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Day
1 - Cochin. |
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Arrive at the International Airport at Cochin. You will be met and transferred to the hotel. Check in for 2 nights. |
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Cochin is called as the
Queen of the Arabian Sea and has one of the finest natural
harbors in the world. One could see the various impressions left by the Arabs, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese and finally the British in the older Cochin. Evening enjoy a sunset cruise around Cochin
harbor. |
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 2
- Cochin. |
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Morning visit the older part Cochin. This includes the
Dutch Palace, Jewish
Synagogue, St Francis church and
Chinese fishing nets.
Evening drive to the theatre to witness the Kathakali
dance, the tradition dance form of
Kerala.
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 3
- Cochin / Thekkady. |
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Drive to Thekkady to check into the Hotel for the night.
Afternoon, enjoy a spice plantation tour. Later in the evening, a boat ride through
Lake Periyar to view the wild animals. The probable animals to see are wild elephants, Bison, Gaur, monkeys and a variety of birds.
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 4
- Thekkady / Munnar. |
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After breakfast drive to Munnar, the hill station on the Western Ghats, 1600mteres above sea level.
Munnar is abundant with lakes, reservoirs, thick green forests and vast stretch of tea estates. Check into the resort for 2 nights Rest of the day is free. |
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Day 05
- Munnar. |
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Morning, drive to
Eravikulam National park
at Rajamalai. The rare breed of mountain goats, The Nilgiri Tahr is found here. The other animals found are elephants, Nilgiri langurs, lion tailed macaques and Sambur deer. Later drive to
Mattupetty famous for its highly specialized dairy farm. Around 100 varieties of high yielding cattle are reared here.
Evening is free to explore around the resort.
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Overnight stay in the Hotel
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Day 06
- Munnar / Kumarakom. |
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After breakfast, Check out of the hotel and drive to
Kumarakom. Board the houseboat . Houseboats are former Cargo boats, now restructured and fitted with all amenities. There will be a cook and 2 oarsmen to assist you in the boat. All food are cooked and served inside the boat. It has a bedroom with a toilet, a living area where you can relax and have food and a kitchen.
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The boat will cruise through the backwaters in the daytime and will anchor itself at a convenient location at the night. Overnight stay in the Houseboat.
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Day 07
- Alleppey. |
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After breakfast disembark from the houseboat at Alleppey. You will be transferred to the backwater resort. Check in for the night. Rest of the day is
free.
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 08
- Alleppey / Mararikulam. |
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After breakfast get transferred to the boat landing point. Drive to Alleppey town. Visit a coir factory and the shops which sells exclusively coir products. Later drive to
Mararikulam, a small fishermen village. Check into the Beach resort for 2 nights.
Rest of the day is free to enjoy at the beach. Overnight
stay in the Hotel.
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Day
09 - Mararikulam. |
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Day at leisure. You can try one of the soothing
Ayurvedic massages at the resort's Ayurvedic center.
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Day 10
- Mararikulam / Cochin. |
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Check
out of the Hotel and proceed to Cochin International
Airport for your departure flight
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End of
the Tour
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Hotels Used:
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Brunton Boat Yard/ Cochin |
Lake Palace Resort/ Alleppey |
Indigenous Tours/ Houseboat |
Tea County/ Munnar |
Cardamom County/Thekkady |
Marari Beach Resort/ Mararikulam |
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