Itinerary No. 1 Kerala Altitude trip
Itinerary
Day 1
Arrive at Cochin International Airport.
Meet and greet our naturalist and proceed to the hotel.
Relax, have your dinner and sleep.
Day 2.
After breakfast, proceed to see the Chinese fishing net.
Visit Jewish synagogue, Jew town and Dutch palace after that.
Proceed to hotel, refresh and check out after lunch.
Drive to Valppara, enjoying the tropical forest and occasional wild –life with Athirappally and Vazhachal waterfalls en route.
Reach Valapara in the evening. Check – in the hotel, refresh, have dinner and relax.
Day 3.
Morning drive to see the Lion tailed macaques. Pm visit to Tea factory.
Day 4.
Check out after breakfast with packed lunch. Today we are crossing Western Ghats. You being driven along 40 hair-pin bends for that and reach Aliyar dam of Tamilnadu. The beautiful country side of Tamilnadu and farmlands will be the major attraction of this part.
Reach Chinnar wild life sanctuary by 10 am and do a trekking. Have the packed lunch after the trek and proceed to Munnar and reach there in the evening.
Check in to Hotel, refresh, dinner and relax.
Day 5.
AM Visit to Eravikulam national park.
Return to hotel for lunch.
Evening walk for bird watching.
Return to hotel, refresh, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6.
Check out from the hotel after breakfast and proceed to Cochin international airport to leave Kerala with lot of memories to cherish.
About Athirappally waterfalls
One of the most bewitching sights, Athirappally Falls is located in the forest area. Combined with the greenery, it infuses freshness into any tired soul. The Athirapally Falls join the Chalakkudy River after plummeting a drop of 80 feet.
About Munnar
Unending expanse of tea plantations – pristine valleys and mountains aroma of spice scented cool air, explains Munnar as the Kashmir of the South. As a tea town, the visitor is greeted with miles and miles of unending tea plantations on entry into Munnar. Munnar also has the highest peak in South India – Anamudi – which towers over 2695 Meters.
Check-in to the Hotel and lunch.
Tea factory visit in the late afternoon. (4km)
Come back by the evening for the overnight stay.
Visiting Eravikulam National Park after the breakfast. (15 km)
About Eravikulam National Park
A sanctuary for the endangered mountain goat of South India, the Nilgiri Tahr (Hemitragus hylocrious), the Eravikulam National Park stands out for the stark beauty of its rolling grasslands and sholas, spread over 97 sq km in the Kannan devan hills.
It is an ideal place for seeing the biodiversity of high elevation shola-grassland ecosystem. Visitors are taken by the park managemnt vehicles and given an opportunity to see all this.
Coming back to the hotel for lunch.
Relax and Proceed to Mattuppetty for the sight seing.(13 km)
Come back to the hotel for the overnight stay.
About the House boat –
House Boat is a country boat that was named as Kettuvallom used in the early days for the transport of goods from the isolated interior villages to the towns. With the advent of roads, bridges and ferry services, gradually the Kettuvalloms went off the scene. Now these Kettuvalloms are back again as a major tourist attraction as in the new form of the House boats. There are single bedroom houseboats for two people and two bedroom houseboats for four people, along with the local specialties; delicious fish and prawns. A ride on a Kettuvallom is a fabulous way to explore the fascinating beauty of the backwaters. Palm fringed narrow canals winding through the vast expanse of paddy fields and the neat tiny hamlets lined up along either side of the canals are panoramic sight one can never forget.
Lunch and Overnight stay in the house boat.