| Tour Path |
Cochin > Thekkady > Cochin
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Hotel Chain |
CGH Earth Group of Hotels
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No. of Nights |
5
nights
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Itinerary: |
DAY 1 Cochin [L/D]
On arrival at the airport you will
be met and transfered to Periyar. Check-in at Spice Village. Day at
leisure. Boat Safari at Lake Periyar in the evening. Overnight at Spice
Village.
DAY 2 Cochin [B/L/D]
Early morning wake-up
call to participate in the Bullock Cart ride at 0600 hours. Visit vineyards,
diverse agriculture crops of mangoes, tamarind, onion, sunflower, jasmine and a
score of other vegetables.
Afternoon at leisure. Overnight at Spice Village.
DAY 3 Cochin
[B/L/D]
After early breakfast in the Hotel, depart at 0800 hours to
participate in the Border Hiking programme. This full day programme is a
conservation oriented hard trek taking up a full day. The trekkers would glimpse the lofty escarpments bordering the park,
watershed and the vast plains down below. Gaur, sloth bear, elephant etc. are
being often sighted along this route apart from birds and butterflies. Trekkers
will go with tour guides and an armed forest guard. Vegetarian refreshments will
be served enroute. Overnight at Spice Village.
DAY 4 Cochin >
Thekkady [B/L/D]
Yet another day of adventure. This time in the
Periyar Lake. Bamboo rafting at a dawn to dusk range. Hiking and rafting
programme through some of the richest forest tracks of Periyar Tiger Reserve.
The team hitchhikes back to the boat landing by about
1700 hours. An armed guard and a guide will accompany the
group.
DAY 5 Thekkady > Cochin [B/L/D]
After
breakfast, transfer to Cochin. Enroute stopover at the Plantation House for
lunch. This gives an opportunity to see the rubber plantation and the rubber
tapping. Check-in at Brunton Boatyard situated at the harbour mouth of the sea.
Afternoon free for sightseeing and cruise through the backwaters of Cochin and
the harbour. Overnight at Brunton Boatyard.
DAY 6 [B]
Its time to bid farewell. Transfer to Cochin International
Airport/Railway Station.
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Includes: |
Pick-up and drop from Cochin International Airport or Madurai Airport.
All meals.
All programmes as mentioned in the package.
All applicable taxes.
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Cost: |
Double occupancy: INR 55200
Validity: May 01, 2008
to September 30, 2008 |
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