About This Trip
Get a vacation in South India in 10 days and let the backwaters houseboat tour and the pristine beach enchant you. You will explore the highlights in Cochin with your guide, such as the Dutch Palace. Tour Munnar, where you can stroll around the green tea plantations. Visit Periyar to encounter tigers and other rare animals in the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Get to Alleppey to revel in a cruise on the famous backwaters of Kerala. Before taking your flight home from Trivandrum, you will relish a relaxing time on the beach of Kovalam.
Itinerary Summary
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- 1 - 2Cochin
- 3 - 4Munnar
- 5Periyar
- 6Alleppey
- 7 - 9Kovalam
- 10Trivandrum
Itinerary
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Day 1: Arrival, Cochin
Upon your arrival at the airport of Cochin, also known as Kochi, a port city on the southwest coast of India, our representative will meet you and escort you to your hotel, and give you a brief introduction to the rest of your visit. The remainder of the day is left free for you.
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Day 2: Cochin
Explore Cochin with highlight visits to Fort Cochin, the Dutch Palace, St. Francis Church, and the Jewish Synagogue in Jew Town. After that, move to the harbor to watch local fishermen using old Chinese fishing nets to catch fish. In the evening, at an extra cost, you can enjoy Kerala's signature performance of Kathakali, a classical form of dance, drama, and music that is more than 400 years old.
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Day 3: Cochin - Munnar
Drive about 4 hours to Munnar, the largest tea-growing region of South India known as a favorite honeymoon destination. On your arrival, check in and enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure, so you can simply relax or explore the locality around your hotel.
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Day 4: Munnar
Start your full-day adventure in Munnar. You will stroll through the emerald green tea plantations, which are contoured, clipped, and sculpted like ornamental hedges. No one will return home without tasting or shopping for tea, the essence of Munnar. Just immerse yourself in some of the world's best and most renowned tea estates.
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Day 5: Munnar - Periyar
Take a morning drive, about 3.5 hours, to Periyar Tiger Reserve. Check in as soon as you arrive, stroll through the spice plantations with a local naturalist, and learn their various uses in medicine and food. In the late afternoon, enjoy a shared boat ride on Periyar Lake at the heart of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, during which you will have a chance to encounter the wildlife on the bank.
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Day 6: Periyar - Alleppey
Head for Alleppey by car for about 3.5 hours. After arrival, embark on your houseboat and cruise on the world-famous backwaters of Kerala. Cashew nuts, coir trade, and coconuts will be seen along your way, and it is a good chance to observe the rural lifestyle of Alleppey's people. Enjoy lunch and dinner on the houseboat and you will feel like being one with nature.
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Day 7: Alleppey - Kovalam
Have breakfast on the houseboat, and then disembark at Alleppey and leave for Kovalam by car (about 4 hours), a beach town by the Arabian Sea.
After arrival, spend the rest of the day at your leisure. A variety of activities are provided for you to choose from such as sunbathing on the beach, swimming, herbal body toning massages, special cultural programs, catamaran cruising, etc.
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Day 8: Kovalam
Soak up the amazing seascape and relax on the white beaches. There will be no car or guide today, and all is up to you.
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Day 9: Kovalam
A full day of relaxation will give you a further chance to step into Kovalam. You can stay at the hotel, take an excursion to Cape Comorin on the southernmost tip of India, or visit the famous Amman Temple.
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Day 10: Kovalam - Trivandrum, Departure
It is time to say goodbye to India today. Enjoy a leisurely morning, then our representative will transfer you to the airport in Trivandrum, from where you can connect your flight back home.
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Gallery
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House Boat Cruise on the Backwaters of Kerala
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Colonial Cochin
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Willington Island, Cochin
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Fishing Net, Cochin
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Tea Plantations, Munar
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Kovalam Beach
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Kovalam Beach
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