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Tours – 02 nights / 03 Days in Kumbalagi Village near Cochin

Tours – 02 nights / 03 Days in Kumbalagi Village near Cochin


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At Service Square Tour Divis ion, we enjoy enabling our customers to gain unique and
unforgettable experiences during their tours. So, we do a lot of unusual things – arranging
accommodation on tree tops 140 ft above the ground, or taking them to cool places where they
can sit around camp fires at night witnessing the starry nights in utter quiet.

Our tour packages are affordable while there is no compromise on the quality of services provided.

02 nights / 03 Days in Kumbalagi Village near Cochin

Now, this is tourism with a real difference. And it is going to be lapped up by people fed up with
more of the same stuff. Please read on to find out about a very unique tour experience you can
enjoy at a very economical price.

Kumbalangi is a village in central Kerala close to the port town of Cochin. It has a vast s tretch of
backwaters connec ted by interlocking waterways to the whole of Kerala. It is an ideal getaway
location for tourists from all over the world. What makes it more interesting to visit Kumbalangi is
that it is a virgin landscape unspoiled by excessive presence of tourists. Here you will find the
calm, quite and tranquil landscape with warm inhabitants who depend on nature for their survival.
A day in Kumbalangi can be a festival to remember…a treat for the eye and the mind. Kumbalangi
is rich with exotic local cuisines , boat building and masonry, manually operated coir looms , fish
farms etc.

Activities

  • Boating on a backwaters in a country boat & and fishing with the local fishermen.
  • Cycling through the surrounding country side.
  • Visit the Chinese fishing nets (maybe try your hand also fishing along with a fisherman.)
  • Watch the toddy trappers at work(may be try out of the toddy)
  • Learn about crab farming and prawn farming.
  • Birding
  • Visit the 35 year Nalukettu House (Ancient Kerala Architectural style)where a traditional Hindu
    family resides and the Kavu ( sacred grove ) with its snake God.
  • Visit a prawn farm and local family, try some catch and cooking.
  • Day visit to Marari beach and swim at the non touristy sandy beach.
  • Go for the evening shows of Kerala dance, Kathakali and Martial art, Kalaripayatu.
  • Hand – made cloth weaving using the traditional Charka.
  • Kerala Cuisine Cooking programmes conducted on special request.
  • Sightseeing at Fort Cochin
    Visiting St.Francis church.
    Visiting St.Mary’s Cathedral.
    Visiting Jews synagogue.
    Visiting Dutch palace.

    Total package cost @ 8000/- for a couple

    Package includes
    All accommodation on twin sharing basis.
    2 breakfast at the Home Stay.
    All sight seeing by road.
    A/C indica at your disposal.
    All toll parking & driver bata.

    Package excludes
    Lunch and dinner at the hotel.
    All entrance fee.

    Home s tays – Kalanchery Retreat www.kallancheryretreat.com
    For more information contact Naina Mohammed on 99405 60797
    or mail tours@servicesquare.com

    02 Nights & 03 Days Package in exotic Nelliampathy at
    only Rs.1450 per person (for groups – 25 or more)

    This tour is for those who get excited by the discoveries made while exploring nature at its pris tine best. The very fact that this is not a very popular tourist destination is its major draw. The hills of Nelliampathy are a delight to adventure lovers and trekkers. The Whistling Thrush
    bungalow serves as an ideal camping place for trekkers. The temperature at these ranges varies from 15 degree Celsius in December to 30 degree Celsius in April. The lovely climate and green magic of the hills provide an exhilarating and unforgettable experience.

    A geographic paradise, Nelliampathy on the high ranges of the Western Ghats , offers a stunning view of the Sholayar Pass lying deep down in a 20-mile s tretch of velvet green. Certain hills espec ially Seethakundu of Nelliampathy ceases abruptly to form cliffs overlooking the panoramic valley below. These ranges of the Ghats are at an altitude of 467 m to 1572 m above sea level and the pass have a dominant influence on the climate of the region.

    To reach Nelliampathy one has to negotiate at least 10 hairpin curves on the Ghat road, through the breathtaking evergreen forests of the Sahya Ranges ( Western Ghats ). From these hills can be seen the calm, tranquil Pothundi Reservoir in the valley down below. Pothundi is built across Meenchadyppuzha and Padippuzha the tributaries of The Ayalar River (a sub tributary of Bharathappuzha). Small and big waterfalls frequently punctuate the rich greenery of the forests hugging these hills. Among these, the one at Seethakundu, the 100-meter waterfall is a major attraction.

    Nelliampathy, spread over 82 sq km, has the highest peak at Nellikotta, which is also called Padagiri. The hills dipped in the pristine beauty of nature are sprinkled with picturesque tea, coffee, cardamom, vegetable and orange plantations

    Things to Do
    Watch Plantation labour at work and try a hand too
    Visit an organic Tea Factory subject to permission
    Trek to the hill top or around the estate with a Guide
    Jeep Safari and night walks
    Visit Seethakundu
    Visit Keshavan Para for another picturesque spot
    Take a ride to Mampara
    Bird Watching
    Sheer relaxation

    For group size of 25 + Rs.1450 per person
    Package includes

    All accommodation on triple sharing.
    All three meals (on APAI)
    All toll parking & driver bata
    Non A/C 27 seater bus at your disposal.
    Visiting Kalpathy Village, Malampuzha dam, Tippu Sulthan Fort.
    Note : If you care for treaking & bird watching 300/- extra per person
    Will be charged, as a separate jeep will have to be hired for this purpose.

    Please note, we have not included the cost of train tickets
    Resort: Green Land Resort or Ciscilia Heritage or similar accomodation

    Package excludes

  • Jeep Safari and night walks.
  • Lunch & dinner at the resort.
  • All entrance fee.
  • Note : Sightseeing places subject to the condition of road. It is limit to 300 km. Booking will be
    confirmed subject to room availability.

    For more information contact Naina Mohammed on 99405 60797
    or mail tours@servicesquare.com

    Hop-On, Hop-Off tour

    This is a tour organized by Tamil Nadu Tourism. You can hop on and hop off at your whims and
    pleasure in an A/C bus at any of the 13 places on East Coast Road, towards Mamallapuram and 16
    places around the city of Chennai. Ticket is valid for 24 hours and so you have the entire day to
    enjoy the best of Chennai and Mamallapuram. For more details , contact Tamil Nadu tourism: 2538
    3333, 2538 4444.

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