Itinerary
Day 1: Arriving Cochin Airport
Pass By: Kochi (Cochin), Kochi (Cochin), Ernakulam District, Kerala
On arrival at Kochi airport meet and greet with tour representative later he will introduce your tour driver and you will be transferred to the pre-booked hotel in Kochi. Overnight stay at hotel in Kochi
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Hotel Millennium Continental or similar 3star hotel
Day 2: Cochin Sightseeing & Evening enjoy Kathakali Dance Show
Stop At: Mattancherry Palace, Palace Road, Kochi (Cochin) India
Today morning after breakfast start sightseeing tour in Cochi and start visit to:
Mattancherry Palace & Jewish Synagogue: The Mattancherry Palace is a Portuguese palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi. The Palace was built and gifted by the Portuguese as a present to the king of Cochin around 1555. The Dutch carried out some extensions and renovations in the palace in 1663, and thereafter it was popularly called Dutch Palace. It is also called Paradesi synagogue is a word used in several Indian languages, and the literal meaning of the term is "foreigners", applied to the synagogue because it was built by Sephardic or Spanish-speaking Jews, some of them from families exiled in Aleppo, Safed and other West Asian localities. It is also referred to as the Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue. [Above monument Timings: Dutch Palace/Mattancherry: Timings 10:00am to 5pm, Closed on Fridays and National holidays / Jewish Synagogue: 10 am to 5pm, Break Time - 12pm to 3pm, Closed on Friday & Saturday & Jewish Holidays]
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chinese Fishing Nets, Fort Kochi Beach Kochi-682001 Kerala India, Kochi (Cochin) 682001 India
In India, Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) are fishing nets that are fixed land installations for fishing. While commonly known as "Chinese fishing nets" in India, the more formal name for such nets is "shore operated lift nets". Huge mechanical contrivances hold out horizontal nets of 20 m or more across. Each structure is at least 10 m high and comprises a cantilever with an outstretched net suspended over the sea and large stones suspended from ropes as counterweights at the other end.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Parade & KB Jacob Road Fort Cochin, Kochi (Cochin) 682001 India
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica at Fort Kochi is one of the eight Basilicas in Kerala. Counted as one of the heritage edifices of Kerala, this church is one of the finest and most impressive churches in India and visited by tourists the whole year round. It is a place of devotion as well as a center of historic significance, endowed with architectural and artistic grandeur and colours of the gothic style.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Church of Saint Francis, Old Kochi, Kochi (Cochin) India
St. Francis CSI Church, in Fort Kochi (a.k.a. Fort Cochin), originally built in 1503, is the oldest European church in India. and has great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle in the subcontinent. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India. His body was originally buried in this church, but after fourteen years his remains were removed to Lisbon.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kerala Kathakali Centre, KB Jacob Road, Kochi (Cochin) 682001 India
Evening visit to the culture centre in Kochi to see Kathakali dance show. Elements of the art of Kathakali are found in the ancient ritual plays of Hindu temples and various dance forms that are believed to have been gradually developed in Kerala from as early as the 2nd Century until the end of the 16th Century. Many of its characteristics are very much older than its literature, as they are a continuation of older traditions, but these did not crystallize until the 17th Century when the Rajah of Kottarakkara, a small principality in central Travancore, wrote plays based on the Hindu epic "Ramayana" in Sanskritized Malayam, which could be understood by ordinary people.
Later return to the hotel, Overnight stay at hotel in Kochi
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel in Kochi
Accommodation included: Hotel Millennium Continental or similar 3star hotel
Day 3: Cochin - Munnar (130km/4Hrs Drive)
Stop At: Mattupetty Dam, Munnar Top Station Highway, Munnar 685616 India
Today after breakfast drive to Munnar a hill station in Kerala state. Enjoy visiting Mattupetty Dam, Kundale Lake, and the Echo point. on arrival check-in to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel in Munnar.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Cochin hotel than leave to Munnar today
Accommodation included: Hotel Grand Plaza Munnar or similer 3-star hotel
Day 4: Munnar Jeep Safari to Tea Plantation visit (Half day)
Stop At: Lockhart Tea Tourism, Munnar Kumilly Highway Lockhart Estate, Devikulam 685612 India
Start sightseeing tour of Munnar by Jeep safari drive through the KananDevan Hills tea plantations, scenic beauty valleys, Lock heart gap, spice plantations etc. After around 25 kms of jeep ride through the normal road we will reach the jeep able, jumpy, bumpy, rugged road to the World’s highest organic tea growing estate.
After visiting the Factory we will have fresh tea picked, processed and made on the spot. Soon after we will start walking to a small ground to have lunch near the cliff at local south Indian restaurant with wonderful view around, then will proceed to Munnar in the jeep itself. Ride will be through the tea plantations jeepable rugged road and we can have a close look to the spectacular country side and the rural Tamil people, working in the tea plantations.
Later drive back to Hotel stay overnight at Hotel in Munnar
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Munnar Hotel
• Lunch: Enjoy lunch at Local South Indian cuisine restaurant in Munnar after visit tea factory & Museum
Accommodation included: Hotel Grand Plaza Munnar or similar 3-star hotel
Day 5: Munnar - Alleppey (Your backwater trip)
Pass By: Alappuzha, Alappuzha, Alappuzha District, Kerala
After breakfast check out from the hotel in Munnar and proceed to Alleppey on arrival check-in Houseboat.
Following by the lunch on board the Houseboat for a unique experience through the narrow canals and channels of the backwaters of Kerala.
The materials that go into the making of houseboat are all local and Eco-friendly; bamboo poles, coconut fiber ropes, bamboo mats carpets, etc.
The Houseboat provides all comforts - Beds, a kitchen, western toilet & 24Hrs Aircon - Traditional lanterns are used as lights.
Spend the day cruising on a boat. Through remote tribal villages along the tranquil backwaters of Kerala is a superb experience.
Sensational in its own silent way, the cruise takes you along snake boat docks, friendly cheering villagers, coir (Jute) making communities, toddy (local spirit) shops, fishing nets pitched for the day's catch, bounded paddy fields and manual canoes of different sizes criss-crossing each other.
The experience enables you to reach beautiful untouched areas. The night takes traditional dinner at the houseboat.
Stay overnight in Houseboat in Alleppey.
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Munnar hotel than leave to Alleppey your next destination
• Lunch: Take lunch on Houseboat
• Dinner: Enjoy dinner on Houseboat
Accommodation included: 24 Hrs Aircon facility of Premium category houseboat in Alleppey
Day 6: Alleppey - Departure (Kochi Airport)
Pass By: Kochi (Cochin), Kochi (Cochin), Ernakulam District, Kerala
After breakfast in houseboat de-board, the houseboat in Alleppey meet your driver again there and drive to Cochin International airport for your onward destination - Departure transfer tour ends..
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast on Houseboat in Alleppey
No accommodation included on this day.