South India · Water Tour
Kerala Backwaters & Hills
Palm-lined water, slow boats, and tea-covered hills.
AlleppeyKumarakomMunnar
Palm-lined water, slow boats, and tea-covered hills.
Kerala's backwaters are a genuinely different kind of Indian travel — a slow drift by houseboat through palm-fringed canals and paddy fields, with no itinerary beyond watching the shoreline go by. This circuit pairs a backwater cruise with the cool tea-covered hills of Munnar, and time for an Ayurvedic treatment or two along the way.
Board a traditional houseboat in Alleppey for an overnight cruise through the backwaters, with meals cooked on board.
Disembark at Kumarakom. Free time for bird-watching along the lagoons or an Ayurvedic treatment.
Drive up into the hills to Munnar. Walk through tea plantations, visit a tea museum, and take in viewpoints over the Western Ghats.
Tea plantations, MunnarDrive back down to Kochi for your onward flight.
Kettuvallam houseboats are converted rice barges with private bedrooms, attached bathrooms and a crew who cook fresh Kerala meals on board.
Around 4–4.5 hours' drive from Kumarakom, climbing steadily into the Western Ghats.
We can arrange single sessions or multi-day wellness stays at partner resorts — let us know your interest when booking.
Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire, scattered across a surreal granite landscape.
Towering Dravidian temple gopurams, a Chola-era masterpiece, and the French quarter of Pondicherry.
A lit-up royal palace, coffee plantations, and misty Western Ghats hill country.