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The journey
Embark on this journey through Kerala, blessed with picturesque coastlines, backwaters, wildlife sanctuaries, beaches, and tea gardens. Learn about the regional cuisine of Kerala and try cooking traditional meals yourself using Kerala spices with the help of cookery workshops. Explore Munnar, Cherai Beach, and Fort Kochi, and enjoy rejuvenating Ayurveda massages along the way.
Embark on this journey through Kerala, blessed with picturesque coastlines, backwaters, wildlife sanctuaries, beaches, and tea gardens.
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Day by day
Arrive at Kochi Airport, where you will be accompanied. Check in to your Heritage Homestay in Marari.
Enjoy your first welcome Ayurveda massage and relax for the rest of the day.
Start your day with breakfast, and then attend your first cooking class.
In the evening, go for a bicycle ride or take a dip at the beach.
After breakfast, go sea sailing with a professional fisherman and catch some fish for your cooking class.
Enjoy sunset views on the beach.
After breakfast, drive to another Heritage Homestay amidst the famous backwaters of Kumarakom.
Have lunch and go for a canoe ride to explore the backwater region.
Enjoy a cooking class after breakfast.
Later, explore a nearby bird sanctuary or go for a countryside walk.
Spend the day on a houseboat cruising on Vembanad Lake and through the Kumarakom and Alappuzha canals, exploring the backwaters, catching fish, and simply relaxing.
Head to Thekkady and go straight for another Ayurvedic massage before check-in.
Enjoy an Ayurvedic cooking class in the evening.
Hike and raft through some of the richest forest tracts of Periyar Tiger Reserve, home to Asian elephants, tigers, gaurs, sambars, lion-tailed macaques, and many other animals and birds.
Visit an organic garden today and go into the roots of spices, as Thekkady is home to some of the finest spice plantations in the country.
Attend a cooking class in the early evening.
After breakfast, head to Munnar, the home of tea plantations in Kerala.
Check in after lunch and relax for the rest of the day.
Visit the tea plantation, where you can take part in the 'Make Your Tea' program. Along with the pickers, you will pick leaves from the estate and process them yourself at the miniature factory.
Return to the homestay for dinner and overnight stay.
Today is free until lunch.
After lunch, go for your cooking class with world-renowned chef Nimi.
Early in the morning, drive to Cherai. Cherai is a small town nestled on Vypin Island, sandwiched between the sea and a backwater lake.
After breakfast, head to Fort Kochi for a day tour. Explore the beautiful streets of the town, famously known for its influence from the Portuguese, Dutch, and British.
Return in the evening.
Check out from the hotel by 11:00 am.
Transfer to the airport according to your flight departure.
Where this trip takes you
Vembanad Lake houseboats, Kumarakom backwaters, Munnar tea plantations
The route
The fine print
All accommodations
All cooking sessions (7 cooking classes)
2 Ayurvedic massages (Abhiyangam)
Entrance fees to all sightseeing, including Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, spice plantations, tea plantations, Paradesi Synagogue, Bird Sanctuary, etc.
All transfers, excursions, and sightseeing tours by air-conditioned deluxe coach
Supply of mineral water during long drives
All meals
Travel insurance
Souvenirs and personal expenses
Tips to the driver, guides, etc.
Alcohol
Logistics
Your 15 days finish where they began, in Kochi.
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