Kerala honeymoon packages at a glance
- Duration: 3 to 7 days; most first trips take 5 or 6.
- Price: from ₹20,900 per person on twin sharing for the land package: stays, a private car with driver, the houseboat where the plan names one, breakfasts and the sightseeing listed on each trip page.
- Route: Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady and Alleppey on the classic circuit; Varkala and Kovalam on the beach plans; Wayanad in the north.
- Travel: Fly into Kochi (Cochin) for the classic circuit, Kozhikode for Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram for the beaches; every trip starts at the airport or station with a car and driver.
- Stay: tea-estate resorts in Munnar, a spice-plantation stay in Thekkady, a private houseboat in Alleppey, a cliff resort in Varkala.
- Best time: September to March. June to August is the monsoon, green and half the price; April and May are hot on the coast and pleasant in Munnar.
- Trip type: private, planned around your dates and your group; no fixed dates to fit.
Kerala packages for 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 days
Three days is Munnar alone from Kochi. Four days adds the Alleppey houseboat. Five days is the full circuit, Munnar, Thekkady and Alleppey, and the length most first trips take. Six days adds Varkala or Vagamon; seven finishes at Kovalam and flies home from Thiruvananthapuram; eight and more bring in Kumarakom, Wayanad or Kanyakumari.
3 days / 2 nights, from ₹24,500 per person: 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500).
4 days / 3 nights, from ₹29,600 per person: 4 Days Varkala Kovalam Coastal Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹29,600); 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹39,500); 4 Days Alleppey Vagamon Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹40,900).
5 days / 4 nights, from ₹20,900 per person: 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Honeymoon Escape (5D/4N, from ₹20,900); 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Honeymoon Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹47,900); 5 Days Athirappilly Munnar Alleppey Luxury Escape (5D/4N, from ₹59,900).
6 days / 5 nights, from ₹26,800 per person: 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800).
7 days / 6 nights, from ₹46,500 per person: 7 Days Kerala Varkala Kovalam Luxury Escape (7D/6N, from ₹46,500); 7 Days Munnar Vagamon Alleppey Varkala Luxury Escape (7D/6N, from ₹58,900).
Kerala trip cost and what the price covers
Kerala packages start at ₹20,900 per person: ₹24,500 for 3 days, ₹29,600 for 4 days, ₹20,900 for 5 days, ₹26,800 for 6 days and ₹46,500 for 7 days, on twin sharing. That is the land package: the stays, breakfasts, a private car with driver for the whole trip, the houseboat with meals where the plan names one, and the sightseeing on each trip page. Flights or the train to Kochi are quoted on request, so you pick the airline and the dates.
What moves the price is the hotel band and the houseboat. A three-star circuit with a standard one-bedroom houseboat sits at the starting figure; four-star tea-estate resorts and a premium houseboat add ₹6,000 to ₹10,000 a head over five days; the luxury plans with five-star stays and a private pool villa are two to three times the base. Meals other than breakfast run ₹400 to ₹900 a head a day; Munnar and Thekkady entries (Eravikulam, the tea museum, Periyar boat, the elephant camp) about ₹1,500 a person over the trip.
Five-star plans, from ₹24,500: 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500); 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800); 4 Days Varkala Kovalam Coastal Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹29,600).
Munnar, Thekkady and Alleppey
The classic route: Kochi to Munnar's tea slopes for two nights, Thekkady's Periyar lake and spice gardens for one, then down to Alleppey for the houseboat night and back to Kochi. Five days does it without a rushed morning.
7 trips on this page, from ₹20,900 per person: 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Honeymoon Escape (5D/4N, from ₹20,900); 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500); 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800); 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹39,500).
Kerala packages with an Alleppey houseboat
A private houseboat on the Alleppey or Kumarakom backwaters, boarding at noon and mooring for the night, with the crew cooking on board. Every plan here that names Alleppey includes it; the two-bedroom boats suit a family or two couples.
7 trips on this page, from ₹20,900 per person: 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Honeymoon Escape (5D/4N, from ₹20,900); 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800); 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹39,500); 4 Days Alleppey Vagamon Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹40,900).
Kerala packages with Varkala and Kovalam
Varkala's cliff and Kovalam's lighthouse beach are two hours south of Alleppey, so a six or seven day trip finishes on the sea and flies home from Thiruvananthapuram instead of driving back to Kochi.
4 trips on this page, from ₹26,800 per person: 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800); 4 Days Varkala Kovalam Coastal Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹29,600); 7 Days Kerala Varkala Kovalam Luxury Escape (7D/6N, from ₹46,500); 7 Days Munnar Vagamon Alleppey Varkala Luxury Escape (7D/6N, from ₹58,900).
Kerala Ayurveda and wellness stays
A resort with its own Ayurveda centre, daily treatments and a doctor's consultation on arrival, usually three to five nights in one place with the sightseeing kept light.
5 trips on this page, from ₹24,500 per person: 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500); 4 Days Varkala Kovalam Coastal Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹29,600); 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹39,500); 4 Days Alleppey Vagamon Luxury Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹40,900).
Kerala honeymoon: which plan suits you
Honeymoons: 2 plans with the quieter tea-estate stays, a private houseboat and candle-light dinners built in, from ₹20,900: 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Honeymoon Escape (5D/4N, from ₹20,900); 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Honeymoon Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹47,900).
Families: the classic five and six day circuits work as they are; a two-bedroom houseboat and connecting rooms are arranged on request, and the Thekkady day is the one children remember.
Five-star: 9 plans with the upgraded resorts and a premium houseboat, from ₹24,500: 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500); 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800); 4 Days Varkala Kovalam Coastal Retreat (4D/3N, from ₹29,600).
Friends and solo travellers take the standard plans and split rooms; every trip is private, so a group of four to eight sets its own pace.
Best time to visit Kerala and how to reach
Best time
- September to November: the monsoon has just cleared, the hills are at their greenest, the backwaters are full and the rates are still below peak. The best-value season.
- December to February: the peak. Cool mornings in Munnar (10 to 12°C at dawn), the beach season at Varkala and Kovalam, and the busiest houseboats; book six weeks ahead for the Christmas fortnight.
- March to May: warm on the coast (32 to 35°C) and pleasant in Munnar and Thekkady, with the Thrissur Pooram in April and the lowest crowds; a hill-heavy plan works well.
- June to August: the monsoon, heavy in June and July. Ayurveda season, half-price resorts, waterfalls at full flow; the houseboats run and the sea is closed to swimming.
Getting there
Kochi (Cochin) airport is the start of the classic circuit, with non-stop flights from every metro; Kozhikode serves Wayanad and Thiruvananthapuram the beaches, so a north-to-south trip can fly into one and out of the other. Overnight trains reach Ernakulam from Bengaluru and Chennai in about 12 hours and from Hyderabad in about 20. Every trip starts at the airport or the station with a car and driver.
Kerala planning guides
The longer answers, one page each: what the whole trip costs from Hyderabad and Bengaluru, the five-day itinerary hour by hour, the month-by-month weather, the honeymoon version, and what to know before booking a houseboat.
