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Delhi- Cochin-Periyar- Kumarakom-Alleppey -Cochin
( 08 Nights & 09 Days)
Day 01 : Delhi
On arrival at Delhi international airport, welcome and transfer to hotel
for overnight stay.
Day 02 : Delhi
After breakfast leave for full day city tour visiting Qutub Minar, India
gate (war memorial), Lakshminarayan Temple - modern Hindu temple, drive
past President's House, Parliament House & Secretariat Building.
Afternoon sight-seeing of Old Delhi visit Rajghat & Shanti Vana
(the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru), Jama Masjid
and drive past Red fort and Chandni Chowk. Overnight in hotel.
Day 03 : Delhi /Cochin
You will be met on your arrival at Cochin airport and transferred to
Hotel. Evening time for Cultural Show & Martial art. Back to hotel
for Overnight at the hotel.
Day 04 : In Cochin
Morning tour Cochin city. The tour includes visit to St. Francis Church
- built in 1503 by Portuguese Franciscans, it is India's oldest European
-built church. The original wooden structure was re-built in stone around
the mid-16th century, the earliest Portuguese inscription in church
dates back to 1562. Vasco da Gama who died in 1524 was buried here for
14 yrs before his remains were taken to Lisbon.
Muttancherry Palace - The palace was built in 1555 by Portuguese
and was presented to the king of Cochin as a gesture of goodwill. Dutch
renovated it in 1663 and hence it is also called Dutch palace. The astonishing
murals in the palace depicting scenes from age-old epics are one of
the wonders of India. Jewish Synagogue, originally constructed in 1568,
it features hand-painted willow pattern floor tiles brought from China
in mid 18th century. The area around the synagogue is called Jew Town
and is one of the centres of the Kochi spice trade. Overnight at the
hotel.
Day 05 : Drive Cochin - Periyar: WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Early morning depart for Cochin (200 kms--6 hours) and check in at Hotel.
Boating at Periyar Lake . Overnight at the resort.
Day 06 : In Periyar
Early morning visit Spice Plantations and visit Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Visit to the sanctuary includes boat cruise on lake Periyar. Overnight
at the resort.
Day-07 : Drive Periyar/Kumarakom. Morning depart for Kumarakom
(200 km, 5-6 hrs). On arrival check-in at Backwater front Resort , Hidden
among the palm trees on the eastern shore of Lake Vembanad, Kerala's
famous backwaters, Overnight at the hotel.
Day 08 : Kumarakom/Houseboat:
Morning at leisure at Coconut Lagoon. Afternoon, board houseboat from
the hotel's jetty for overnight sail on backwaters. A private boat trip
along the beautiful backwater canals of Kerala is a highlight of any
visit to the South. These converted rice barges or "Kettuvallams"
sail along shallow, palm-fringed lakes and narrow canals where coconut
and cashew is loaded onto dugouts. You pass villages built on narrow
spits of land, stopping to visit local markets by bullock-cart, or to
marvel at craftsmen engaged in centuries-old boat-making tradition.Overnight
on board the houseboat.
Day 09 : Houseboat/Alleppey and drive Alleppey/Cochin (B)
Morning disembark at Alleppey jetty followed by drive to Cochin airport
(85 km, 1.5 hrs) in time for the flight to onward destination.
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