Kerala 8-Day Tour: Kochi, Munnar & Backwaters with Private Transfers

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Duration8d

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Eight days across Kerala's tea hills, backwaters and beaches—all arranged without you planning a single connection

You arrive at Kochi airport and are transferred to your hotel without arranging transport. Over eight days, you move through Fort Kochi's heritage sites, tea estates in Munnar, Periyar's jungle, Alleppey's backwaters, and Kovalam's beaches—each with accommodation, breakfast and private vehicle included. A departure transfer to Trivandrum airport closes the loop, leaving you to focus on the places instead of the logistics.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival and leisure in Kochi

Arrive at Cochin airport
Transfer to hotel and check in
Optional Kathakali dance performance
Leisure time

Day 2 — Kochi sightseeing and travel to Munnar

Breakfast at hotel
Tour Fort Kochi heritage sites
Visit St. Francis Church and Santa Cruz Basilica
See Chinese fishing nets
Shop antiques and spices on Jew Street
Visit Jewish Synagogue and Dutch Palace
Drive to Munnar with Valara waterfalls stop
Check in at Munnar hotel
Leisure time

Day 3 — Munnar local sightseeing

Breakfast at hotel
Visit Echo Point
Explore Poopara and Pothanmedu
Visit Mattupetty Indo Swiss Project
Visit Eravikulam Park
Overnight at Munnar resort

Day 4 — Travel to Periyar and leisure

Breakfast at hotel
Drive to Periyar National Park
Check in at Periyar hotel
Free day for activities

Day 5 — Travel to Alleppey and local visits

Breakfast at hotel
Drive to Alleppey
Check in at backwaters resort
Visit Coir factory and Krishna Temple
Overnight at resort

Day 6 — Travel to Kovalam and leisure

Breakfast at resort
Checkout from Alleppey resort
Drive to Kovalam
Check in at Kovalam resort
Free day for activities
Optional Ayurveda massage course

Day 7 — Leisure or Trivandrum city visit

Breakfast at resort
Visit Trivandrum city and markets
Visit Shri Chitra Art Gallery
Visit Veli Tourist Village
Visit Aakulam boat club
Visit Shangmugham Beach
Overnight at Kovalam resort

Day 8 — Departure from Trivandrum

Breakfast at resort
Checkout from hotel
Transfer to Trivandrum International airport
End of tour

The Experience

The moment you land in Kochi, someone's waiting for you with your name on a sign. No haggling over a taxi, no figuring out which autorickshaw goes where—the private transfer from the airport is already part of the package, and it sets the tone for the whole week. You're picked up, driven to your hotel, and the logistics stop being your problem. That's the thing about a structured eight-day tour: it removes the constant small decisions that wear you down when you're trying to see a lot of ground.

The route itself covers the places Kerala is actually known for. You start in Kochi, walking through Fort Kochi's heritage zone—the 17th-century St. Francis Church, the Chinese fishing nets you can try yourself, Jew Street with its antique shops and the Jewish Synagogue. Then it's north to Munnar, a four-hour drive through the Western Ghats where tea plantations roll across the hillsides and the air changes as you climb. You'll spend two nights there, with time to visit Echo Point and the Eravikulam Park. The itinerary doesn't rush you through; it gives you a day to actually be in each place instead of just passing through it.

After Munnar comes Periyar National Park—one of the better jungles in South India—where you have a full day to move at your own pace. Then the landscape shifts again: you're driven down to Alleppey, the backwaters town, where the lagoons and coconut palms are exactly what people mean when they call Kerala "the Venice of the East." A visit to the coir factory and Krishna Temple fills the day, and you stay at a backwaters resort so you're actually in the thing, not just looking at it from a distance. The final stops are Kovalam, a beach town where you can either rest or take an optional Ayurveda massage, and then the drive to Trivandrum airport for your flight home.

Seven nights in premium or luxury hotels, breakfast every morning, an air-conditioned vehicle for the whole journey, and both your arrival and departure transfers—it's all included. The driver handles the route; you handle deciding whether to explore the market in Trivandrum or stay by the pool. That's the trade: you're not discovering Kerala on your own terms, but you're also not spending half your time figuring out how to get between places.

What’s included

Your eight days include airport pickup in Kochi and departure transfer to Trivandrum airport, seven nights in premium or luxury hotels with double occupancy rooms, daily breakfast at all hotels, an air-conditioned private vehicle for all transfers and sightseeing, visits to Fort Kochi's heritage sites, tea plantations and spice estates in Munnar, Periyar National Park, Alleppey's backwaters and coir factory, Kovalam's beaches, and all applicable state taxes, toll charges, fuel and driver allowances.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Kerala Tour Package Site

Is this one for you?Book this if you're visiting Kerala for the first time and want the main regions—hills, jungle, backwaters, beaches—without arranging transport, hotels or timing between each stop yourself. The fixed eight-day structure is what makes it possible to cover that much ground without spending your time on logistics.