# Day 01 Arrive Cochin
On your arrival in Kochi you will be transferred to your hotel.
Hotel Check-in time is 2 pm
Day free. No tour.
Relax at hotel.
# Day 02 Cochin
During the morning city tour of Kochi, you will be taken to some of the renowned spots of Kochi that will include the Portuguese churches, mosques and temples along with the Jewish synagogue.
You will be taken to watch the Chinese style fishing nets which are mostly seen in Kerala. It holds around 10m of height and consists of cantilever along with an outstretched net that is suspended in the sea and one huge stone suspended on other end with ropes for the counterweights. Every installation of this fishing-net gets operated by group of six fishermen.
Checkout from the hotel at 1200 hrs. Today you have the afternoon at leisure.
Kathakali Dances.
# Day 03 Cochin → Alleppey
Day cruise on houseboat (for 4 hours – roundtrip Alleppey to Alleppey routing)
Today you will leave for Alleppey.
You will embark a houseboat which is quite an experience for Day cruise on HOUSEBOAT WITH LUNCH (Approx. 4 hours).
After Day cruise on Houseboat then check-out Houseboat & transfer to hotel in Alleppey.
Overnight at hotel in Alleppey.
Alappuzha gets its name from two words, Ala (broad) and Puzha (river). Alappuzha gets this name as it is between the broad Arabian Sea and a network of rivers flowing into it. When Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of the India saw Alappuzha, he exclaimed “Here nature has spent up on the land her richest bounties” and called this place “Alleppey, the Venice of the East”. History traded ancient Greece and Romans even before Christ and also during the middle Ages. Different religions mingled and built their churches, mosques and temples.
# Day 04 Alleppey → Kovalam
Early morning drive to Kovalam. Kovalam meaning a grove of coconut trees is a town at the Arabian Sea and is a paradise of the south. Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore had built the Halcyon Castle here in the 1920s.
Kovalam has a lot of salons for Ayurvedic treatments for all. Kovalam has many beach resorts offering Ayurvedic treatment for recuperation and regeneration. Kovalam has one of the best beaches of India.
Overnight is in Kovalam.
Your afternoon tour of Thiruvananthapuram will take you to Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple (Temple view from outside only. Foreigners & non-Hindus are not allowed inside as per temple guidelines.) and Napier Museum.
Napier Museum is an art and natural history museum named after Lord Napier, an erstwhile Governor of Madras. It is closed on Mondays, Wednesday afternoons and some public holidays (Jan 26, Aug 15, etc.). The museum has bronze idols, old ornaments, and a temple chariot.
You could also see paintings by Raja Ravi Varma and Nicholas Roerich at the Sree Chithra Art Gallery.
# Day 05 Kovalam – Excursion to Kanyakumari
Full day tour to Kanyakumari.
Kanyakumari also known as Cape Comorin is the southernmost tip of India where the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean meet.
You will take a ferry to reach the Vivekananda Rock Memorial with a 133 feet tall statue of Tamil saint–poet Thiruvalluvar.
Visit Gandhi Memorial where Gandhi’s ashes were kept before immersion.
Kanyakumari is known for its spectacular sunrise and sunset.
Drive back to Kovalam.
Overnight at hotel.
# Day 06 Kovalam
Day at leisure at hotel. NO tour.
Overnight at hotel.
# Day 07 Kovalam → Trivandrum Airport
Transfer to Trivandrum airport.
