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- Food & Culinary
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- Christmas & New Year
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- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 7 - 16
- Age range 16 to 85
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Explore Kochi's vibrant street food scene
- Visit Fort Kochi and the Dutch Palace
- Learn dosa making in Ernakulam
- Tour a tea plantation in Munnar
- Stay on a houseboat in Kerala's backwaters
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 Trip starts in Kochi (Cochin)
- Day 2 Explore Kochi and Sadya lunch
- Day 3 Breakfast dosa making before drive through tea and spice plantations to Munnar
- Day 4 Full day exploring Munnar and visit to the tea estates
- Day 5 Drive to Thekkady and farm-to-plate spice garden tour
- Day 6 Cookery class, village walk and toddy tapping
- Day 7 Discover the backwaters by houseboat
- Day 8 Morning in the backwaters before returning to Kochi
- Day 9 Trip ends in Kochi
What's Included
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- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
Where You'll Stay
All accommodations are subject to change
Hotel Casino
HotelDays 1, 2Copper Castle Resort
HotelDays 3, 4Abad Green Forest
Hotelday 5Simple Homestay
Home-stayday 6Premium Houseboat
Berth / Cabinday 7Abad Plaza Hotel
Hotelday 8
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Number of tours
522
Age Range
16 to 85 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
100%
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Customer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- FoodExcellent
- NNarula· March 25th, 2025We had high expectations for this food tour, but unfortunately, it fell far short of what was promised. While our guide was knowledgeable and friendly, the overall experience was disappointing as the food apsect lacked the depth we were hoping for. Despite booking a *food* tour, there was barely any explanation about the dishes, their history, or their cultural significance. Lunch was just a meal with no context, and the so-called dosa-making experience was simply watching someone cook a dosa in a restaurant—without any real engagement or insight. It felt like the tour operator was cutting corners to save costs. Another major issue was the logistics. We had a bus, but still ended up doing excessive walking, which seemed unnecessary. The entire experience felt disjointed and not worth the time or money. If you're looking for an authentic and informative food tour, I’d recommend booking elsewhere.Show moreTrip date: March 2025
- SGstacey· October 29th, 2024Excellent guide in achieving. Some days were a little too busy but most were perfectTrip date: October 2024
- ASuzanne· April 4th, 2023The tea plantations and museum. The spice gardens. The kathakali performance. The "homestay" - not exactly as described, more a very fine resort.Trip date: March 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ASue· November 8th, 2023The food experiences, in particular introduction to Sadya the thali lunch, cooking and eating a meal in a family house in Kumily staying in homestay and on a Houseboat in the backwaters.Trip date: October 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ASteve· November 27th, 2023The homestay, Thomas was exceptional.Trip date: November 2023Review collected by Explore!
- AStephanie· January 26th, 2024The tea plantation and spice gardens and Kerala boat trip. Excellent food throughout the trip.Trip date: December 2023Review collected by Explore!
- AEmma· January 26th, 2024The excellent places we were taken to eat. Houseboat.Trip date: December 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ABrian· January 27th, 2024The Royal Palace houseboat was fantastic, the best boat by far with excellent food and a wonderful experience. We were also lucky to witness a beautiful colourful festival in Munnar. Preparing dinner ourselves was great, more of this would be greatTrip date: December 2023Review collected by Explore!
Dates & Availability
9 days
A Taste of Southern India - Temples and Tea Plantations
From Kochi (Cochin) to Kochi (Cochin)
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