Cochin shore excursions

Kochi, India

7 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

When your cruise ship drops anchor in Kochi, don’t spend precious time planning visits to nearby attractions. Instead, let someone take care of planning and driving and quickly set off to see what the area has to offer. Take a trip on a traditional houseboat on Kerala’s backwaters, then tour the city’s colonial-era forts and churches. A buffet lunch and round-trip transportation from your ship are included.

Maximize your port stop with a guided excursion of the Kochi area
Check out highlights of Fort Kochi like the St. Francis and Santa Cruz churches
Travel in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
Receive personalized attention away from the crowds on a private tour

What's Included

Lunch

Buffet lunch
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Port pickup and drop-off
Round-trip transfer by air-conditioned coach
Professional guide

Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

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Meeting point

Office of the Asst. Engineer (Civil), M/Wharf, Cochin Port Trust
Port Users Complex, 3, Indira Gandhi Rd, Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala 682003, India

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.8:30 am

Itinerary

Kochi (Cochin)

7 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 12 reviews

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A relaxing boat trip around the Kerala back waters

Osprey11, Mar 2019

We were met by a bus at the cruise terminal and left around 9:00. We then drove through the countryside to Alappuzha, which took about an hour and 45 mins, and where we then embarked onto a houseboat. The extremely comfortable houseboat, provided a relaxed tour of the idyllic Kerala back waters and lakes, which lasted almost 3 hours. Towards the end of the cruise, the crew provided a delicious freshly cooked traditional Indian buffet lunch, together with drinks. After disembarking, we then drove back towards Fort Cochin, where we first stopped at the famous Chinese fishermen’s nets for a photo stop. We then continued on to the Matancherry/Dutch Palace, where there was time for either a quick visit, or shopping opportunities at the roadside stalls. We returned to the cruise terminal just before 17:00. Altogether a great value tour, a bit different and more relaxing than a normal land tour.

Backwaters Trip is a Must

KALINKATHLEEN_C, Dec 2018

This trip was well arranged and gave us an interesting insight to life in Cochin. Well worth the visit. Would be better if it can be shorter. The food was surprisingly quite good

Excellent tour. Our guide Matthew...

Sandi_W, Jan 2018

Excellent tour. Our guide Matthew went above and beyond our expectations. We did a full city tour after and hit all the main highlights of COCHIN. Would highly recommend this tour.

Der nette Guide stand pünktlich am...

Andrea W, Feb 2018

Der nette Guide stand pünktlich am Gate und brachte uns zu einem sehr gepflegtem Auto und die Tour ging los. Er sprach gut englisch und war sehr freundlich. Zu unserer großen Freude hatten wir für unsere Backwater-Tour ein schönes kleines Boot mit einer bequemen Liege und einem freundlichen Bootsführer für uns ganz alleine! Nach der sehr beeindruckenden Fahrt stand unser Guide wieder an der Anlagestelle und fuhr uns, diesmal zur willkommenen Abwechslung über eine kleinere Nebenstraße, wieder zurück zum Schiff. Ein Punkt Abzug da in der Tourbeschreibung ein Mittagessen inkludiert war und wir davon nichts gesehen haben. Aber ansonsten sehr empfehlenswert!!