Backwaters and Beaches of Kerala
| DAY 01 | ARRIVE COCHIN |
Arrive at Cochin International Airport, following customs, immigration formalities and baggage collection, a TCI representative will meet you as you EXIT the ARRIVALS TERMINAL building after which you would be transferred to your hotel.
Rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
| DAY 02 | COCHIN |
Following buffet breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of Cochin Visit the Dutch Palace (Closed on Fridays and Jewish Holidays) is also known as Mattancherry Palace, Jewish Synagogue (Closed on Fridays, Saturdays and Jewish Holidays) and ST. Francis Church.
In the evening, you will be taken to a Kathakali dance center where you will witness the most elaborate of the dance forms in southern India.
Overnight at the hotel.
| DAY 03 | COCHIN - MUNNAR |
After breakfast you will be driven from Cochin to Munnar (130 Kms / 04 hours).
Late afternoon, you will go for a stroll in Tea Estates. Meet the local people engaged in tea Industry.
Overnight at the hotel.
| DAY 04 | MUNNAR – THEKKADY |
After breakfast you will be driven from Munnar to Thekkady (110 Kms / 3.30 hrs).
Upon arrival proceed to check in at your hotel In the afternoon you will proceed to Periyar National Park to view the wildlife by boat.
Overnight at the hotel.
| DAY 05 | THEKKADY – KUMARAKOM |
After buffet breakfast at the hotel, you will be driven to Kumarakom (120 Kms / 3 Hrs), which is located on the shores of the enchanting Vembanad Lake.
Upon arrival in Kumarakom, proceed for check-in at your hotel.
Complete day will be free for relaxation. Lie in a hammock on this lakeshore, and allow your senses to possess you. The great Vembanad Lake, rippling under the vault of an impossibly large sky. Sunlight sparkles on her waters, tearing the reflection of a passing houseboat into crystal shards. Darter birds go about their fishy business. You relax in Peace. Of course there is peace here, but not silence. Silence is not nature's way. And the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary next door is full of raucous neighbors. You sway a little, and the image changes; to a timber and tile mansion that seems to belong to this earth, but to another time. If you left the comfort of your hammock for a closer look, you'd see that it is authentic reconstruction.
You may also enjoy the Ayurvedic Massages (On Direct Payment Basis).
Overnight at the hotel.
| DAY 06 / DAY 07 | KUMARAKOM OR HOUSEBOAT |
Breakfast at the hotel. Later you will proceed to embankment point for Houseboat cruise (approx. 04 Hrs) on an unforgettable journey, passing through the coconut-palmed canals.
Kumarakom is a centre for houseboat cruises. Traditionally, the houseboats were called Kettuvallam, which means a boat made by trying together pieces of wood. Unbelievable as it may sound, not a single nail is used in the making of a Kettuvallam. Jack wood planks are joined together with coir rope and then coated with black resin made from boiled cashew nuts shells.
Lunch onboard.
Later, disembark and proceed back to your hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
( OR )
Morning leisurely buffet breakfast in hotel. Rest of the morning free. In the afternoon check – out from the hotel and proceed to embankment point for Houseboat on an unforgettable journey to Alleppey, passing through the coconut-palmed canals.
An onboard chef will be at your service. He will serve local cuisines for you and you can also learn the same.
Lunch, Dinner & Overnight onboard.
Note: - Houseboat sails during daytime only and anchors whole night at the jetty. The air-conditioners work in night only. standard check-in time is 1230 hours and check-out time is 0900 hours.
| DAY 08 | KUMARAKOM – COCHIN (OR) ALLEPPEY - COCHIN |
After buffet breakfast, you will be driven from Kumarakom to Cochin (90 Kms / 02 Hrs).
( OR )
After breakfast, you will disembark the houseboat at Alleppey, from here you will be driven to Cochin (65 Kms/ 1.30 Hrs).
Upon arrival at Cochin, you will be transferred to the international airport in time to board your flight back home.
