DAY 1 – KOCHI
Arrival at Kochi Airport, where you will be received by one of our official staffs, who will assist you check out of the airport, and get to your hotel, and check in.
Overnight stay at Kochi.
DAY 2 – MUNNAR
Breakfast will be followed by a half day tour of Kochi. The trip will include the Kochi Fort with the St. Francis Church, which is the oldest church of India built by the Europeans. Other places that you will visit will include Mattanchery (the street or cherry of butchers), which is famous for the old synagogue of the Jewish Quarter. Other places include the Dutch Palace, which is famous for a vast collection of mural paintings depicting various incidents from the Hindu epics.
Later, you drive to Munnar, which is 128 km from Kochi and will take around 3 hours 50 mins by road. Once you arrive at Munnar, you quickly check into your hotel and you will retire for the day.
Overnight stay at Munnar
DAY 3 – MUNNAR
Breakfast will be followed by a full day tour of Munnar. You will visit the Tea Museum, which will give an idea about some interesting aspects regarding tea plantations and tea cultivation and processing. Also, you will visit the Mattupetty, which is famous of its dam and lake, with the later offering you a breathtaking view of the pristine blue water amidst a sea of undulating green meadows all around. In the afternoon you visit the Kundala tea plantations and the famous Kundala Lake along the mountain slopes, which are lush green in appearance with the thick cushion of evergreen tea plantations. Here, you will be able to perceive the entire technique of tea cultivation and processing – right from plucking the tea leaves till their processing and packaging. In the evening return to your hotel.
Overnight stay at Munnar.
DAY 4 – Thekkady
Breakfast will be followed by almost 3 hour drive to Thekkady, which is 90 km from Munnar. Upon arrival you check into your hotel and later you take a half day tour of the place. The tour will include Thekkady wildlife Sanctuary, where you may be lucky enough to see heard of wild elephants taking bath and frolicking in the water of Thekkady Lake. You can take a tour of the spice plantation, where you will find spices like pepper, cardamom, pepper, nutmeg, clove, turmeric, vanilla, ginger, curry leaves and the likes. You can also enjoy an elephant ride. In the evening return to the hotel.
Overnight stay in Thekkady.
DAY 5 – KUMARAKOM
You drive to Kumarakom after breakfast, which is 140 km away and take about 3 hours 30 mins from Thekkady. Upon arriving Kumarakom, check into your hotel and retire for the day.
Overnight stay in Kumarakom.
DAY 6 – KUMARAKOM
Take an entire day tour of Kumarakom, which includes a visit to the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary, which is a paradise for an ornithologist and even if you are not one, you will be bedazzled by the wide variety of bird’ species that the sanctuary is home to. The species that the sanctuary houses include Waterfowls, owls, Wood Beetles, Cuckoos, Egrets and the likes. You can relax the entire evening and retire for the day.
Overnight stay at Kumarakom.
DAY 7 – ALLEPPEY
Breakfast will be followed by a drive to Alleppey, which is 35 km and will take about 1hours 30 mins. drive from Kumarakom. Alleppey is world famous for the Kerala backwaters, where you will check in to a houseboat. The place is called the, “Venice of the East” is crisscrossed by a vast network of backwater canals, which rove through the town and the adjoining villages.
Overnight stay in the houseboat at Alleppey.
DAY 8 – KOVALAM
You have your breakfast and proceed on the Kovalam, which is 159 km from Alleppey and will take around 3 hours 30 mins. Upon arriving at Kovalam, you check into your hotel and retire for the entire day.
Overnight stay at Kovalam.
DAY 9 – KOVALAM
After breakfast, you proceed on to an entire day excursion to Trivandrum, which is 11km from Kovalam and will take about 30 mins. In Trivandrum, you can pay a visit to the famous Napier Museum, which houses a rare collection of a vast range of historic as well as archeological artifacts from various historical eras. You can also pay trip to the Kuthiramalika Palace, which was constructed during the reign of the King of Travancore. The palace today houses a beautiful museum, which has a number of century old paintings and various other priceless artifacts and collections of the Royal Family. In the last leg of your tour, visit the Veli Tourist Village, which is a fantastic picnic spot, right the point of convergence of the Veli Lake with the waters of the Arabian Sea.
Overnight stay at Kovalam
DAY 10 – ONWARDS
Proceed to the Trivandrum Airport, which is 11 km from Kovalam and will take around 30 mins to reach. You will be seen off by one of our representatives, as you board your flight for your next destination.