Itinerary
- Day 1
Kochi
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Hotel Casino), Hotel (Hotel Casino (or similar))
Optional Activities
- Dinner with tour group after welcome meeting
- Day 2
Fort Kochi
- Meals
- Lunch (Traditional Sadya (banquet) - variety of traditional vegetarian dishes served on a banana leaf, with chef talk-through at Tea Bungalow)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Hotel Casino), Hotel (Hotel Casino (or similar))
Included Activities
- Visit Mattancherry Palace (Dutch Palace)
- Explore Jewish synagogue in Fort Kochi
- View Chinese fishing nets at the harbour
- Street food tasting - Masala Vada and Bonda
- Traditional Sadya lunch with chef talk-through at Tea Bungalow
- Harbour cruise
- Kathakali performance
Landmarks Mattancherry Palace Jewish Synagogue, Fort Kochi Chinese Fishing Nets - Day 3
Kochi to Munnar
- Meals
- Breakfast (Dosa making demonstration with dosa pancakes served with aloo masala or sambar), Lunch (Traditional thali - rice, lentil dal, curried vegetables served with flatbread)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Copper Castle Resort), Hotel (Copper Castle Resort (or similar))
Included Activities
- Walk through Ernakulam vegetable market
- Visit Shiva temple court complex
- Dosa-making demonstration with breakfast
- Traditional thali lunch at local bakery
Landmarks Shiva Temple, Ernakulam - Day 4
Munnar
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Copper Castle Resort), Hotel (Copper Castle Resort (or similar))
Included Activities
- Tea plantation visit with growing and leaf picking demonstration
- Tea museum visit
Optional Activities
- Spa treatments
- Yoga class
- Circular walk through grasslands and tea plantations (approximately four hours, altitude 2000 metres)
- Bicycle hire
- Day 5
Munnar to Thekkady
- Meals
- Lunch (Lunch following cooking demonstration showcasing spice use)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Abad Green Forest), Hotel (Abad Green Forest (or similar))
Included Activities
- Spice garden tour with resident expert
- Cooking demonstration with spice blending
- Lunch
Landmarks Periyar National Park - Day 6
Thekkady to Keralan Village Homestay
- Meals
- Dinner (Homecooked meal prepared by host family with traditional recipes passed down through generations, featuring spicy coconut curry)
- Accommodation
- Home-stay (Simple Homestay), Home-stay (Simple Homestay (or similar))
Included Activities
- Walk through surrounding villages to learn about toddy tapping
- Join host family preparing homecooked meal
Landmarks Thekkady - Day 7
Kerala Backwaters
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Cooking demonstration with fish curry or vegetarian dish served on banana leaf)
- Accommodation
- Berth / Cabin (Premium Houseboat), Berth / Cabin (Premium Houseboat (or similar))
Included Activities
- Traditional houseboat tour through backwaters
- Cooking demonstration - option of fish curry or vegetarian dish
- Day 8
Backwaters to Kochi
- Meals
- Breakfast (Relaxed breakfast on board houseboat), Lunch (Seafood lunch at restaurant on northern tip of Fort Kochi overlooking harbour)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Abad Plaza Hotel), Hotel (Abad Plaza Hotel (or similar))
Included Activities
- Breakfast on board houseboat
- Seafood lunch at Fort Kochi restaurant
Optional Activities
- Dinner at Chef Pillai at Le Meridien (book at start of tour)
Landmarks Fort Kochi - Day 9
Kochi Departure
