Cochin shore excursions | La Vacanza Travel

Cochin shore excursions

Duration: 7 hours
Destination: India, Kerala, Kochi
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  • 7 hours
  • Kochi
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

When your cruise  ship docks at Kochi , make the most of your time with a Kerala houseboat and Fort Kochi shore excursion. Board a traditional houseboat on Kerala’s backwaters, and savor an onboard buffet lunch as you sail by palm groves, villages, and fields. Afterward, tour colonial-era Fort Kochi, seeing the Chinese nets, St. Francis Church, and more. Round-trip coach transport with port transfers included.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Kochi (Cochin), Kochi (Cochin), Ernakulam District, Kerala

When your cruise ship is in port in Kochi , meet your guide at the port side. Then, travel by comfortable, air-conditioned coach through Kerala’s countryside to Alleppey (Alappuzha), the main gateway to the area’s inland rivers and canals. After roughly an hour and 45 minutes on the road, arrive at a waterway where your charming wooden-and-bamboo houseboat awaits. Step aboard the traditionally built craft, find a spot on deck, and drink in the scenery as you cruise the placid waters past paddy fields, coconut groves, and rustic villages. Savor a delicious Keralan buffet lunch as you sail, enjoying dishes like fish, chicken, vegetables, and rice against the rolling backdrop of greenery and return to Kochi for a tour of Fort Kochi, the city’s waterfront colonial-era quarter. View the Chinese nets as you discover their exotic history, and admire St. Francis Church, India’s oldest European church, and Santa Cruz Basilica Your shore excursion then finishes with a port drop-off at about 4 pm

Duration: 7 hours

Inclusions
  • Lunch - Buffet lunch
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Port pickup and drop-off
  • Round-trip transfer by air-conditioned coach
  • Professional guide

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Office of the Asst. Engineer (Civil), M/Wharf, Cochin Port Trust, Port Users Complex, 3, Indira Gandhi Rd, Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala 682003, India
Traveler pickup is offered

Ports

  • Cochin


Departure Time

08:30 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

7 hours


User's Reviews

avram3

28 Feb, 2024

To be blunt...when we cruisers book independent shore excursions that takes us miles and hours away from port, we wonder...this far away, are we risking returning to our cruise ship on time or will something happen that will cause us to be stranded in port? Tina and I have hired over forty local tour companies that take us miles from our ship and we've never had an issue about returning on time. And Muziris Heritage shore tour continued our confidence that we can travel hours away from our ship and be assured that we will be returned safely. Of course things can happen, so we always insist on returning a hour ahead of debarkation. And we did this time as well. And we saw everything we expected to see in so many places.

Robski888

08 Sep, 2019

Tour was very poor. the areas for local industry they tour were so filthy that I have been turned off anything Indian manufactured. The river cruise was just around the local area and the food offered was not appealing. Better keep your money and look at Sri Lanka

RMichele315

08 Jun, 2019

FABULOUS Day Tour!! Highly recommended. Lijo was very knowledgeable and provided a very safe, educational and fun day exploring Cochin! 5 Stars Plus!!!!

Osprey11

25 Mar, 2019

We were met by a bus at the cruise terminal and left around 9:00. We then drove through the countryside to Alappuzha, which took about an hour and 45 mins, and where we then embarked onto a houseboat. The extremely comfortable houseboat, provided a relaxed tour of the idyllic Kerala back waters and lakes, which lasted almost 3 hours. Towards the end of the cruise, the crew provided a delicious freshly cooked traditional Indian buffet lunch, together with drinks. After disembarking, we then drove back towards Fort Cochin, where we first stopped at the famous Chinese fishermen’s nets for a photo stop. We then continued on to the Matancherry/Dutch Palace, where there was time for either a quick visit, or shopping opportunities at the roadside stalls. We returned to the cruise terminal just before 17:00. Altogether a great value tour, a bit different and more relaxing than a normal land tour.

KALINKATHLEEN_C

23 Dec, 2018

This trip was well arranged and gave us an interesting insight to life in Cochin. Well worth the visit. Would be better if it can be shorter. The food was surprisingly quite good

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We will never forget this shore excursion. We went to many places met the locals!

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