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choice is yours. Later this afternoon, we’ll our Kettuvellam, we’ll enjoy lunch and begin
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including pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, and canals that stretches along the western
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bayou country, the waterways are a unique
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from small enclaves to large towns. Today,
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rich biodiversity today when we visit Periyar
BTWOWTQP >LYN_`L]dɨZYP ZQ >Z`_S 4YOTLɪ^ Day 14 Cruise Kerala’s backwaters • Visit
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the Cardamom Hills. This interpretive activity Today we’ll continue our discoveries of
is an opportunity to have a close encounter
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with nature’s landscape. The trails often
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pass through stunning scenery that includes stopping along the way to interact with locals.
evergreen and moist, deciduous forests
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interspersed with marshy grasslands. One can
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feel nature, hear her whispers, and smell her
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You’ll have some free time this afternoon,
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with lunch on your own. This evening, we’ll
houseboat.
have dinner at a local restaurant.
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Day 15 Overland to Cochin • Kathakali
Day 13 Transfer to Nedumudi • Kerala
performance & sunset cruise
backwater cruise
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(Kochi), the cosmopolitan “Queen of
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we’ll arrive in the small Kerala village of
China, Holland, and elsewhere have left
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us to board a Kettuvellam SZ`^PMZL_ ɨZ`]
tradition and style. Our morning wraps
home for two nights. Originally designed as
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