Kerala trip from Hyderabad at a glance
- Duration: 3 to 19 days; most first trips take 5 or 6.
- Price: from ₹9,999 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: From Hyderabad the trip starts with a 90-minute flight to Kochi (IndiGo and Air India, several a day, ₹4,000 to ₹8,000 one way outside the December fortnight), or the overnight Sabari Express to Ernakulam, about 20 hours. For a Wayanad-first trip fly to Kozhikode. Every private trip here 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, 7 and 8+ 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 Hyderabad, from ₹9,999 per person: 3 Days Munnar Cochin Bliss (3D/2N, from ₹9,999); 3 Days Wayanad Green Escape (3D/2N, from ₹11,600); 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500).
4 days / 3 nights from Hyderabad, from ₹10,999 per person: 4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹10,999); 4 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut (4D/3N, from ₹10,999); 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Houseboat Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹12,250).
5 days / 4 nights from Hyderabad, from ₹13,999 per person: 5 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 5 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹14,500).
6 days / 5 nights from Hyderabad, from ₹16,499 per person: 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 6 Days Guruvayoor Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Yatra (6D/5N, from ₹17,600).
7 days / 6 nights from Hyderabad, from ₹21,500 per person: 7 Days Kerala Varkala Kovalam Coastal Escape (7D/6N, from ₹21,500); 7 Days Kerala Kovalam Kanyakumari Escape (7D/6N, from ₹22,500); 7 Days Kerala Varkala Kovalam Luxury Escape (7D/6N, from ₹46,500).
Eight days and longer, from ₹20,500: 8 Days Kerala Kumarakom Kovalam Coastal Bliss (8D/7N, from ₹20,500); 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999); 8 Days Wayanad Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Adventure (8D/7N, from ₹26,250). These add Kumarakom, Wayanad or the Tamil Nadu temples to the circuit.
3 Days Munnar Cochin Bliss3D/2N · ₹9,9993 Days Wayanad Green Escape3D/2N · ₹11,6004 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss4D/3N · ₹10,9994 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut4D/3N · ₹10,9995 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape5D/4N · ₹13,9995 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape5D/4N · ₹13,9996 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss6D/5N · ₹16,4996 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss6D/5N · ₹16,4997 Days Kerala Varkala Kovalam Coastal Escape7D/6N · ₹21,5007 Days Kerala Kovalam Kanyakumari Escape7D/6N · ₹22,500 Kerala trip cost from Hyderabad
Kerala packages from Hyderabad start at ₹9,999 per person: ₹9,999 for 3 days, ₹10,999 for 4 days, ₹13,999 for 5 days, ₹16,499 for 6 days and ₹21,500 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. From Hyderabad the trip starts with a 90-minute flight to Kochi (IndiGo and Air India, several a day, ₹4,000 to ₹8,000 one way outside the December fortnight), or the overnight Sabari Express to Ernakulam, about 20 hours. For a Wayanad-first trip fly to Kozhikode. Every private trip here starts at the airport or station with a car and driver.
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 ₹21,999: 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999); 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500); 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800).
Munnar, Thekkady and Alleppey from Hyderabad
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.
18 trips on this page, from ₹9,999 per person: 3 Days Munnar Cochin Bliss (3D/2N, from ₹9,999); 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Houseboat Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹12,250); 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹14,500); 5 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Escape (5D/4N, from ₹16,900).
Kerala packages with an Alleppey houseboat from Hyderabad
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.
18 trips on this page, from ₹12,250 per person: 4 Days Munnar Alleppey Houseboat Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹12,250); 5 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹14,500); 5 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Escape (5D/4N, from ₹16,900); 6 Days Guruvayoor Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Yatra (6D/5N, from ₹17,600).
Kerala packages with Varkala and Kovalam from Hyderabad
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.
10 trips on this page, from ₹16,900 per person: 5 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Escape (5D/4N, from ₹16,900); 6 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Varkala Escape (6D/5N, from ₹18,900); 6 Days Munnar Thekkady Alleppey Kovalam Escape (6D/5N, from ₹19,999); 8 Days Kerala Kumarakom Kovalam Coastal Bliss (8D/7N, from ₹20,500).
Wayanad and North Kerala from Hyderabad
Wayanad is the other Kerala: Edakkal caves, Banasura Sagar, Chembra peak and plantation stays, reached from Kozhikode or by road from Bengaluru and Mysuru. It pairs with Coorg and Ooty on the same trip.
9 trips on this page, from ₹10,999 per person: 4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹10,999); 4 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut (4D/3N, from ₹10,999); 3 Days Wayanad Green Escape (3D/2N, from ₹11,600); 5 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999).
Kerala Ayurveda and wellness stays from Hyderabad
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.
6 trips on this page, from ₹11,600 per person: 3 Days Wayanad Green Escape (3D/2N, from ₹11,600); 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).
Kerala for honeymoons, families and friends from Hyderabad
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: 11 plans with the upgraded resorts and a premium houseboat, from ₹21,999: 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999); 3 Days Munnar Tea Hills Retreat (3D/2N, from ₹24,500); 6 Days Munnar Alleppey Varkala Munroe Island Escape (6D/5N, from ₹26,800).
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.
Kerala from Hyderabad: how to reach and the best time
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
From Hyderabad the trip starts with a 90-minute flight to Kochi (IndiGo and Air India, several a day, ₹4,000 to ₹8,000 one way outside the December fortnight), or the overnight Sabari Express to Ernakulam, about 20 hours. For a Wayanad-first trip fly to Kozhikode. Every private trip here starts at the airport or station with a car and driver.
