- KD04 Latest change on 09.08.2010 18:37

This is the latest Itinerary for your Kerala Discovery. It includes all requested changes. It is developed in English for your host-family who will provide all reservations in advance. The host has confirmed this schedule before it is given to the guests. From Arrival to Departure, Raju Sebastian Vettikavumgal and his family will escort and assist - at Kovalam Beach Dr. Lalitha Babu and her staff/family will assist. This timetable is to change according the facilities in India or according to guest’s request - all vehicles are prepaid for all events shown below. For extra tours guests may pay vehicle charge to the host. Food is included for full Farm stay - on tour you may pay extra for food/drinks for guide/driver, too. Alternate services to pay extra are marked “not included”.or "optional" Be sure to hold the latest edition. (Accommodation: F=Farm Vettikavumgal, My=Mysore, boat=Houseboat, Kochi(Cochin), Kov=Kovalam - full meals AP on Farm only) Entrance fees for monuments not included.

No	Date			Acc	Program & remarks for Guide
1	fr	07	01	flight	Flight to Calicut (Kozhikode) via Dubai
2	sa	08	01	1.F	Arrival at Calicut Int. Airport. Try to get reconfirmation of return flights. Money exchange facilities inside the airport (remember: next exchange facility in Mysore, Calicut - but procedure needs much more time) Raju & family expects you outside the terminal - he arranged reception and car/van transfer to Vettikavumgal-Farm Welcome-Meal, check if ticket-reconfirmation is done (fee not included), Ayurveda Vaidya comes to make appointments f. Ayurveda treatments (not included), invite Guests to the kitchen for traditional cooking, if no special requests, show how to make, chapathi, porotha, ulliwadda - guests share the every day life on a typical Kerala farm
3	su	09	01	2.F	Morning Nellipoyil river, take Fruits, Coffee, Chai for picnic, try to see Adivasi, afternoon Kodancherry, Farm, show how to grow Coconut, Coffee, Ginger, Areka, Rice, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Jadika (Muskat), Mango, Kappa, Cocoa, Rubber, Chakka (Jackfruit), Wombeli naranga, Areka-plucking from tree to tree,
4	mo	10	01	3.F	Morning walk to Murambathi, guests may announce their special interests
5	tu	11	01	4.F	leisure – or programs like examples day 2 & 3, what about the Toddy tappers ?
6	we	12	01	My	12.oo pm Car to MYSORE afternoon stop at Elephant-Camp (16:oo), Adivasi-village, ca. 17:30 proceed to Mysore; (Hotel Chandra Palace)
7	th	13	01	My	Morning visit Mainpalace, residential museum, , Lalitha-Mahal (phone magician Syed Babu),
8	fr	14	01	My	Tour: Sravana Belagola - if they like the long tour also Halebid & Belur - otherwise visit both holy hills
9	sa	15	01	My	Tour: Chamundi-Hill, Somnathpur, Srirangapatna, reach Ranganathittu-Birds-Sanctuary before 3 p.m.; Not included: If requested departure in the evening via Hunsur, overnight at Jungle Inn (accommodation not included!) to visit Nagarhole (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) in the morning
10	su	16	01	My	Leisure in Mysore - optional: Art-Gallery, Shopping, Devaraja-Market, drive to Brindavan Gardens
11	mo	17	01	10.F	alternate departure 12.oo a.m. via Hunsur, try to arrive NAGARHOLE 15:oo; after sightseeing proceed to Vettikavumgal-Farm. Optional one night in a tree house in Vythiri (not included)
12	tu	18	01	11.F	Vattashira - another lovely creek -+ waterfalls
13	we	19	01	boat	after breakfast proceed to KAPPAD, Calicut fruit-market, Lunch Alakapuri 2.00 pm to BEYPORE, Shopping in Calicut, for dinner board the beautiful Kettuvallam houseboat near Quilandi; overnight on board
14	th	20	01	13. F	Backwater- & river cruising full day on Houseboat - meals aboard, village stops for coir & rope manufacturing, evening back to farm
15	fr	21	01	14. F	leisure – or programs like examples day 2 & 3
16	sa	22	01	15. F	Relaxing at Nellipoyil river leisure – or programs like examples day 5 & 6
17	su	23	01	16. F	optional: Jeep transfer to the hills, 2 days Nilgiri Trekking, overnight in tents
18	mo	24	01	17. F	optional Nilgiri Trekking, late afternoon Jeep transfer back to farm
19	tu	25	01	Kochi	After breakfast drive to Kochi - sight seeing, shopping depending on arrival time
20	we	26	01	Kochi	Kochi: Mattancherry boating, Synagoge, chin. fisher-nets, Dutch Palace, St. Francis-Church - evening optional: Kathakali
21	th	27	01	Kov	28 dayers proceed to Kovalam overnight at Lalitha's Ayurbay (Prepaid rooms incl. breakfast only)	21 dayers Morning flight Kochi-Dubai, connected to Germany
22	fr	28	01	Kov	Kovalam Beach, Leisure at the beach (all Kovalam events are suggested, optional and not included)
23	sa	29	01	Kov	Optional car/auto to Thiruvananthapuram: Padm.Temple, Market, Shopping; (if one likes to see Madurai – do it as an alternate event today – then you come back to Kovalam tomorrow evening )
24	su	30	01	Kov	Kovalam Excursion to Neyyar Dam Wildlife Sanctuary (optional)
25	mo	31	01	Kov	7 to 12 h River-Cruise cum village walk at Thiruvallam (optional, Mr. Tampi) any Carnatic dance ?
26	tu	01	02	Kov	last days for leisure - we suggest a full day Tour Padmanabhapuram, Suchindram, Kanniyakumari
27	we	02	02	Kov	last days for leisure - from Kanniakumari you may add Madurai and make it a 2-day-event
28	th	03	02	flight	Morning flight Thiruvananthapuram-Germany via Dubai