Transform Chennai: Private Cultural Immersion & Lunch Tour

The tour guide was punctual and very knowledgeable. He went extra mile to accommodate us. Highly recommend him as a guide!

Wonderful tour that takes you through the main sites of Chennai! Hareesh was a great guide, making sure that I understood the context of the history and culture of Chennai. He was patient and accommodating and made sure it was a memorable experience. Lunch was also excellent!

We had a wonderful experience touring Chennai, Kanchipuram, and Mahabalipuram with Mr. Subramanian Natarajan. He made us feel like family from the start, even asking us to call him Uncle. Traveling with a toddler and senior citizen parents, we truly appreciated how thoughtful and accommodating he was throughout the trip. His knowledge of the history and culture is excellent, and he explained everything with great clarity. He even brought us homemade idlis on the day of our Chennai tour (which was also his birthday!) — such a warm personal touch. He arranged reliable cabs, recommended a great local guide in Mahabalipuram, and adjusted timings to help us avoid the Chennai heat. Overall, thanks to him, our trip was comfortable, memorable, and stress-free. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Chennai and nearby areas!

We had Kannan for our guide today. We loved his passion for India and how informative he was about the detail and history at each site and he pitched it at the right level for us as first time visitors to Chennai. We personally found his knowledgeable facts at each site brilliant and we learned something different at each site, such as why a temple is located where it is: how the leather casing & pork fat & royal enfield impacted independence…. We had a fabulous lunch and actually realised what each thing on the thali goes with bread, rice and also which side! He took time to make sure we ate everything as it should be ( despite us having ate thali’s over last 3 weeks!) Kannan provided a great introduction to Chennai and was great ambassador for sites & history. Don’t hesitate to book this tour and you may be lucky to get Kannan.

This tour was fantastic because we had the best tour guide - thank you Hareesh! He was incredibly knowledgable with all of our questions and flexible to our schedule. One member of our group commented that he felt like he learned a year’s worth of history in just a few hours. Hareesh told us he loves his job and it shows! He shared history without any bias or judgement. The tour company stayed in touch with us and were very receptive to our questions beforehand.

An excellent tour giving the highlights of Chennai, and an additional opportunity to visit a Jain temple, which I hadn’t experienced before. My guide, Kannan, was friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating, giving me a great introduction to this wonderful city.

This was our 3rd tour with Five Senses and all of our guides have been excellent; especially Kannan. He provided us with a lot of knowledge about the temples, monuments and places we toured. He included a few stops that were not on our itinerary but which helped enrich our experience. He had a good understanding of English which was helpful to us.

I highly recommend this tour, especially given by Natarajan (guide) and Mahendran (driver)! Natarajan was very knowledgeable and personable about the different temple sites we visited, answered my questions, including the silly ones! He graciously took photos for me at my request. We had a wonderful lunch -- it was at a vegetarian restaurant. I kept a list of meals I have enjoyed eating so far in Chennai and provided it Natarajan to help me order. For temple visits, you do need to take your shoes off at each temple. I wore socks and tennis shoes thinking I would need to walk more. I would advise doing this if you're not comfortable walking barefoot. Highly recommend to use the restrooms when Natarajan suggests, as they are the cleanest options on the tour (bring TP if you use it). Our tour went slightly over, but that was due to me taking my time at each location. My only regret is that Natarajan won't be available when I go to Delhi! Huge points for Mahendran keeping the car cool for the drive! :)

The tour was so good and informative It covered many places and the tour guide was very clear and professional We really enjoyed it

This tour was very informative and interesting. We learned a lot about not only the different sites we visited, but also about the history of Chennai.