Kerala Backwater Tour

Package Overview

Backwaters enhance the elegance of Kerala charming visitors at first sight. Portuguese and Dutch settlements in port town Kochi reveals the history of ancient foreign inhabitants. Alleppey’s backwaters are the peaceful enough to take you to another world, away from noise and stress. Munnar’s green hub is population-pollution free, an idyllic hill retreat. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary offers an exclusive rendezvous with animals and avifauna.

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Arrival At Kochi in Evening

  Our representative will welcome you on arrival at the airport and escort you to hotel ; overnight in Kochi
• Day 2 : Kochi-Munnar (124kms; 3-4hrs drive approx.)

  After breakfast , enjoy a half-day tour of Cochin. Kochi (colonial name Cochin) is a vibrant city, also referred to as the Gateway to Kerala. The ruler of Kochi allowed the Portuguese to construct a fort next to the waterfront here. Thus, emerged Fort Kochi. Also called Fort Emmanuel, Portuguese planned their livelihood around the church with settlements and church. St. Francis church, the first church of colonial era where Vasco-Da-Gama's body was buried before being taken to Portugal. You'll also come across Dutch cemetery, Santa Cruz Basilica, Indo Portuguese museum and Cochin Thirumala Devaswom Temple, Willingdon Island here.
  
  Later in afternoon you will drive to Munnar. Upon arrival you will check in at a hotel and relax. Evening at leisure for your individual activities or unwind yourself in the beautiful landscape of Munnar. Overnight in Munnar

  • Hotspots Willingdon Island, Santa Cruz Basilica, Indo Portuguese Museum, St. Francis Church
• Day 3 : Munnar

  Enjoy a half day sightseeing tour of Munnar; Nallathanni Estate of Tata Tea here has a famous tea museum inside its complex. The museum has photographs and curios which relate the evolution of tea plantations in Munnar. This Tea Museum houses curios, photographs and machinery. Also visit Mattupetty, located about 13 km from Munnar. Mattupetty is known for its dam and the beautiful lake, which offers pleasurable boat rides. Later visit the Kundala tea plantations and the Kundala Lake. The shimmering blue lake is the most photographed part of Kundala. Take a stroll in the tea estate, and enjoy the refreshing mountain breeze. Here you can view the entire process of making tea, right from plucking of tealeaves to their processing.
  Overnight in Munnar
• Day 4 : Munnar-Periyar (130kms; 3-4hrs drive approx.)

  After breakfast in morning you will check out of the hotel and drive to Periyar; Post arrival at Periyar, enjoy boat ride in Lake Periyar; please note to avail ticket for boat ride/ferry ride, guests need to personally stand in queue and need to purchase the ticket accordingly. Thereafter check in at a hotel and relax at hotel. Overnight in Periyar
• Day 5 : Periyar-Alleppey (140kms; 4hrs drive approx.)

  After breakfast ,enjoy walk near the backwater village; opportunity for cycling, fishing, canoeing. Take a houseboat cruise of Alleppey, "Venice of the East", which has a large network of canals that meander through the town and surrounding villages… the Snake Boat Race held every year in August in the backwaters is a major attraction. The Kerala backwaters are a vital waterway for the transport of goods, people and their produce, and are often the only link between isolated villages and crowded towns. 
  
  You’ll come across flocks of ducks swimming around the banks and tiny birds flying across the sky share the backwaters with country boats of various types … carrying passengers from all walks of Kerala's rural life ranging from the milkman and newspaper boy to local politicians, priests and wedding parties.
  Later in evening you will disembark houseboat and check in at hotel. 
  Overnight in Alleppey

  • Themes Canoeing, Cycling
• Day 6 : Alleppey-Kochi (60kms; 1hr drive approx.) 

  After breakfast you are at leisure; later at noon you will check out out of the hotel and drive to Kochi; upon arrival Kochi you will check in at a hotel and relax.
  In the evening, witness a Kathakali dance performance. Kathakali is the most recognized dance drama form in Kerala. It dates back to the seventeenth century and is themed from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. A traditional Kathakali performance began at dusk continued through the night, culminating at the auspicious hour of dawn, when Good finally conquers Evil. Now, of course, shorter performances are more the norm! Costumes and makeup are dramatically characteristic of the dance, and the technique involves highly intricate gestures and expressions.
  Overnight in Kochi

  • Hotspots Kathakali
• Day 7 : Kochi Departure

  After breakfast you will be given assistance in transfer to Kochi airport to board flight for onward destination; henceforth your journey ends and we wish you safe, happy, memorable journey back to your home.

Inclusions

• Hotel
• Sightseeing

Price & Rates

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