrs : Evening snacks 1700 – 1900 hrs : Arrival back at I-Camp Resort 1900 – 2000 hrs : Freshen up 2000 – 2200 hrs : Dinner 2200 hrs : Lights Off! DAY 4 : I-CAMP 0800 – 0900 hrs : Breakfast 0900 – 1200 noon : Funfair games 1200 – 1300 hrs : Break 1300 – 1400 hrs : Lunch 1400 – 1700 hrs : Team building activities 1700 – 1800 hrs : Evening Snacks 1800 – 1900 hrs : Break 1900 – 2000 hrs : Making of Juke Box 2000 – 2100 hrs : DJ Session 2100 – 2200 hrs : Dinner 2200 hrs : Lights Off! DAY 5 : I- CAMP 0600 – 0800 hrs : Morning Trail (Before breakfast) 0800 – 0900 hrs : Breakfast 1000 – 1200 noon : Treasure Hunt 1200 – 1300 hrs : Lunch 1400 – 1600 hrs : Kayaking 1600 – 1700 hrs : Pot painting 1700 – 1800 hrs : Evening Snacks 1700 – 2100 hrs : Campfire / Treasure hunt part II 2100 – 2200 hrs : Dinner 2200 hrs : Lights off DAY 6 : DEPARTURE 0800 – 0900 hrs : Breakfast 0900 – 1100 hrs : Pack up! 1100 – 1200 noon : Closing Ceremony 1200 – 1300 hrs : Lunch 1300 hrs : Depart! Tour ends with sweet memories. Drop at Pune airport. .