HOTEL ENVISAGED
| City | Hotel | Room | Nights | Remark |
| CentGift Card | Abad Plaza | Superior Room | 02 | |
| Munnar | Copper Castle | Superior Room | 01 | |
| Thekkady | Abad Green Forest Resort | Jungle Cottage | 01 | |
| Kumarakom | Golden Water | Standard | 03 |
| Cost – Applicable between 01 Oct till 15th Nov 2010 | |
| Cost based on 01 Guest Traveling | US$ 1187 nett |
| Cost based on 02 guest traveling together | US$ 585 per person nett |
| Cost based on 03 guest traveling together | US$ 578 per person nett |
| Cost based on 04 -07 guest traveling together | US$ 570 per person nett |
| Cost based on 08 -10 guest traveling together | US$ 550 per person nett |
| Cost based on 11-15 guest traveling together | US$ 545 per person nett |
| Cost based on 16 -20 guest traveling together | US$ 520 per person nett |
| Cost based on 21 -30 guest traveling together | US$ 505 per person nett |
| Single Room Supplement over the above cost | US$ 222 nett |
| Supplement for Delhi – Cochin airfare in Coach class | US$ 185 per person |
Inclusions & Exclusions
OUR QUOTE INCLUDES: -
- Accommodation on twin sharing at the hotels mentioned above or similar.
- Daily buffet breakfast at all hotels.
- All transfers, excursions and sightseeing tours will be by Air-conditioned vehicle.
- Entrance fees at all monuments, road taxes, parking fee, fuel charges, interstate taxes, and porterage at all hotels & airports.
- Services of a local English-speaking guide shall be provided during all sightseeing and excursion tours.
- TCI representative for assistance on all arrival and departure transfers.
- All currently applicable taxes.
THE ABOVE COST DOES NOT INCLUDE: -
- Expense of personal nature like tipping, laundry, and telephone/fax calls, alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages, camera/video camera fee at monuments, medical expenses, any Insurance etc.
- Any other services not mentioned in the inclusions.
- Our quote is not valid for period other than mentioned above
- Our quote is not valid for Christmas/ New Year period i.e. from 22 Dec’09 – 05 Jan’10.
SPECIAL NOTES
- Hotel Check-In, Check-out time 1200 NOON
- Prices are subject to change with any increase in the cost.
- Rates include only those items specified in your itinerary.
- In case on any currency fluctuations or amendment in local Government taxes, or any fuel hike, we reserve the right to adjust the tour price accordingly.
- Please note, the names of hotels mentioned above only indicate that our rates have been based on usage of these hotels. It is not to be construed that accommodation is confirmed at these hotels until and unless we convey the confirmations to you on receipt of your acceptance. However in the event of any of the above mentioned hotels not becoming available at the time of initiating the reservations, we shall book alternate accommodation at a similar or next best available hotel and shall pass on the difference of rates (supplement/reduction whatever applicable) to you.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Your booking request is governed by the conditions below and the terms of business under which your booking request is made as set out below. Please note especially the terms covering payments, cancellations, alterations, and rescheduling.
SCOPE OF ACTIVITY
We are travel and holiday organizers only. We do not control or operate any airline, neither do we own or control any shipping company, coach or coach company, hotel, transport or any other facility or service mentioned in the brochure. We take care in selecting all the ingredients in your holiday, but because we only select and inspect them and have no control in the running of them, we cannot be held responsible for mechanical fault or any injury, death, loss or damage which is caused by the act of default of the management or employees of any hoteliers, airlines, shipping company, coach, coach owner/operator who are the Company’s Independent Contractors arising outside our normal selection and inspection process.
DEFINITTION
a) “Client” mean the person/persons in whose name or on whose behalf the booking request is made.
b) Company means Travel Corporation (India) Ltd.
c) Tour cost means the amount mentioned.
d) Independent Contractors means “Hotelier/Hotel owner”, owner of any airlines or shipping company or railway, ferryboat owner/operator/coach owner/operator, or any other person or organization who has been selected by the Company to render services to the Client.
- There is no Contract between the Company and the Client until the Company has received the initial booking deposit of Rs. 2000/- per person. The full payment must be received in accordance with procedure laid down under Payments Terms. If not paid within that time, the company reserves the right to cancel the booking with consequent loss of deposit and apply scale of cancellation charges as mentioned in the cancellation policy hereunder.
- The Company has the right at any time and for any reason:
- To terminate Contract after acceptance of deposit but prior to the commencement of the Tour without assigning any reason whatsoever. In the event, that the Company terminates the Contract, the Company shall refund the deposit amount of Rs. 2000/- per person to the Client without payment of any interest.
