Arrival Cochin · Drive to Munnar
Fly into Cochin. Drive to Munnar (about 4 hours). Check into resort. Evening at leisure with views of tea gardens. Overnight in Munnar.
Kerala is India's most beloved domestic destination, and our seven-day journey shows you why. Tea-covered hills in Munnar, a night on a private houseboat through the backwaters of Alleppey, and a finale on the Arabian Sea coast at Kovalam.
Fly into Cochin. Drive to Munnar (about 4 hours). Check into resort. Evening at leisure with views of tea gardens. Overnight in Munnar.
Visit Mattupetty Dam, Echo Point, Kundala Lake, Eravikulam National Park (home to Nilgiri Tahr). Afternoon visit Tea Museum. Overnight in Munnar.
Drive to Thekkady (about 4 hours) via spice plantations. Evening Periyar Lake boat ride to spot wildlife. Watch Kathakali dance performance in the evening. Overnight in Thekkady.
Drive to Alleppey (about 3 hours). Board your private houseboat at noon. Cruise through the backwaters with all meals served on board — Kerala fish curry, appam, rice. Sunset by paddy fields. Overnight on houseboat.
Disembark houseboat after breakfast. Drive to Kovalam (about 3.5 hours). Check into beach resort. Evening at Lighthouse Beach. Overnight in Kovalam.
Full day at leisure. Optional Ayurvedic massage. Beach time. Visit Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Trivandrum. Overnight in Kovalam.
Transfer to Trivandrum Airport for your return flight to Delhi via Bangalore/Cochin.