Kerala

Day 2: Delightful drive up through the Cardamom Hills to the former British hill station of Munnar. Stay for two nights at a plantation bungalow on a tea estate.

Day 3: A day to explore – perhaps the tea and cardamom plantations, or the Eravikulam National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty, with innumerous unique species of flora and fauna including the endangered Nilgiri Tahr.

Day 4: Morning drive to Thekkady staying at a plantation resort. Late afternoon game viewing boat-trip at the Periyar National Park – tiger, elephant, bison, and wild boar come to drink at the edge of this large reservoir.

Day 5: Early morning boat game viewing on the Lake. Then drive down to Kumarakom through lush countryside lunching at a traditional Planter’s house. Two nights at the backwaters.

Day 6: Take a morning boat trip to a backwater farm. Afternoon at leisure followed by an unforgettable sunset boat ride.

Day 7: Glide the ancient backwaters in a traditional rice-boat. Relax and watch the people of the backwaters go about their daily lives so closely entwined with the waterways. Overnight on the houseboat.

Day 8-10: Drive to Mararikulam and unwind for three nights for at your beach resort or intimate beach homestay. Depart for Cochin and take your flight back to Chennai or Bangalore.

Milesworth specializes in independent travel to Kerala. This means that you travel by yourself without joining a group, the departure date is of your own choice, and the holiday is arranged and operated just for you. Shorter trips (or longer ones) can be planned with ease. We research and personally review all the hotels we offer.