Since there is only one day to cover all the sightseeing in Munnar, the appropriate time to start is at 0800 hrs. Below are the possible sightseeing available for the day. Rajamali National Park. Its located 10kms away from Munnar town.Basically it’s a mountain where one can spot rare species of mountain goat called – Nilgiri Tahr. Entry permit can be obtained through online booking. Note: Main attraction of Rajamali is Nilgiri Tahr and once you reach on the top of the hill, you can have a good view point. Since this involve approx 2 kms trek, those who have breathing problems should avoid this. Also those who are not interested in this Nilgiri Tahr and view point, this trip can be avoided.

Once Rajamalai is over, TATA Tea Museum located near to the city, which gives an idea of how tea is processing from raw tea leaves, is an attraction. Now it's lunch time and Munnar city provide restaurants which caters veg and non veg food, jain etc.

Located at 6410 ft msl, Top Station is the second highest elevated place in whole Munnar. It takes approximately 45 mins to cover 18 kms from Munnar town. The interesting story of Top Station is that the British built a railway line running from Chaya Bazar (near present Munnar town) to Drop Station (present Top Station). The train used to carry the tea leaves collected in the whole Munnar to Drop Station and from there by a cable car to down below processing centre. You can see the remains of this cable car at Top Station even now. Visiting top station, you will get the best experience with regard to view of mountains towards Kulukkumali,fog, mist and chilled climate Interestingly, the top station is not in Kerala but located in Tamil Nadu. We need to cross 1km into Tamil Nadu state to reach this place. Top Station Travel Tips. • It open at 0600 hrs and closes at 1700 hrs. • An entry fee of Rs 25 for adults, Children Rs 15 and Rs 10 for foreigners will be charged. • Those who have knee problems, heart disease, breathing problems and kids below 6yrs should avoid this place as it involves too much of walking by steps. • Should have good shoes. • Best time to visit is early morning or before 10am. • Should be avoided during monsoon ie from June to mid of Aug. • If you are planning to visit Kolukkumali, Top station visit can be avoided. • Handicapped persons, pregnant ladies and wheel chair persons cannot access this place.

This is nothing much important about this place. If you make a loud noise, your voice will return back to you as you have a big hill just opposite of you after the lake. But more than that, this is one of the best place to have a photo of the lake close by. Entry to this place is restricted with an entry fee of Rs 20 per person.

Mattupetty dam is located 13 kms away from Munnar city towards Top station and it takes 20 mins drive by road. Mattupetty can be narrated like confluence of mountain, lake and greenery. You will get best photos and some breathtaking moments of your holiday. Unlike Kundala, Mattupetty made elaborate arrangements for tourist comfort. It has a washroom, tourist facilitation centre where coffee shop, snack bar, cowboy park, children park with swing, speed boat in the lake etc available. Best experience of Mattupetty is first go to the boating centre or tourist facilitation centre, if interested do the boating and come to the dam and take some of the best photos. Mattupetty Dam Travel Tips • Try to walk from Kundala to Mattupetty dam and you can see tallest blue gum trees, in case you have time. • You can skip in case you are coming from a place where there are lots of lake and mountains. • This place is accessible for all irrespective of handicapped or wheel chaired. • Very good place for family with kids outing. • This place is best for a small shopping of handicraft and souvenirs. • There are no restaurants available but hot noodles and local snacks are available. During holidays, weekend and tourist season, this place is jam packed. You may need to wait up to an hr to get boating tickets or Parking car. • Take beautiful photos from the Mattupetty Dam. After the boating travel to dam, came out of car from one end of the dam and walk to other end. You can take good photos from the middle as vehicles are not allowed to park on the dam.

