Duration: 10 days / 9 nights
Itinerary: Cochin / Munnar / Maldives
Starting from : $ 2647/ person (on a double sharing basis)
On arrival at the Cochin international airport, welcome by our local representative and transfer to the hotel. Visit Cochin or day at leisure as per your flight schedule.
In the morning you will meet with your guide. Start your visit to Cochin with a visit to the palace of Mattenchery. Built-in 1555 by the Portuguese, the first Westerners to arrive in the region, as a gift for the Raja of Cochin, Veera Kerala Varma. Its nickname is in fact due to the restoration assumed by the Dutch in 1663. Despite these Western origins, the palace is built in the Indo-Keralese style, with its beautifully carved wooden frames, magnificent painted coffered ceilings, and its roofs resembling to Chinese pagodas. Then visit the Kochi Synagogue the oldest synagogue in all Commonwealth countries and the Jewish quarter (closed on Fridays & Saturdays). In the afternoon visit to the Saint Francis Church and Santa Cruz Basilica. Evening free walk in the streets of fort Kochi and visit of Chinese fishing nets.
In the morning drive to Munnar. A small serene hill station in Kerala is also known as the tea garden of India. The unending expanse of tea plantations and rolling hills in Munnar make it look like a picture from a postcard. Check-in at your hotel. In the afternoon visit Tata Tea Museum. Evening leisure at your hotel.
In the morning with a local guide enjoy a half-day hiking tour into the tea gardens of Munnar. Arrive at the top to have a panoramic view of the mountainous and green landscape. Return to the hotel and late afternoon at leisure.
In the morning drive through the serene tea gardens and villages of Kerala to Alleppey. The Backwaters capital of Kerala. On arrival check into your houseboat and enjoy the beautiful and tranquil backwater cruise till sunset. Dinner and night on board.
After breakfast onboard your houseboat, transfer by car to Cochin airport for your flight to Maldives. On arrival, you will be transferred to Velassaru for the next four nights at your leisure.
Day at leisure in the beautiful Maldives. You can enjoy a spa, massage, or snorkeling at your expense.
Day at leisure in the beautiful Maldives.
Day at leisure in the beautiful Maldives.
You will be transferred by speed boat/airplane to Male to board your next flight for an onward journey.
END OF OUR SERVICES
4* and heritage & 5* accommodation in Maldives
Cochin – Old Courtyard (Heritage)
Munnar – Abad Copper Castle****
Alleppey – Houseboat
Maldives: Velassaru Maldives Resort*****
We at India Travel Etc try to keep the real spirit of India in our tailor-made tours. Our teams of travel designers work hard to make every tour of India as unique as possible.
557 B, Moti Nagar West Vaishali Nagar Jaipur - 302021, Rajasthan India
Phone : +91-92564 06916
Email : info@indiatraveletc.com