Kerala: Backwaters & Tea Hills — 6 days

Colonial Kochi, Alleppey's canals and Munnar's plantations. Day-by-day itinerary: Fort Kochi; Jew Town & Kathakali; Drive to Alleppey; Backwaters → Munnar.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Fort Kochi

• 10:00 — Arrival in Kochi COK
• 13:00 — Colonial guesthouse check-in — Fort Kochi
• 15:30 — Chinese fishing nets — Fort Kochi
• 17:00 — Princess Street — colonial architecture — Fort Kochi
• 20:00 — Keralan fish curry dinner — Fort Kochi

Day 2 — Jew Town & Kathakali

• 09:00 — Jew Town & Paradesi Synagogue — Mattancherry
• 11:00 — Mattancherry Dutch Palace — Mattancherry
• Walk to lunch — Mattancherry → Fort Kochi
• 13:00 — Thali lunch on a banana leaf — Fort Kochi
• Walk to the market — Fort Kochi → Broadway Market
• 15:00 — Kochi spice market — Broadway Market
• Walk to the show — Broadway Market → Fort Kochi
• 19:00 — Kathakali dance performance — Fort Kochi

Day 3 — Drive to Alleppey

• 09:00 — Drive Kochi → Alleppey
• 11:00 — Board the houseboat (kettuvallam) — Alleppey
• Cruising on — Alleppey → Backwaters d'Alleppey
• 13:00 — Cruising the backwaters — Backwaters d'Alleppey
• 14:00 — Keralan lunch on board
• 17:00 — Sunset over the canals
• 20:00 — Dinner on board

Day 4 — Backwaters → Munnar

• 07:00 — Sunrise over the water — Backwaters
• 10:00 — Drive Alleppey → Munnar
• 15:00 — Tea-hills resort check-in — Munnar
• 16:30 — Walk through the tea plantations — Munnar
• 20:00 — Dinner at the resort — Munnar

Day 5 — Munnar

• 08:30 — Munnar Tea Museum (Tata Tea) — Munnar
• 11:00 — Eravikulam National Park — Munnar
• 13:30 — Local lunch — Munnar
• 15:30 — Kundala Lake & tea tasting — Munnar
• 20:00 — Farewell dinner at the resort — Munnar

Day 6 — Return & Departure

• 08:00 — Drive Munnar → Kochi
• 13:00 — Farewell lunch in Fort Kochi
• 15:30 — Transfer to COK airport
• 18:30 — Flight home