Kundala Dam was constructed for Pallivasal Hydro Electric Project in 1946 and considered to be Asia's No 1 arch dam. This place is located between Top Station and Munnar town therefore it's easy for visiting. Considered as one of the best scenic spot for photography, you can also have activities like pedal boat, speed boat or shikara kind of trip available in the lake. Kundala Dam Travel Tips • Irrespective of any restrictions, tourists with all walk of life can access this place. • Entry to this place is totally free. In case you want to have some activities like boating in lake, horse riding etc, all these are available here which is chargeable. • If you are doing any boating activity in any other lake in Munnar, this can be avoided. • It takes hardly 15-20 mins here to experience, in case you do not need any other activities Your second day in Munnar is fully packed with sightseeing. This is the time for shopping. Main shopping items are Ayurvedic products, coffee/ tea etc. We will surely recommend to buy spices from here as you are NOT visiting Thekkady (Periyar) where all the species are cheaper. Return back and overnight stay in resort.

B/F at Hotel and proceed to Houseboat. It takes approx 5.5hrs to cover 200kms and there is no sightseeing planned enroute to Houseboat. Today you are going to experience stay in a Houseboat. Arrival and check in houseboat

Check in Houseboat at 1200 hrs and houseboat make a trip through the best possible canals in Aleppey. • Punnamada kayal – river famous for Nehru trophy boat race. • SNDP canal – one of the small canal in this trip. • Pamba river – almost 150 ft width river. • Irumpanam Thod – best narrow canal. • Munnottu Mugam – Where three canals joints together making very attractive and beautiful place. 1330 hrs Lunch at Meenappalli Kayal – small lake in the middle of Alleppey backwaters. 1430 hrs - Post lunch trip start at 1430 hrs and continue till 1730 hrs. Houseboat makes a trip through some of the beautiful villages in Alleppey called Kainakary Village Venattukadu etc. At 1730 hrs, halt at a halting point for overnight stay. Once the houseboat halted, guest can walk around till the sun set. Evening Options and Activities - Fishing in the lake and backwaters. (most of the houseboats is always having a fishing roads and you will surely get small fishes).

If the sky is clear, have a bed tea and you can enjoy a perfect sun rise from your houseboat. Since the houseboat is starting at 0800 hrs, we recommend a light walk around the place if you are interested. Today morning trip start at 0800 hrs till your check out at 0900 hrs. During this one hr trip, it cover part of the biggest vembanad lake. Before your houseboat trip ends at 9am they will provide authentic Kerala B/F. Check out from houseboat tour ends. After a relaxing trip in Houseboat, it’s time to move next destination ie Kovalam. It takes approximately 5 hrs to cover 165 kms. Arrival at Kovalam hotel, check in and relax. best beaches in Kovalam. Lighthouse beach and howa beach. Overnight stay in beach resort.

Visit Jatayu Earth Centre. We strongly recommend to visit this place as one of the beautiful place along with a cable car drive to the 1000 ft above sea level. This earth centre is located on the way from Alleppey to Kovalam, but you need to go via MC Road. If you are going via Alleppey Quilon – Kovalam route, you may not be able to visit. It takes approximately INR 450 per person including the cable car and children are also charged. Approximately 2 hrs to visit this man maid bird sculpture and a museum inside the sculpture. If you are not interested to visit, you can go directly to Kovalam and you may reach by 2-3pm. Just relax some time at the hotel. Proceed to Lighthouse and howa beach by around 4pm. You can also visit the lighthouse located at the beach. Lighthouse entry is closed at 5pm. Overnight stay in hotel.

The entire Kovalam is on the Arabian sea side so you go anywhere, you can experience the beach. But there are only two beaches called light house beach and hawa beach (also called as eve beach) where you can have activities like scuba diving, swimming, jet sky etc. Hawa beach is used by local fisherman and sand is black. Important Beach Tips. • Swimming in beach is not allowed after 1830 hrs. • During season or rush time, all the activities needs to be booked in advance in case interested. • Monsoon in Kerala start during the 1st week of Jun till Aug end and beach are not idle for swimming. • Beach shakers and umbrellas available from Rs 200 onwards. • Life guards and tourist police help available on the beach. • Wash room available but NO bathing arrangement available. • It will be crowded with local tourist during holidays and weekends. • In case you hotel is not nearby, carry your extra towel, changing cloths etc.

