Essence of Kerala

Duration: 06 Nights / 07 Days 
Destinations Covered: Cochin –Alleppey – Cochin – Kumarakom- Kovalam

Day 01: Arrive Cochin

Arrival in Cochin and immigration will take 45 min to clear the baggage and documents check. Meeting and assistance on arrival at Cochin airport by our representative and transfer to hotel. On arrival check in at hotel. Stay for two nights in Cochin.

Day 02: Cochin

Morning after breakfast proceed to visit Broadway Market famous for local trading of spices and vegetable. It’s shopping hubs of Kochi. Thereafter enjoy a short ferry ride with local to Fort Cochin. Here you will visit Old quarter of Fort Kochi, exploring the streets of this city. Next visit to the Dutch Cemetery. Proceed to the water front to see the Chinese Fishing Nets. Evening we enjoy a Kathakali dance Performance. Stay overnight at Cochin.

Day 03: Cochin – Alleppey / Private Kettuvalam (by surface: 03 hrs drives approx.)

Morning after breakfast checks out from hotel and then transfer to visit Kumarkom bird sanctuary and enjoy the beauty of Vembanad Lake. Later drive to Alleppey (55 Km/ 1.5 Hrs). Upon arrival on jetty at 1200 hrs check in at houseboat. You will cruise through the beautiful villages and lush paddy fields witnessing the men at work. Start time: 12 noon. Inclusions: all meals and tea. Stay overnight on houseboat.

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.

Day 04: Alleppey – Kumarakom

After breakfast, disembark from the houseboat and travel to Kumarakom; an unbelievably beautiful paradise of mangrove forests. Later visit the famous Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary that gives you the opportunity to see a variety of migratory birds. Watch numerous alluring species of birds, including Darters, Bitterns, Brahminy kites, Marsh Harries, Teals and several varieties of Herons roost in their nests on the green acme, chirping and taking flight every now and then. For the inquisitive bird watcher, it is always advisable to carry binoculars at all times. Stay overnight at Kumarakom. 

Day 05: Kumarakom – Kovalam (by surface: 04 ½ hrs drive)

Morning after breakfast Kovalam through green coastal belt and cashew plantations. On arrival check into the resort with rest of the day free for your own activities. Stay overnight at Kovalam. 

Day 06: Kovlam

After breakfast day is free at leisure to relax by the beach or just relax by the pool / enjoy the hotel facilities. Afternoon relax and rejuvenate yourself with goodness of Ayurveda herbal oil massage. Overnight stay in Kovalam. 

Day 07: Kovalam – Trivandrum & departure (by flight: TBA)

Morning after breakfast drive to Trivandrum airport to board the flight to onward journey.