In the morning of tour start day, meet your trip leader at your hotel. We recommend to do bike fit at least a day before departure. If you plan to arrive early, please contact your trip consultant for a list of suggested hotels at Kochi, if required; It’s good to pick a hotel in Fort Kochi area in such case.

We head straight to your hotel in Munnar. Enjoy a goodnight’s rest here so you are ready to explore Munnar the next day.

Munnar is a pleasant contrast to the beach lined destinations or backwaters of Kerala. A hill station, which has been immortalized by movies, Munnar is great to cycle in. The routes are undulating and sometimes challenging, but you will find equal amount of downhill slopes to bring relief steep climbs.

Enjoy a morning of Yoga if you please and head out to Top Station, a viewpoint of great touristic eminence. The riding stretch to Top station is one of our favourite cycling route in Kerala. As we ride all the way upto Top Station, you will be stunned with brilliant view of the stacked mountains and deep valleys below. After this ride, you would have certainly earned yourself a hot crisp cup of tea.

Roll down the hills to visit a Tea Factory. If time permits, you can also visit the Tea museum in Munnar town, which takes you through the journey of Munnar’s metamorphosis as a tea destination, when A.H. Sharp planted the first sapling in late 1800s . You can also pick up handmade jam, tea leaves and recycled paper products as souvenirs.

We bid adieu to Munnar and head towards the cardamom hills of Kerala, a small town of Kumily. We take in the spectacular views of tea clad western ghat mountains, near Lockhart Gap. As you are riding, the 360 degrees view of the lush tea plantations will be forever etched in your minds. The smell of cardamom draws you quickly from the tea-lined mountains to the unmanicured mish-mash of cardamom plantations, interjected by pepper vines clinging to Tall trees.

After cycling, the last stretch is covered in the shuttle.

It’s a long  day towards Alleppey and we need to start early. An early morning start would be  ideal  to escape the heat and cycle in cooler hours of day.  This is going to be a beautiful ride – from the Cardamom Hills to backwater plains. A hilly ride, with both dips and steep climbs, but the cool weather helps you grapple with this challenging ride better.

We stop cycling by 10:30am and take a van transfer to Alleppey.  The transfer normally takes 3 hours to reach Alleppey.