Howa beach – locally called as Eves beach, is located just opposite north side of lighthouse beach. Compare to lighthouse beach, this is a small black sand beach and not idle for swimming. This beach is overcrowded during weekend days by local tourists, no proper waste management by authorities therefore dirt is everywhere, fisherman keep their items for the fishing like small wooden boat, diesel barrels etc. Due to all these reasons, it’s advisable to skip this place or recommended to have just visited the beach during your holiday. Important Beach Tips • Restaurants are not available on this beach. • Life guards monitoring system available. • Only few sunbed and umbrella rentals in this beach. • Water sports like Jet sky, speed boat and catamaran drive available in boat. • Best time to visit is early morning or afternoon. • No wash room or bathing arrangements on this beach. • This beach is having a paid vehicle parking area where ladies washrooms available.

This temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu on Anandasayana. Padmanabha Swamy temple – Open at 4 am and darshan available till 11 am. Evening it open at 4 pm and darshan available till 8pm. Pants, Jeans, Bermuda etc are not allowed inside. Gents should wear Dhoti and ladies saree / churidar. In case of churidar, Dhoti needs to wear over the churidar. Dhoti available in front the temple shop for Rs 50 per piece onwards. Small wallet, camera, mobile phone, bags etc are not allowed inside the temple. Best time to visit temple is early morning 6am to 8am

Built during 1840 by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, the erstwhile maharaja of Travancore, is located very close to Padmanabha swamy temple. Finest example of Kerala architecture, constructed by teak wood, took 5 yrs to complete. It contains 80 rooms and 20 are opened to visitors.Entry closed on Monday.

The Napier Museum was designed by Robert Chisholm who was the architect of Govt of Madras, built and opened to public in the year 1880 by Ayilyam thirunal Maharaja of erstwhile Travancore Kingdom.The museum was named after Lord John Napier, the then Governor General of Madras. Also known as Govt Art Museum, has a fairly collection of exhibits of more than 550 numbers. These collections are of dates back to 18th Century include mainly metal sculptures of Chola, Chera, Vijayanagara and Naik style. Wood and stone sculptures from different styles of South India, ivory and musical instruments, ancient coins, old burial urns, wooden ornamental box, temple chariot, ceremonial lamps are all add to its attraction. Museum tips • Entry fee is Rs 20 for Indians and Rs 50 for foreigners. • Photography not allowed. • Open from 1000 hrs till 1645 hrs on all days. Monday closed. Wednesday entry from 1300 hrs till 1645 hrs. • It takes approximately 1.5 hrs to see all the displayed items in detail. • No guide service available. • Better down load Napier museum app, show this at the each item and you will get details or extra information.

Sri Chitra art gallery was opened to public in the year 1935. Basically this art gallery displays paintings of Royal House of Travancore and Kilimanoor Royal family. Apart from painting of Raja Ravi Varma, paintings from Bengal School, Russian artists Nicholas Roerich and his son Svetoslav Roerich, contemporary paints and murals. Tanjore paintings, Art from Bali, Tibetian , Mugal, Rajasthani paintings add feather to the cap. Art Gallery Tips • Visiting from 1000hrs till 1700hrs. Wednesday open from 1300hrs till 1500hrs. • Last entry available at 1625hrs. • Monday closed.

Today is your last day of the trip. In case you are going back by morning flight, we will drop you at Trivandrum airport or Rly station. In case your flight or train is in the evening, we suggest a trip to poovar. •Poovar is located 40 kms towards Kanyakumari road and its famous for is golden sand beach. To reach Poovar beach, you need to hire a small boat. It cost approximately 2000 for 4 people for a mangrove forest boating and beach visit. It takes approximately an hour to reach from Kovalam and 2 to 3 hrs to visit this place. The best time to visit this place is either in the morning or evening. This is the last day of the trip. Check out from hotel at or before 12 pm, shopping at Trivandrum city, and finally drop at Trivandrum rly station.Tour ends.