Day
01: Departure from home country.
Day 02: Mumbai
Arrive Mumbai. Transfer to hotel.
Day 03: Mumbai - Cochin -
Periyar Transfer to airport to board flight for Cochin. Arrive
Cochin and drive directly to Periyar which lies in the shade of Cardamom
Hills and is a beautiful area of tranquil winding roads, tea gardens, rubber
estates and spice plantations. Check-in at the hotel. If you are up to it,
you can visit the resident
Vaidya ( Ayurveda Doctor ) for
consultation. You can also do it the following day.
Day 04 -
Day 10: Periyar Ayurveda Therapy at Periyar. Seven days have now
been set aside for the Ayurveda Therapy. The resident Doctor after
consultation, plans your programme and will also suggest your diet and the
therapy commences in right earnest. Please remember that during this period
you should not exert yourself and for best result no alcohol, no tobacco and
strict vegetarian diet. The therapy involves various herbal massages, steam
baths and yoga. If you follow all the directions of the
Vaidya, we
can assure that you will come out totally relaxed and a great feeling of
wellness. Remember to bring some of your favourite books to catch up on all
the reading you may have missed.
Day 11: Periya The
Rejuvenation Therapy is over, but it is best to relax and allow your body to
re-adjust after one week of message.
Day 12: Periyar - Cochin Your last day at Periyar, perhaps you
could do a boat safari in lake Periyar and try to catch a wild elephant.
After lunch drive to cochin. Check-in at hotel.
Day 13:
Cochin Morning short tour of Cochin. Cochin is the natural harbour
created by the famed underwater Malabar mud-banks whose quality ensures that
the rougher the seas are outside the calmer the waters are within the
Harbour. Vasco-de-Gama placed it on the world map. It has a Jewish
Synagogue, Portuguese churches, mosques & Hindu temples. Watch the
Chinese Fishing Nets. Later drive to airport to board flight for onward
journey.