South
India Tourism
DELHI- COCHIN-PERIYAR- KUMARAKOM-ALLEPPEY -COCHIN
(07 DAYS/06 NIGHTS)
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:: 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 04 :: Cochin
Periyar: WILDLIFE SANCTURAY. Early morning depart for Cochin (200
kms--6 hours) and check in at Hotel., Boating at Periyar Lake . Overnight
at the resort.
Day 05 :: 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-05 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 06 :: 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 07:: Houseboat/Alleppey:
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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