How we plan this trip
Kerala: Houseboat and Hills
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The route and pace
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The route we start from
These are the stages published for this package. A stage can cover part of a day or several days; it is not a separate travel day.
- Stage 01
Day 1 — Kochi
Land at Kochi and go to Fort Kochi, which is the old European quarter: Dutch and Portuguese houses, a church first raised in 1503 and among the oldest built by Europeans in India, and the cantilevered Chinese fishing nets on the waterfront that are lowered and raised by counterweight. A Kathakali performance in the evening, where the make-up starts an hour before the story does.
- Stage 02
Day 2 — Backwaters
South to Alleppey and board the houseboat, a converted rice barge with a bedroom, a deck and a crew of three including a cook. The afternoon is channels: paddy fields below water level, coir villages, and church spires. You moor for the night somewhere quiet and eat fish bought off a boat.
- Stage 03
Day 3 — To Munnar
Off the boat after breakfast and inland, climbing through the ghats to Munnar. The road gains about 1,600 metres and the landscape changes completely, from backwater flat to tea-covered hillsides cut into contours. The temperature drops by ten degrees, which after the coast is a relief.
- Stage 04
Day 4 — Tea
A tea day. An estate walk among the bushes with a picker explaining what two leaves and a bud actually means, the factory to see withering and rolling, and Top Station in the afternoon for the view across into Tamil Nadu, which is usually cloud and occasionally spectacular.
- Stage 05
Day 5 — Home
Down through the ghats to Kochi for the flight home. Four nights, one of them floating, and the discovery that Kerala's hills and its backwaters are about four hours and a completely different holiday apart.
What this package lists
Use these inclusions and exclusions when reviewing your quote. The displayed price starts from ₹44,999 per person; your written quote confirms the total for your dates and arrangements.
Included
- 1 night private houseboat, full board
- 3 nights hotels in Kochi and Munnar
- Car and driver throughout
- Kathakali tickets and estate visit
Not included
- Flights
- Meals not stated
- Ayurveda treatments
- Camera fees
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