India · PONDICHERRY AND AUROVILLE TOURS
11 reviewed
Good pondicherry and auroville tours fill up through the cool season and the best ones fill up first. The 11 below are the pick of them, with current prices and what makes each different, so you can book before the calendar closes.
Shop Goubert Market, cook a South Indian lunch at Sita Cultural Centre, eat on banana leaves, and take home recipes.
“Great class for anyone new to Indian cooking. Thank you Manisha for your humor and energy. We enjoyed the class.”
Ride a vintage bicycle through Pondicherry’s French, Tamil, and Muslim quarters with a guide, helmet, and water included for about 2 hours.
“My husband and I loved our vintage bike ride! The tour guide is knowledgeable, kind, and provided the perfect tour for us. I would highly recommend it!”
Private day trip from Chennai to Pondicherry and Auroville with a local guide, hotel pickup, lunch, and key French quarter stops.
“Great driver and freindly guide and knowledgable guide. We really enjoy the tour. Really great tour operator. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcccccccccccccxxxx”
Private Chennai to Pondicherry day trip with lunch and admissions included. Ashram, French Quarter, Auroville, and Promenade in 12 hours.
“It was a great experience. The tour guide knew all of the stops and was really knowledgeable at every stop.”
Air-conditioned Pondicherry highlights tour with temples, Auroville and Matrimandir, beaches, French churches, plus bottled water and pickup.
“Great experience! The guide was very helpful and quite experienced. The street food at the end were great. Thanks for showing us around!”
Learn traditional Kolam in Pondicherry with a friendly instructor at Sita Cultural Center. Hands-on rice powder art, 90 minutes, small group.
“We thoroughly enjoyed the Kolam class conducted by Lakshmi - she was full of passion and enthusiasm for her culture and the traditional crafts, which kept us engaged. Through the sharing of her growing up years, we came to have to havRead more”
A 2-hour walking tour through Pondicherry’s French Quarters, mixing colonial streets, landmarks, churches, and monuments for $26.
“Pondicherry has lot to offer. Our tour guide was nice and kind. Yet the level of English proficiency was substandard.”
Auroville forest cycling with MTB rides and a guided hike, small group of 6, English Tamil, cookies or herbal tea, 3 hours.
“One of the best tours I’ve had during my trip in India. Sharan is an excellent guide who is great at explaining all the different parts of the forest e.g birds, flora, history. The nature’s beautiful and the bike ride’s fun and not too challenging. Highly recommend!”
Private day trip from Chennai to UNESCO Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry’s French and spiritual sides, with an English guide.
“Very nice tour guide and driver plus the owner of tour agency was also helpful”
One 12-hour Chennai day trip linking Pondicherry Ashrams, Auroville, and Mahabalipuram temples with lunch included.
“I loved the biking portion but the guide was double booked taking care of 2 groups and I hardly saw him. It was really a solo experience in each site or very limited time with the guide. The restaurant was wonderful and the driver was very knowledgeable.”
Full-day guided Pondicherry loop with hotel pickup, French heritage, Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, cotton-rag handmade paper, plus vegetarian lunch.
“We thought we were signing up with 5 star rated whole day Pondicherry group tour When we started tour we found out that we were the only people who had signed up for the tour , that was disappointing because we were looking forward Read more”
