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Tour Overview

Experience the diverse beauty of Kerala, beginning in Kochi with its historic charm before travelling to Munnar, famed for its misty hills and lush tea plantations. Continue to Thekkady for the natural beauty and wildlife of Periyar. Cruise Kerala’s tranquil backwaters aboard a traditional Alleppey houseboat, surrounded by coconut palms and village life. Relax on the pristine shores of Mararikulam before returning to Kochi for your onward departure.

Tour Highlights

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Tour Itinerary

Arrive at Kochi Airport
Arrive at Kochi International Airport. Please clear immigration and visa formalities, collect your baggage, and proceed to the arrival lounge through the green channel if you do not have goods to be declared to customs. Our executive will wait for you with a placard in your name to greet you. Thereafter you will be assisted with a transfer and check-in at the hotel. Overnight stay in Kochi.

City tour of Kochi
Today morning after breakfast proceed on a city tour of Kochi. Enjoy a walk around the Synagogue, the area is known as “Jew town” and is one of the Kochi’s spice trade centers. We stop at Mattancherry Dutch Palace which was built by the Portuguese and presented to the Maharaja of Cochin in 1568. Proceeding ahead you will visit St. Francis Church; the first church to be built in India by the Portuguese. After visiting Santa Cruz Cathedral enjoy strolling on the beach side viewing the life at Chinese fishing nets. In the evening enjoy a Kathakali Dance Performance. Kathakali is a ritualized dance form that is native to Kerala, with elaborate costumes and makeup. Male dancers portray both male and female roles that tell the stories taken mostly from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. Stay overnight at Cochin.

Travel to Munnar
Pick-up from your predefined location and travel to Munnar, a place to enjoy scenic beauty and marvellous waterfalls, high mountains with the low flying clouds passing by. The town stands at a confluence of three mountain streams – Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala. The three streams later join the Periyar river and finally the Arabian Sea.  Munnar is famous for its tea gardens and summer resort of the erstwhile British administration in South India. Stay two nights at hotel.

City tour of Munnar
Enjoy leisurely breakfast, walk through the enchanting tea estates and enjoy the tranquillity it provides while watching women’s plucking the tea leaves at the tea estates. It's the place you would love to visit - it's the place you would wish never to leave. We will also visit Tea Processing Factory & Museum. The museum puts light on the important fact and figures about the growth of the tea plantations in Munnar. It contains curios, old photographs, machinery and other things which have been used for a long time. Stay overnight in Munnar.

Travel to Thekkady
Morning after breakfast travel to valley of spices and see the spice plantation gardens. Thekkady, with its bountiful treasures of tropical flora and fauna is the ultimate reservoir of many and endangered species and a rich tribal culture. On arrival check-in at hotel. Overnight in Thekkady.

Sightseeing tour of Thekkady
Early morning experience a boat cruise on Lake Periyar, which showcases a kaleidoscope of activities that occur around the lake and jungle. Evergreen moist deciduous forests and savannah grass lands characterize Periyar. Later visit a spice plantation growing cardamom, pepper and coffee. It is believed that the spice trade dates back three thousand years in Kerala, and many spices find their home here. The slanting slopes caress a variety of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, turmeric and curry leaves. On the way back you could stop at the local market and purchase some fragrant spices.

Travel to Alleppey
Morning drive to Alleppey, where you will board your private houseboat, converted from a Kettuvallam or traditional rice barge, and sail through the beautiful backwaters of Kerala. The backwaters in Kerala are a world of serenity and wonderment. This large aquatic area is a vast network of lagoons, lakes, rivers and canals, and the people who live in this region have created their own distinct lifestyles. Witness the peaceful way of life on these amazing waterways with lunch, dinner and overnight stay on board; this will be a real highlight of your holiday. **While on the houseboat you can enjoy fishing with rod or can ask the local chef for Kerala Cooking demonstration. The houseboat docks itself in the evening at around 1700 hrs as by this time the fisherman draws their nets in the backwaters. The Air conditioning in the houseboat also starts at night after the houseboat docks.

Travel to Marari
Morning after breakfast disembark the houseboat cruise, get picked up by our driver from the Jetty and travel to Marari, the sea-side village experience set on 30 acres with coconut groves, lily ponds, fruit trees and a large organic farm on Marari beach in Mararikulam, is a tribute to the fisherfolk of this region who populate its spirit in obvious and subtle ways. Stay overnight in Mararikulam.

Day at leisure at Mararikulam
After breakfast, the day is free at leisure to relax by the beach or just relax by the pool / enjoy the hotel facilities. Or you can rejuvenate yourself with the goodness of Ayurveda herbal oil massage (direct payment). Overnight stay in Mararikulam.

Travel to Kochi Airport & Deparure
Morning after breakfast check-out from your hotel. The tour finishes with wonderful memories and a direct transfer to Kochi Airport to board an onward flight.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What's Included
  • Accommodation in selected hotels, including standard check-in at 1400 hrs and check-out at 1200 hrs.
  • Personalised assistance by our representative at airports and hotels
  • All travel, transfers and sightseeing by air-conditioned private vehicle as per the itinerary
  • All sightseeing and excursions as specified in the itinerary
  • Services of local English-speaking guides during sightseeing tours
  • Entrance fees to monuments and attractions mentioned in the itinerary (one visit only)
  • Overnight private houseboat cruise in Alleppey, including breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • Visit to a tea factory and tea gardens in Munnar
  • Boat cruise on Periyar Lake and visit to a spice plantation in Thekkady
  • Kathakali dance performance in Kochi
  • Complimentary bottled drinking water during transfers and sightseeing
  • All currently applicable government taxes
What's Excluded

Any International or Domestic Airfare not mentioned above and Visa fee, Early check-in or late check-out, Meals other than specified above, tips and gratuities, travel and medical Insurance, camera fee and video permits, expenses incurred due to flight/train cancellation or delay, any expense of a personal nature, like drinks, laundry, telephone calls, mini bar, etc., Any optional excursion or tour, any other expense not mentioned in the inclusions section.

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Duration 10 Days / 9 Nights
Meals Included
Stays Handpicked Stays
Country India
Category Private Car Journeys
Pace Relaxed
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