Kerala Luxury Packages

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Review of: 8 Days Kerala Private Tour with Munnar, Backwaters, Beaches & Houseboat We booked a 7 days 6 nights tour through Iris Holidays. The trip coordinator was Mr. George Joseph. He was very helpful from the beginning of the inquiry process up-to the end of the trip. Payment process was smooth and hassle free, which strengthened my trust in Iris Holidays.

The car provided to us was Toyota Etios and our driver, Mr. Lalan was extremely sweet and humble person who was also a huge help in the trip because he was very experienced about Kerala. On our next trip to the state, we plan to specifically request Iris Holidays to provide him as our driver/guide. We stayed for 2 nights in Munnar, 2 nights in Thekkady, 1 night at a beach resort at Marari beach and 1 night at Alleppey. Below is a brief summary of the various hotels we stayed in. 1. Dream Catcher Plantation Resort (Munnar) - We specifically requested a tree house which was provided at this resort.

The resort is amazingly beautiful with neat rows of tea plantations inside the property and tree houses tucked away deep inside to ensure complete privacy. The tree house itself was very neat and clean inside and out with all the amenities of a conventional room provided and glass windows all around. The only con here is that it might feel a little congested for families with children. 9/10 2. Cuckmere Resort (Munnar) - Good hotel with beautiful views from the balcony. The room was very spacious and neat all around. The food was average with room for improvement. 7/10 3. Hills and Hues (Thekkady) - Specifically requested this hotel after reviewing photos and testimonials from TripAdvisor. Must say we\'re not disappointed.

The hotel is located high on top of a hill with sweeping views of Tamil Nadu as it is located at the border of Kerala. The cottage provided to us was worth every penny. Amazing view of the plains had us mesmerized. Restaurant service was good, we had some of the best breakfast and dinner at this hotel. 10/10 would visit again. 4. Abad Turtle Beach Resort (Marari Beach) - Huge resort with a private beach. We were provided with a beach cottage which was halfway between the restaurant and the beach and therefore really convenient. Dinner was good, made even better by the live music being played by artists and ongoing barbecue. We really liked this hotel, spent some of our best times here at the beach and early morning at the swimming pool. 9/10 5.

Kondai Lip Backwater Resort (Alleppey) - The property is huge with their own backwater channels which you can use for boating with boats provided free of charge. On my request, Mr. George had arranged a flower decoration and cake as a honeymoon perk which was a welcome surprise to my wife. Dinner and breakfast were similar to other hotels. 8/10 Apart from this, we opted for day cruise in houseboat which was a blissful experience. On our last day we headed to Cochin and visited local landmarks and other sightseeing areas.

Overall the trip was super awesome and we would like to thank Mr. George for organizing this trip and especially thank our driver/guide Mr. Lalan for helping us make this experience even more memorable!

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Akhil -He was so helpful, full of information ,polite and an excellent driver ! The tour was amazing,the accommodation, driver and overall experience exceeded our expectations. We would highly recommend this trip

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Saranya from IRIS team helped us in customizing the package we were looking forward to,Our driver ( Vijesh ) guided us through out the trip. He was very helpful and flexible as per our schedule.The overall experience with Iris was good.We really liked the arrangements done by IRIS, and will recommend to anyone travelling to Kerala.

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Just finished a 3n/4d tour in Kerala - two nights in Munnar, a night on the houseboat and finished with some sightseeing in lovely Fort Kochi.
The best thing about this tour with Iris holidays is that it is fully customisable to what you want to do - we expressed interest in exploring the nature of Munnar and the tea plantations by doing a hike and our amazing and very kind driver Monesh organised one of his friends to take us on a fabulous trek in the plantations. We also really enjoyed the scenery of the houseboat and I was able to choose one of several offered by Iris meaning we got a more traditional one. 

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Fantastic holiday touring around Kerala with Irisholidays. The tour was organized by Saranya and tailored to suit us. Great communication both before and during the trip. I visited a tea plantation and museum in the hills, Thekaddy Lake and Nature Reserve, Kovalam Beach Area, and Kochi. But the highlight has to be the houseboat cruising the backwaters. Great value for money.

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This was a postponed pre covid trip and over the last 24mths George Joseph made multiple amends to our itinerary- he displayed limitless patience! Our trip was fabulous - the whole of our time was seamless and we loved the variety our 15 days in Kerala offered

Our trip was made effortless thanks to Shijoh, our driver. His polite and friendly manner through your our trip was lovely. He was always there when we needed him and happy to help with any of our requests.

We loved all our hotels. The only blip on our trip was the houseboat backwaters overnight trip - our houseboat was moored a long way from the backwaters , consequently we spent too much time on the lake - and not enough time on the backwaters. After only 30mins on the backwaters our boat was heading back to the lake! We managed to change the itinerary which was to moor for the night back on the lake and remain on the backwaters.

Our trip was made effortless thanks to Shijoh, our driver. His polite and friendly manner through your our trip was lovely. He was always there when we needed him and happy to help with any of our requests. We loved all our hotels.

Overall I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Iris holidays ,George and Shijo were both 5star.