Kochi Travel Forum

We (my wife and I) are plannig a trip to India and would like to stay some days at Kerala. We are delighted on what we read about back waters and house boats.

It seems that Cochin should be the entry/exit place.

1) Taking into account on what we read, Kumarakom should be our destination, but we received also advise on Aleppey. We are wondering if visiting the two places would add something special regarding staying at only one city.

2) How (or where) we select and make reservation for a house boat?

3) Taking any other boat trip adds something to the house boat experience?

4) if our trip is in october/november, would we have any chance to make any ayurveda experience?

5) We would like also to go to Lakshadweep Islands and we wonder which company make the flights in order to check prices. Perhaps there are also some ship to the Islands

kerala is a great place - and you are right cochin is a good in and out - but isn't a particularly good place to stay.

i stayed for 3 nights in varkala and would recomment it unreservedly.

http://www.varkalaonline.com/

i organised a house boat through these guys - had to make a bank transfer to a western union account - it was all fine

http://www.houseboatskerala.net/reservation.htm

seems like they take credit cards now.

Cochin can be one of the entry points but more better would be Trivandrum (Tvm), the caoital city of Kerala state. From Tvm, you can reach Alleppey by road.Alleppey is the place you can hire houseboats.There are many companies having and operating house boats.The Kerala Tourism also operated house boats. Suggest you to, at first have a look at the house boats and then, if you like ,it hire for a 24hr basis.In Alleppey you can also hire a traditional boats by which you can have a trip in the backwater canals.Suggest you to google Kerala tourism and you will find many companies having house boats.Octo/Nov is the high tourist season in Kerala and so reservig house boats is recommended.
You can have ayurvedic experience in most places in Kerala but beware of quacks.

To go to Laksadweep, there is a tourist office in Cochin who can be contaced for details.

Its nice to have a trip to Kerala at this time. If u r interested in backwater tours, then I would consult you to visit Alleppey, Kumarakom and Cochin. There are also many ayurveda spas and centers in Kerala for health rejuvenation. U can get useful tips from http://www.indiantravels.com ot http://www.shubhyatra.com. all the best and a happy journey...

yup cochin could be the entry and exit place
you stay a day at cochin and go to munnar stay there for 2 days and you can come back
then you take a trip to alleppey and take a cruise alleppey to kumarakom
boarding alleppey and de boarding kumarakkom
for houseboat reservation you can try keralahouseboats.in
yeah u can make ayurveda exper in oct nov
you can book your ticket on jetairways.com or indianairlines(but book your hotel in lakshwdep before the tickets as accom is a prob there) you may try
bangaram island resort
yeah ships to there but not those luxury ones ,better to take a flight

Que bueno, ustedes estara en Cochin, por que solo cinco dias, no pudieras pasar un poco mas?
miralas paginas mias sobre Cochin, tengo muchas informaciones sobre este lugar precioso..
Mi amigo, Suresh tiene una agencia de viaje touristland se llama, con email infor@indiatouristland.com www.indiatouristland.com
no he encuentrado nadie hablando castellano pero hay mucho "jinateros" tipo cubano, quien esperan por los turistas hablando un poco de todos las idiomas.. ingles esta bien, pero casi nadie habla muy bien, pero pueden comunicar bien.
Vos no estas ciudano Indio, no puedes viajar con bote hacia Laccadives, pero puedes viajar con aerolineas (hay dos creo, casi diario) hacia agatti, isla turistica, sin caracteristicas local.
escribeme necesitas algunas mas informaciones sobre Cochin. sera un placer.
Hasta la victoria, amigos
Yehuda

Cochin is a great place to enter/exit. I ahve visited Cochin in March and it was great.
You should have a backwater experience. There are many tour operaters in Cochin - for house boats or just half-day/full-day trips.
Auyerveda experience is a must - you will have oppurtunities -
While in Cochin also visit Jew Town with its rich history.
Don't hesitate to put questions

Thank to all of you folks. I am moving my trip to India to February/March next year. I'll take into consideration your advise!

Hi, there is lot of options available, cant list them all here. visit this site for more info. www.cochin-tourism.info