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Tour Code

IFD15

2Nights3Days

Hop on to the next holiday to backwaters of Kerala, a panoramic place in southern India.

Your 2nights 3days would be restful and pleasant with the chartered houseboat on Kerala backwaters, a cruise and drive to Kochi. Relish the stay in the houseboat. Walk around in the port town Kochi, a colonial style street, maintained even today.

Itinerary

  City Itinerary
1 Kochi
Alleppey
(Backwater)
• Fly to Kochi in the Kerala state.
• Upon arrival move on to Alleppey, the starting point of the backwater cruise. Enjoy a houseboat trip from here and then savor the South Indian meals in the houseboat.
Overnight in the houseboat |Meals offered:Lunch & Dinner
2 Alleppey
(Backwater)
Kochi
• Start your day with freshly served breakfast and then disembark from the houseboat to drive back to Kochi.
• Upon arrival get greeted by your guide and begin the sightseeing of Old Kochi with the colonial style streets. Move on to St. Francis Church, Chinese fishing net, Paradesi Synagogue, Mattancherry Palace etc.
Overnight in Kochi |Meals offered:Breakfast & Lunch
3 Kochi • Check out by noon. Drive to Kochi airport to board the flight to back home.

 

Meals offered:Breakfast only

Price per person (Excluding the air fare to / from Kochi)

Hotel Plan Number of people (1 room) Price (INR)
Standard 4
(2 twin/double hotel rooms / chartered houseboat with 2-3 guest rooms)
Please contact us.
3
(1 triple hotel room / chartered houseboat with 2 guest rooms)
2
(1 triple hotel room / chartered houseboat with 2 guest rooms)
1
(1 hotel room / chartered house boat with 1-2 room(s))
Single room supplement : Please contact us.

** Single room supplement - Applicable if the number of members is 2 or more
** 5.0% government service tax would be applicable on the prices above.
** Air tickets can be arranged on request based on best available airfare.
** The prices above are valid from April 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015. For other dates, kindly contact us
** For more than 4 people travelling in a group or for a child under 12 years old, kindly get in touch with us for the best quotes.

Above mentioned prices are inclusive of:

  • English Speaking Local Guide | Private car for entire trip | Entrance fees fo the monuments mentioned in the itinerary | Accommodation as per the itinerary | Meals - BF: 2, LN: 1, DN: 2 | Parking fee, toll etc.

Above mentioned prices are exclusive of:

Air fare | Personal expenses - drinks, phone calls, laundry, medicine etc. |  Tips to the guide, driver and porters

Hotels for this tour

Standard hotel plan - Backwater cruise: Houseboat / Kochi: Casino Hotel

** The types of houseboats and their availability may vary during the time of booking. So kindly enquire before you apply for this tour package.
** If these hotels were full at the time of booking, we would book another same class hotel.
** If you wish to stay in heritage hotels of Fort Kochi, here is our recommendation - The Tower House / Old Harbour
  Please ask us for the quotation of these heritage hotels as their size, price and interior of the rooms may vary.


Our way of tripping

• Kerala trip is incomplete without spending time on the backwaters! Take delight in staying comfortably with your family or friends in a completely chartered houseboat. When the houseboat moves in the backwater along the palm trees towards waterfront village you can experience the countryside life which is extremely interesting and different from the city life of today.

• The old trading town of Kochi Kochi is a prospering state since ancient times prominently due to its spice trade. After 16th century, Kochi was ruled by several European countries such as Portugal, Netherlands and the Great Britain whose signs are still maintained in Kochi. Like the European colonial streets that forms a part of old Kochi now and is also included in this trip.

The admired wonders..!!!

Season your South India trip with the phenomenal Backwater Cruising!!
Remarkable views during the backwater cruising done in the houseboat.

The houseboats in Kerala are also called "moving private hotels" specifically for the "backwater cruising". These houseboats are equipped with 1 to 3 rooms per boat with an attached bathroom, dining and a salon as well. You can appreciate the views of the backwater and the South Indian cuisine provided on the boat. To get a true feel of Southern India, backwaters are a must.
  • Dining and salon at the bow of a houseboat

  • External view of a normal houseboat (3-rooms boat)

  • A guest room

  • A guest room

  • An attached bath room


You get to taste a number of south Indian dishes from their exclusive cooks like fresh fishes from the backwaters, coconut flavored curries and Idli Sambar (an indispensable breakfast dish). In addition to that a South Indian Thali on a banana leaf could also be prepared and served if requested in advance.
  • South Indian cuisine will be served in the houseboat

  • Thali on the banana leaf

  • South Indian & continental breakfast


Backwater views show typical south Indian lifestyles of rural areas like people fishing on the shore of the canals, long and old palm trees or children running to school.
  • Rice paddies alongside the canals

  • Rice paddies alongside the canals

  • People waiting for a boat

The old port town of Kochi with a reflection of European colonial system!

The port town Kochi has been visited by the Phoenician and Arabian merchants since the ancient times.  It comprises many attractive spots for tourists concentrated in Fort Kochi such as Chinese fishing nets, the fish market, the synagogue, the church, the souvenir shops selling spices etc. or the sea food restaurants.

  • St. Francis Church

  • The grave of Vasco da Gama

  • Kochi is also known by the spices

  • The remains of the fort in Fort Kochi

  • A Chinese fishing net

  • The fish market in the port