5 Nights 6 Days Kochi, Rameswaram & Madurai Tour Package

• Met at Kochi and driven up through the Nilgiri Hills, pausing at the Cheeyappara waterfalls. In Munnar — Mattupetty Dam, Echo Point, the Rose Garden and the Tea Museum amid endless plantations. Overnight in Munnar.

Nilgiri Hills, Tea Museum, Night · Munnar

• Descend to Alleppey and board a traditional houseboat on the still waters of Vembanad Lake, gliding past the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary. Overnight aboard the houseboat.

Vembanad Lake, Kumarakom Birds, Night · Houseboat

• Drive to Trivandrum for the golden Padmanabhaswamy Temple and the colonial Napier Museum, ending with a glowing sunset over Shanghumukham Beach. Overnight in Trivandrum.

Padmanabhaswamy, Napier Museum, Night · Trivandrum

• Reach the very tip of India — the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and towering Thiruvalluvar Statue offshore, the Gandhi Memorial and Kanyakumari Temple, and a famed sunset where three seas meet. Overnight in Kanyakumari.

Vivekananda Rock, Three Seas, Night · Kanyakumari

• Cross into Rameswaram, the holy island town. Drive out to ghostly Dhanushkodi at the land's edge and the windswept Gandamadhan Parvat viewpoint. Overnight in Rameswaram.

Dhanushkodi, Gandamadhan, Night · Rameswaram

• Morning darshan at the Ramanathaswamy Temple with its famous thousand pillars, and the sacred bathing ghat of Agni Theertham, before your drive and drop at Madurai Airport.

Ramanathaswamy, Agni Theertham, Drop · Madurai