All Kerala itineraries

17 curated Kerala itineraries and 4,776 total route options by trip length. Open one for the full day-by-day plan, then tailor it to your dates, group and budget.

• Kochi long weekend with Athirappilly Falls · 4 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) · from ₹15,775 per person, base estimate before flights. A short break in Kochi: the old port's churches, palaces and art, a cooking class, a village canoe trip and a day at Kerala's biggest waterfall.
• Wayanad long weekend: caves, peaks and plantations · 5 days, Wayanad · from ₹19,200 per person, base estimate before flights. Northern Kerala's green highlands from a coffee-estate base: the Edakkal petroglyphs, the Chembra Peak trek, a jeep safari and Banasura's reservoir.
• Backwaters and beach: Alleppey and Varkala · 6 days, Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Varkala · from ₹31,875 per person, base estimate before flights. A houseboat or canal homestay in Alleppey, then three nights on Varkala's cliffs for sunsets, surf lessons and Ayurveda.
• Kerala in five nights: Kochi, Munnar and the backwaters · 6 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Alleppey (Alappuzha) · from ₹27,585 per person, base estimate before flights. The essentials when time is short: Fort Kochi, two nights among Munnar's tea estates and a houseboat night on the Alleppey backwaters.
• Monsoon Kerala: Kochi, a houseboat and Kumarakom · 6 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Kumarakom · from ₹29,975 per person, base estimate before flights. Kerala in the rains is green, quiet and cheap: Kochi's museums and food, a houseboat in the downpour and a lake resort for monsoon Ayurveda. Time it for the Nehru Trophy Boat Race in August.
• Slow backwaters: Kumarakom and Alleppey · 6 days, Kumarakom → Alleppey (Alappuzha) · from ₹35,200 per person, base estimate before flights. Five unhurried nights on the water: village canals and birdlife in Kumarakom, then a houseboat night and canoe trips in Kuttanad's paddy country.
• Thiruvananthapuram, Kovalam and Varkala · 6 days, Kovalam & Thiruvananthapuram → Varkala · from ₹24,175 per person, base estimate before flights. Kerala's southern tip from one airport: the capital's museums and temple, Kovalam's lighthouse bay and the Poovar estuary, then the cliffs of Varkala.
• Family Kerala: Kochi, Athirappilly, Munnar and a houseboat · 7 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Alleppey (Alappuzha) · from ₹38,600 per person, base estimate before flights. Short drives and big sights for children: the Chinese nets and Kathakali make-up in Kochi, Kerala's largest waterfall, tahr in Munnar and a houseboat.
• Friends in Kerala: Munnar treks, a houseboat and Varkala · 7 days, Munnar → Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Varkala · from ₹33,200 per person, base estimate before flights. A group trip with a bit of everything: a sunrise jeep ride and tea-estate trek in Munnar, a shared houseboat and toddy shop, then surf and cliff cafés in Varkala.
• Hills and wildlife: Munnar and Periyar · 7 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Thekkady (Periyar) · from ₹32,350 per person, base estimate before flights. A cool, green trip into the Western Ghats: tea-estate treks and Kolukkumalai in Munnar, then forest walks, bamboo rafting and lake cruises in Periyar Tiger Reserve.
• Kerala honeymoon: tea hills, spice forest and Vembanad · 7 days, Munnar → Thekkady (Periyar) → Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Kumarakom · from ₹37,375 per person, base estimate before flights. Misty estate resorts in Munnar, a jungle-edge night in Thekkady, a private houseboat and two slow days at a lakefront resort in Kumarakom.
• Ayurveda week: Kumarakom and Varkala · 8 days, Kumarakom → Varkala · from ₹38,450 per person, base estimate before flights. A restorative week: three nights at a Vembanad lake resort, then four on the Varkala cliffs with daily treatments, yoga and quiet beaches. Proper Ayurveda programmes start with a doctor's consultation and usually run 7–14 days.
• Classic Kerala: Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady and a houseboat · 8 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Thekkady (Periyar) → Alleppey (Alappuzha) · from ₹43,160 per person, base estimate before flights. The route most first-timers want: Fort Kochi's old town, Munnar's tea hills, a Periyar lake cruise in Thekkady and a night on an Alleppey houseboat.
• Kochi, the backwaters and Varkala cliffs · 8 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Varkala · from ₹40,925 per person, base estimate before flights. Kerala's coast without the long hill drives: Fort Kochi's history, a houseboat on the backwaters and a beach finish on the Varkala cliffs. Fly into Kochi and out of Thiruvananthapuram.
• Luxury Kerala: heritage Kochi, estate Munnar and Kumarakom · 8 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Kumarakom · from ₹40,200 per person, base estimate before flights. Heritage hotels in Fort Kochi, a tea-estate resort above Munnar and three nights at a Vembanad lake resort with a private houseboat day and Ayurveda.
• Budget Kerala by bus and train · 9 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Varkala · from ₹43,010 per person, base estimate before flights. The full loop on KSRTC buses, trains and ferries with homestays: Fort Kochi, Munnar's hills, a public ferry on the backwaters and a cliff-side finish in Varkala.
• Grand Kerala: Kochi to Kovalam in twelve nights · 13 days, Kochi (Fort Kochi) → Munnar → Thekkady (Periyar) → Alleppey (Alappuzha) → Varkala → Kovalam & Thiruvananthapuram · from ₹70,175 per person, base estimate before flights. Everything in one trip: Kochi and Athirappilly Falls, Munnar and Periyar in the hills, the Alleppey backwaters, Varkala's cliffs and the temples and beaches of Thiruvananthapuram.