Kerala Invitation

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1

  Departure to Cochin.

  To ensure that your room is available upon your arrival around 5:00 a.m., it is reserved from the previous day.

• day 2

  After the visa formalities, collecting the suitcases and the transfer to Neelambari.

  Installation – Rest – Lunch, then meeting with the doctors for your "Introduction to your Ayurveda sessions" Relaxation massage Dinner and overnight at Neelambari.

• day 3

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 1

  Meeting with the local Yoga Teacher Included activity: On this day, visit to the Ayurveda museum and the Khadi center. It is interesting to learn about and understand what Ayurveda is. Here, we have the Ayurveda museum, which traces the evolution and practices of Ayurveda. As mentioned earlier, you are here in the heart of the region that holds Ayurveda, the pure and original one. This museum is located 8 km from Neelambari. Then, 4 km away, we will discover the Khadi weaving center, which is the center for showcasing traditional weaving.

• day 4

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 2

  Included activity: On that day, another nature excursion with a visit to the Athirapally Falls. Located just 1 hour's drive from Neelambari, it is a very beautiful waterfall, among the largest in India and Asia. On the way, if you are interested, there is a butterfly park above the river.

• day 5

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 3

  Included activity: visit a performing arts teacher. We can arrange to visit a guru teaching Koodiyattam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, or Kathakali.

• day 6

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 4

  COOKING CLASS with Mira

• day 7

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 5

  Included activity: visit the city of Thrissur for shopping, as well as discovering historical sites and museums. It is also a city famous for its temples.

• day 8

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 6

  Included activity: We offer you a pleasant day, without a car, but by bike this time, in the surroundings of Neelambari. Ride through the countryside and meet the locals to discover rural life. And/or, if you prefer: Pottery class. The pottery center is located 3 km from Neelambari; an introductory session can be offered to you there.

• day 9

  Stay at Neelambari with full board - Massage 7

  Included activity: Kalari visit: on Sunday mornings, we will go to a Kalaripayattu center, the Indian martial art known and recognized as the ancestor of all martial arts. You can attend the class, interact with the instructors as well as the students, and if you wish to try, this is the moment. OR IF YOU PREFER: Chimmony forest walk: we offer you a walk in the forest, about 45 min drive away, at the Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary. The Kerala Forest Department offers a 3-hour nature walk. At the end of the day: walk on the River Cruise and, in the evening, a Koodiyattam performance. You will be able to share and interact with the artists. The venue for the performance is at Neelambari, reserved only for you and the other guests staying.

• day 10

  Transfer to Marari for a beach stay and rest after the treatment.

  Free seaside stay

• day 11

  Beach stay to rest after the treatment.

  Free seaside stay

• day 12

  Beach stay to rest after the treatment.

  Free seaside stay

• day 13

  Neelambari Kainakary in the Backwaters

  

  For the BACKWATERS… The network, made up of about 1500 kilometers of canals, both natural and artificial, includes several large lakes such as Ashtamudi and Vembanad. Stretching along almost the entire length of the Kerala coast, it is fed by around forty coastal rivers descending from the Western Ghats. The lagoons were formed by the action of waves and coastal currents, creating a barrier of low islands at the mouths of the coastal rivers. Connected by man-made canals, the lagoons form a transport network for goods that is widely used by the local economy. The Backwaters are also a major tourist attraction in Kerala. To discover the backwaters… we have chosen to take you away from the major tourist centers to discover the Backwaters from the inside by staying on a peninsula… For the backwaters... forget the House-Boat... As for the house-boat, while the accommodation itself is unusual, it is its over-exploitation that makes it less attractive! House-boats side by side... in a long line... and sorry, it is very difficult to get around this due to government restrictions that we must respect. Here is the much less idyllic side of the House-Boat, and this is what we want to avoid. I am not sure that the traveler seeking "authenticity" will appreciate us endorsing this mass tourism! As an alternative, we offer accommodation in the heart of the backwaters, on a peninsula, for an immersion in the heart of the population and encounters with the villages...

• day 14

  Kainakary

  Breakfast at the hotel… 07:30 We offer you a complete immersion in daily life on the backwaters. Discover this region during a cruise on a small canoe. Possibility to visit a coconut plantation, the local market, the school (subject to authorization). Cooking demonstration and lunch with a local family.

• day 15

  Kainakary Kochin Cochin Airport

  Breakfast, then drive to Cochin and check-in at the hotel. Visit of Fort Kochi… - Kochi — formerly Cochin — is the most populated city in the state of Kerala in India and its main port, located 200 km north of its capital, Thiruvananthapuram. The historic heart of the city is in the Fort Cochin district, on the Mattancheri peninsula. This is where you will find the raja's palace, called the Dutch Palace. Although built around 1555 by the Portuguese for Raja Virakeralavarma, the Dutch renovated it a century later to make it the governor's palace. It was returned to the raja, who had it decorated with superb mural paintings, beautifully preserved, depicting scenes from the Ramayana. The Chinese fishing nets are a classic tourist attraction, probably a remnant of the Chinese expedition of the eunuch Zheng He, who passed through here before the arrival of the Europeans. In Fort Cochin, you will also find the old synagogue dating from 1568 and enlarged in 1760, as well as the Santa Cruz Cathedral and St. Francis Church.

• day 16

  Departure Cochin. Example: 04:15. Check-in at the airport: 00:30.

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