Kerala Backwaters 4N/5D
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- Duration
- 5 Days / 4 Nights
- Route
- Kochi to Kochi
- Type
- Package
About this package
Five days between Kochi, Alleppey and Kumarakom, built around one full night on a private houseboat. Slow mornings, a lot of water, and food cooked on board.
Day-by-day plan
Day 1Arrive Kochi
Airport pickup, check in at Fort Kochi. Evening walk through the Dutch quarter and the Chinese fishing nets.
Day 2Fort Kochi at your own pace
Mattancherry, the spice markets and St Francis Church in the morning. Afternoon free — most people sleep.
Day 3Alleppey — board the houseboat
Drive south, board around noon. Lunch on the water, moor for the night in a village channel away from the main route.
Day 4Kumarakom
Disembark after breakfast. Bird sanctuary if you want it, lakeside resort if you do not.
Day 5Kochi departure
Transfer to Kochi airport. We build in three hours of buffer, because the Alleppey road is not reliable.
What's included
- 4 nights accommodation (2 hotel, 1 houseboat, 1 lakeside)
- All breakfasts; all meals on the houseboat
- Private air-conditioned car and driver throughout
- Fort Kochi walking tour with a local guide
- All transfers and parking
- Airfare to and from Kochi
- Lunches and dinners outside the houseboat night
- Camera fees at monuments
- Anything personal — laundry, tips, minibar
- Travel insurance
Highlights
A private houseboat with its own cook, not a shared deck
Fort Kochi on foot with someone who lives there
Kumarakom at sunrise, before the day boats
Transfers in a car that is yours for the whole trip
