A warm welcome awaits as you arrive in Anakulam. Our Namaste India trip tour guide escorts you
to a waiting coach that will take you all the way across 140 kms of glorious green scenery to the
cool hills of Munnar. On the way you can admire numerous waterfalls, lakes, streams and paddy
fields as well as spice plantations making the air fragrant with the aroma of spices. Arrive in
Munnar and check into your hotel room for some rest. Freshen up and set out to explore this town
with its winding alleys and its colonial tea culture.

Munnar town has plenty of attractions but the real charms are all spread out in the neighbourhood.
So, after breakfast, you set out to the Mattupetty Lake and the Dam passing by rolling tea gardens.
Boating on the natural lake is a wonderful experience and from here we go on to Echo Point to
shout and hear your voice coming back at you. Today’s trip also includes a visit to Kundala Lake and
to Rajmalai reserve. The afternoon finds you in the midst of the Eravikulam National Park. This
Park is a lovely preserve of nature and is home to the Nilgiri Thar, an endangered goat species as
well as hundreds of animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. On the way back we peek into the tea
museum and then return to the hotel for some rest. You might want to go out in the evening after
sunset to know how people pass the time.

Enjoy steaming hot nutritious Malayali breakfast and board the coach for the 110 km 3 hour drive
to Thekkady home to the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. Check into your resort lodge and then set out
on a unique boat safari on Periyar Lake, the best way to observe elephants, tigers, leopards,
amphibians and birds in this wonderful reserve. Periyar is a dense tropical forest and the air echoes
with the call of animals and birds as you navigate the waters and capture images on your camera. In
the evening you return to your room for an overnight stay plumb in the lap of Nature.

Day dawns to the chirps of birds and you sit down to a hearty breakfast after which it is time to
leave for Alleppey, a 130 km 3 hour drive over scenic landscape. Alleppey is the Venice of the East,
its waterways dotted with hundreds of houseboats. You board one houseboat to experience life first
hand. The boat navigates the waters and you can see the waterways bustling with activities. This is
a different world and an experience you will not forget in a hurry. Dine on typical Kerala style
cuisine and spend the night on the houseboat with the gentle motion of the waters lulling you to
sleep.

You wish you could stay for a few more days but it is time to depart after breakfast for Kovalam.
The 130 km ride takes you across some of the most breathtaking scenery and you arrive in Kovalam
check into your room after which you set out for the beach. The beach is one of the busiest in Kerala
and also the most popular. Perhaps you will be bold enough to try one of the masseurs waiting to
relieve you of stress or simply laze about.

Breakfast and then set out for Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India, where you can watch
the sun set into the sea. Kanyakumari is also known for its Vivekananda Rock, named after Swami
Vivekananda and the most popular Kumariamman Temple, dedicated to Parvati who, according to
legend, waited for Shiva to come and carry her away. You visit in the Thiruvalluvar statue and tour
the Gandhi Memorial. Guganathaswamy Temple, dating back 1000 years and a fine example of
Chola architecture will leave you spellbound. Lastly there is just time enough to take in the
Vattakottai or circular fort built by King Marthanda Varma, before it is time to go to the point where
people congregate to watch the sunset. After that you return to Kovalam for the night.

Breakfast on local delicacies, buy some banana chips fried in coconut oil and then depart because
the tour ends here. The tour ends but memories will last and bewitching Kerala has cast its magic
spell, luring you to return to its green folds once again. Namaste IndiaTrip offers still more.