Kerala Tour & Itinerary: Munnar, Thekkady, Alleppey & Kovalam 7 Days & 6 Nights

Day-by-day Kerala itinerary (Day 1 to Day 7)

Day 1: Arrive at Cochin, drive to Munnar

Start your 6 Nights 7 Days Kerala tour with a welcome at Cochin airport. Your driver-cum-guide takes you up to Munnar on the scenic ghat road, passing the Cheeyappara, Valara and Kallar waterfalls, with a photo stop at Karadippara. Check into your hotel and relax. The first day is a leisure day, so rest or wander the hill town at your own pace.

Day 2: Munnar sightseeing

After breakfast, begin at Eravikulam National Park, home to the rare Nilgiri Tahr, with a park bus ride through the tea-covered hills. Next visit the Tata Tea Museum to see how tea is processed, then take in Rose Garden, Photo Point, the Elephant Arrival Point and Echo Point. If you have the appetite for viewpoints, Top Station and Kundala Lake sit a little further out and are easy to add.

Day 3: Munnar to Thekkady, Periyar safari

Drive from Munnar to Thekkady, a 94 km run of about three hours through some of Kerala's best highland scenery. Check in, then head into Periyar National Park for a jeep safari, a boat cruise on Periyar Lake or bamboo rafting. Before dinner, a guided spice plantation walk around Kumily, through cardamom, pepper and vanilla, is the classic Thekkady add-on and shows you where a lot of Kerala's kitchen starts.

Day 4: Thekkady to Alleppey houseboat

After breakfast, check out and travel down to Alleppey to board your private houseboat. Settle in over lunch, then cruise the backwaters, lakes and narrow canals as the day cools. Dinner is cooked on board in Kerala style, and you spend the night moored on the water, which is the stay most people remember longest from this trip.

Day 5: Alleppey to Kovalam

Enjoy breakfast on the boat, then check out and head to Kovalam, the coastal town known for its beaches and old-world charm. Check into your hotel and unwind. The rest of the day is free, so relax by the sea or explore the town at your own pace.

Day 6: Kovalam sightseeing

After breakfast, spend the day along the Kovalam coast at Lighthouse Beach, Hawah Beach and Samudra Beach. Watch the sun drop into the Arabian Sea and enjoy a quiet evening by the water. Kovalam is also one of the easier places to book an ayurvedic massage if you want to unwind before the journey home.

Day 7: Departure

On your final morning, have a relaxed breakfast and check out. After the formalities, you are transferred to the airport in good time for your onward flight, ending the 6 Nights 7 Days Kerala tour.

What's included and what's not

Best time to visit and how to customise

October to March is the window most travellers pick for this route: Munnar and Thekkady stay cool, the Alleppey backwaters are calm, and Kovalam gets reliable beach days. April and May are hotter but quieter and lighter on the wallet. The June to September monsoon turns the hill country deep green and is the main ayurveda season, though a heavy-rain day can shorten a houseboat cruise. For a full month-by-month breakdown, see the Kerala travel guide.

Every day here is changeable. Swap a Kovalam night for Varkala, add Wayanad or Kumarakom, extend to a seventh night, upgrade your hotels, or start the loop from a different airport. Because you book by requesting quotes, your coordinator prices any change before you commit, so nothing is locked until you approve it. Travelling as a couple? Our 6N/7D Kerala honeymoon package follows the same route with romantic stays and inclusions.

Cancellation and payment

You book this trip by requesting free quotes rather than paying online upfront, so seeing a customised plan and price costs nothing. Once you confirm, payment is staged: a booking advance to hold your dates, then the balance before you travel. Cancellation terms follow the hotel and houseboat policies for your specific dates and how far ahead you cancel, so the refund window varies. Ask your trip coordinator for the written cancellation and refund terms before you pay the advance.

On this route we book the Alleppey houseboat as a private single-boat stay, not a shared cabin, and we time the Periyar cruise for the first slot when wildlife sightings are best. The INR 19,728 starting price and the inclusions on this page are checked by our Kerala desk against current supplier rates before every quote goes out.

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