VALIDITY : 01 May 2007 TO 30 September 2007
DURATION : 05 Nights (View Tariff)
 

DAY ONE

On arrival at the Cochin International Airport or at Madurai domestic airport. meet and transfer to Periyar. Check-in at Spice Village. Day at leisure.Boat Safari at Lake Periyar in the evening.Overnight at Spice Village.
 

DAY TWO

Early morning wake-up call to participate in the Bullock Cart ride at 0600 hours.Visit vineyards, diverse agriculture crops of mangoes, tamarind, onion, sunflower, jasmine and a score of other vegetables. The ride will take your breath away when the guide starts to interpret how farming has wooven delicately with the culture and the life of the natives. 

This is conducted by a group of people who were engaged in sandalwood smuggling, later surrendered before the Forest Department. The profit from the programme goes to rehabilitate this group of people.Breakfast served enroute.Programme ends at Spice Village at 1400 hours with lunch at the resort.Afternoon at leisure.Overnight at Spice Village.
 

DAY THREE

After early breakfast in the Hotel, depart at 0800 hours to participate in the Border Hiking programme.This full day programme is a conservation oriented hard trek taking up a full day.The route passes through undulating terrains, attitudinal ranges of 900 meters to 1300 meters will be covered and the trekkers would glimpse the lofty escarpments bordering the park, watershed and the vast plains down below.Gaur, sloth bear, elephant etc. are being often sighted along this route apart from birds and butterflies.Trekkers will go with tour guides and an armed forest guard. Vegetarian refreshments will be served enroute.Overnight at Spice Village.
 

DAY FOUR

Yet another day of adventure. This time in the Periyar Lake. Bamboo rafting at a dawn to dusk range. Hiking and rafting programme through some of the richest forest tracks of Periyar Tiger Reserve.Starting at 0800 hours from the boat landing, a mosaic of habitats will be traversed before the party gets into rafts made of bamboos.The rafting is for about 3 hours and one gets a panoramic view of the forest – clad hills reflect on the lake. Animals like elephant, gaurs and samba are sighted keeping close to the edges of the lake.The team hitchhikes back to the boat landing by about 1700 hours. An armed guard and a guide will accompany the group.
 

After breakfast, transfer to Cochin. Enroute stopover at the Plantation House for lunch. This gives an opportunity to see the rubber plantation and the rubber tapping. Check-in at Brunton Boatyard situated at the harbour mouth of the sea. Afternoon free for sightseeing and cruise through the backwaters of Cochin and the harbour. Overnight at Brunton Boatyard.
 

DAY SIX

It’s time to bid farewell. Transfer to Cochin International Airport/Railway Station.