7 May 2017 – 10 May 2017Dates
4 days / 3 nightsDuration
2,300 kmDistance
4Travellers
Route
Start: Vertex Prime, Hydernagar, Hyderabad - Sun 7 May, ≈8:45 AM
Hydernagar → Hyderabad airport → Kochi → Cheeyappara Falls → Munnar → Kundala → Top Station → Munnar → Thanneermukkom → Alleppey → Kainakary → Alleppey → Marari Beach → Kochi → Fort Kochi → Vypin → Kochi → Hyderabad airport → Hydernagar
Day-by-day plan
| Date | Route / activity | Km | Depart → arrive | Night stay | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2017 | Hydernagar → Hyderabad airport → Kochi → Kalady → Neriamangalam → Cheeyappara Falls → Anachal → Munnar | 961 | 8:45 AM → 6:14 PM | Clouds Valley Leisure Hotel, Munnar | A taxi from home in Hydernagar to the airport at Shamshabad, dropped at the terminal at 9:39 AM, then SpiceJet SG 511 at 10:45 AM, landing in Kochi at 12:20 PM. By road up into the hills: over the Periyar at Kalady and Neriamangalam, a stop at the Cheeyappara waterfalls, another waterfall and a viewpoint near Anachal, the tea gardens at Chithirapuram, and Clouds Valley Leisure Hotel on the Aluva–Munnar road just before Munnar by about 6:15 PM. |
| 8 May 2017 | Munnar → Mattupetty → Kundala Lake → Top Station → Echo Point → Munnar → Flower Garden | 86 | 11:16 AM → 7:10 PM | Clouds Valley Leisure Hotel, Munnar | A day around Munnar: past Mattupetty Dam to Kundala Lake for a horse ride among the eucalyptus, the tea estates on the road to Top Station and the view down into Tamil Nadu from the Top Station watch tower, Echo Point on the Mattupetty lake on the way back, then Munnar town, the KFDC Flower Garden and a Kalaripayattu show in the evening. Second night at Clouds Valley. |
| 9 May 2017 | Munnar → Adimali → Thanneermukkom → Alleppey → houseboat to Kainakary → Kuttanad | 177 | 11:41 AM → 5:30 PM | Tharangini houseboat, Alleppey backwaters | An early start down the ghat road from Munnar through Adimali and Kothamangalam, then south past the Vembanad lake at Thanneermukkom to Alleppey. On board the Tharangini houseboat at Punnamada by 12:36 PM, out across the lake into the Kuttanad backwaters, a stop by the canal at Kainakary, and the night moored in the backwaters. |
| 10 May 2017 | Kuttanad → Alleppey → Marari Beach → Kochi backwaters → Fort Kochi → Vypin → Edavanakkad → Vallarpadam → Lulu Mall → Hyderabad airport → Hydernagar | 1019 | 9:00 AM → 1:10 AM | Home | Sunrise over the backwaters, the houseboat back to Punnamada for the 9 AM check-out, then by road to Marari Beach and on to Kochi: a backwater boat ride from Maradu, the Kerala Folklore Theatre & Museum, Fort Kochi beach, the Ro-Ro ferry across to Vypin and Edavanakkad beach, Vallarpadam over the Goshree bridges and Lulu Mall, then IndiGo 6E 263 at 9:05 PM, landing in Hyderabad at 11:10 PM, and a taxi home to Hydernagar soon after 1 AM. |
Travellers
4 travellers on this tour.
Transport
SpiceJet SG 511 / IndiGo 6E 263
Flight
Taxi
Taxi
Hired car with driver
Car
Tharangini houseboat, motorboat and Ro-Ro ferry
Boat
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