7-Day Kerala Tour from Kochi with Munnar, Thekkady and Alleppey

• Meet upon arrival in Cochin and drive to your hotel for check-in.

Overnight stay in Cochin.

• After breakfast, enjoy a city tour covering Mattancherry Palace, gifted to the King of Cochin by the Portuguese in 1555 and now about 500 years old, and drive past the Chinese fishing nets.

• Later, drive to Munnar with your Kerala tour guide. Munnar hills are situated at an altitude of 5000 to 8000 ft above sea level and are located at the confluence of three mountain streams - Mudrapuzha, Nallathani and Kundala. This beautiful hill station was once the summer resort of the erstwhile British Government in South India. Sprawling tea plantations, picture-book towns, winding lanes, and holiday facilities make this a famous resort town.

• Arrive and check in to your hotel.

• Enjoy the evening at leisure.

Overnight stay in Munnar.

• Today, enjoy a half-day sightseeing tour of Munnar.

• In the morning, visit the Tea Museum in the Nallathani Estate of Tata Tea, which showcases some of the exquisite and exciting aspects of the genesis and growth of tea plantations in Munnar. This Tea Museum houses curios, photographs, and machinery.

• Also visit Mattupetty, located about 13 km from Munnar. Mattupetty is known for its dam and beautiful lake, which offers pleasurable boat rides on direct payment.

• Later, visit the Kundala tea plantations and Kundala Lake. The mountain slopes are thick with undulating, evergreen tea plantations, and the shimmering blue lake is the most photographed part of Kundala.

• Take a stroll in the tea estate and enjoy the refreshing mountain breeze. Here, you can view the entire process of making tea, right from the plucking of tea leaves to their processing.

• Return to your hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight stay in Munnar.

• After breakfast, drive to Thekkady (Periyar) and check in at the hotel on arrival. Thekkady is synonymous with uninterrupted hills, rich biodiversity, and spice plantations, and the place is best known for Periyar National Park.

• In the afternoon, visit a spice plantation.

• Return to the hotel.

Overnight stay in Thekkady.

• Proceed to Alleppey by road after breakfast.

• After arrival, check in to the houseboat in the backwaters of Kerala. Alleppey is a charming emerald peninsula jutting into the picturesque Vembanad Lake, dotted with innumerable traditional country rafts, boats, and canoes. The lake's freshwater flows into the mainland, creating a labyrinth of lagoons, canals, and waterways.

• Spend the rest of the day cruising through the beautiful backwaters.

Overnight at the Alleppey houseboat.

• Today after breakfast, disembark at Alleppey Jetty and drive to Kochi.

• Upon arrival, check in at the hotel, and later the evening is free for leisure.

Overnight at Kochi.

• After breakfast, you will be transferred to Cochin Airport for your return flight back home. End of services.