Kerala Tour Packages

Land in Kochi and fly home from Thiruvananthapuram, if you travel north to south. The Kerala Backwaters Tour and the Kerala Ayurveda Retreat meet you at Cochin International Airport and end with a transfer from Varkala to Thiruvananthapuram's airport, so you never drive back up the coast. Book the flights that way: into one city, home from the other. Coming from Tamil Nadu, the South India tour arrives by road and leaves from Kochi.

It is green and quieter, but it is not dry. October, the first month of the northeast monsoon season, averages about 300 mm of rain in Kerala on IMD's long-term figures, more than September, and November about 150 mm. Plan October and November with spare time for rain. For the driest weather, travel between December and March, when monthly rainfall averages under 40 mm across the state.

At its wettest. The southwest monsoon normally reaches Kerala around 1 June, and June and July each average over 600 mm of rain. The hills turn deep green, the sea is rough, beach days are few, and high water can change houseboat routes. Ayurveda practitioners recommend some traditional treatments, such as panchakarma, for these months, so ask us about the Kerala Ayurveda Retreat in the monsoon.

Yes, once the year's dates are out. Onam falls in the Malayalam month of Chingam, in August or September, with ten days of festivities after Atham. The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is held every year on Punnamada Lake at Alleppey, usually in August, and draws over two lakh spectators; in 2026 it was on 22 August. Further snake-boat races run into November. Tell us early if you want to be there.

Yes, every trip is tailor-made. Thekkady is already on the Ayurveda Retreat, with three nights beside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, and it can be fitted between Munnar and the backwaters on the other routes. Kovalam, near Thiruvananthapuram, is the alternative beach to Varkala (see our Kovalam guide). Wayanad, inland in the north, suits a trip of about two weeks; our Wayanad guide explains why.

The Kerala family holiday, the circuit we most often suggest for mixed ages. It keeps drives short and swaps forts and long walks for a houseboat cruise, beach days and an optional boat safari at Periyar. Life jackets and a safety briefing are standard before boarding a houseboat. The one hard stretch is the winding road up to Munnar, which makes some children carsick, so allow for stops.

By road over the Western Ghats, on the 10 Days South India Tour Package. After Chennai, Mahabalipuram, Thanjavur and Madurai, day 6 is a five-to-six-hour drive from Madurai up to Munnar. Kerala then takes the last four days: a tea estate, a houseboat night at Alleppey, an afternoon in Fort Kochi and the flight home from Kochi. For more temples, see our Tamil Nadu tour packages.

Not the treatments themselves. On the Ayurveda Retreat the resort's physician sees you on arrival at Thekkady and again at Varkala, prescribes the programme and confirms its cost directly, and you pay the resort. On the Backwaters tour treatments are optional and booked locally, for example on the free day at Varkala. We are a travel operator, not a medical provider, so health questions go to the physician.