- To amend, alter, vary or withdraw any tour, holiday, excursion or facility it has advertised or published or to substitute an Independent Contractor of similar class if it is deemed advisable or necessary. In either case, the Company shall not be liable for any damage, additional expense or consequential loss suffered by the Clients or for any compensation claims made.
- No person other than the Company, in writing, has the authority to vary, add, amplify or waive any stipulation, representation, term or condition mentioned herein.
- In the event of the company exercising its rights to amend or alter any of the services as mentioned in the itinerary, after such tour or holiday has been booked, the Client shall have the right:
- To continue with the tour or holiday as amended or altered
- To accept any alternative tour or holiday which the Company may offer.
- In either of these above cases, the client shall not be entitled to, or the Company shall not be liable to the Client for any damage, additional expense, consequential loss suffered by him or to pay any amount as refund.
- The Company shall in no circumstances, whatsoever, be liable to the Client or any person traveling for:
- No liability on the part of the Company arising in any way out of this Contract in respect of any tour, holiday, excursion facility, shall exceed the total amount paid or agreed to be paid for the tour holiday, and shall in no case include any consequential loss or additional expense whatsoever.
- a) If the Client has any complaint in respect of the services provided by any of the Independent Contractors, the Client shall immediately notify the same in writing to the Independent Contractor and a copy thereof should be handed over to the Tour Manager of the Company in order to enable the Company to take up the matter with the Independent Contractor so that in future other Clients do not face the same difficulty
b) Any claim or complaint by the Client must be notified to the company in writing within 28 days of the end of the holiday tour. No claim notified to the Company beyond this period will be entertained and the company shall incur no liability whatsoever in respect thereof. - It is hereby declared that the immunities provided under the Contract shall be available to the Company’s Managers, including Tour Managers, employees, servants and agents but not to the Independent Contractors selected by the Company.
- Each of these conditions shall be severable from the other and if any provision were invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless have full force and effect.
Booking & payment conditions
Please return the duly signed & completed booking form to us or our appointed agent.
Payment terms
Installments on all bookings due as follows:- Upon booking: Rs. 2000/- per person and 15 days prior to the departure, you pay the total tour cost. (If the Client opts for any other mode of transport like air etc. then actual return fare of such mode of transport will have to be paid in advance) Out of above referred initial deposit, Rs.1000/- is non-refundable and non-transferable. The balance payment shall be refunded as per the refund clause mentioned herein below. The balance amount shall be paid 15 days prior to the date of departure of the Tour. If client fails to pay the balance amount within stipulated time then the booking shall be deemed to be cancelled and entire initial deposit will be forfeited and the passenger shall not be entitled to the refund of the same.
- All cheques / demand drafts to be payable either to your own travel agent or Travel Corporation (India) Ltd. On payment of the deposit amount you will be given an official receipt from The Company / our Preferred Sales Agent or your own travel agent confirming the booking of Tour cost by the Company as mentioned in the brochure. Any bookings received on or after 10 days prior to departure of the tour, entire payment for the tour has to be collected by Cash / Credit Card / Demand Draft.
Amendments
Any amendment in the original booking request once booked and confirmed has to be given to us in writing. All changes will be processed only after the receipt of the same. Every change in previous programme will be charged Rs.150/- per person per tour as amendment charges.
Cancellations
If circumstances make you cancel the tour, the cancellation must be intimated to us in writing. As per the Booking Conditions of the Tour, we are constrained to levy the following cancellation charges:
Cancellation charges per person
- 15 days or more prior to the date of departure of the tour: Rs. 1000/-
- 14 days prior to the date of departure or for non-payment of the balance amount. Initial deposit amount of Rs 2000/-
- 13-07 days prior to the departure of the Tour: 50% of the Total Tour Cost
- 07-02 days prior to the departure of the Tour: 75% of the Total Tour Cost
- 01 day prior or a “No Show” on the tour: 100% of the Total Tour Cost
The Company reserves the right to cancel any Tour prior to the departure, without assigning any reason. In such an eventuality, all monies paid by you will be fully refunded forthwith in Indian Rupees only, but no compensation is payable. Thomas Cook (India) Ltd cannot assume responsibility for any additional cost or any fees relating to the issuance and/or cancellation of air tickets or other arrangements not done through Thomas Cook (India) Ltd.
