Exclusive Tours - A LEGEND WITH TEA

A LEGEND WITH TEA
Season : September to April Best November to March
Duration : 07 Days

Tea, a commonly consumed beverage in every nook & corner of urban & rural India, was made popular with the on coming rule of the British East India Company, established from Port Canning in Bengal. Ardent tea drinkers, the British established Tea Plantations, in the region of Dooars in upper Assam, Darjeeling & Siliguri in West Bengal and the Western Ghats .From within vast tea growing belt of India, we have chosen the least traversed area around Peermade, the Tyford Tea estate establised by William Tyford in 1905, the first among the others in Kerala, and is reckoned numero uno for its diversified richness. With a population of about 5000 people, most engaged in various aspects related to the tea estate, from planting, plucking, processing, packaging , Tyford is a total “teadom”. A regular school for the workers’children, other social actvities include temples, churches, play grounds, community hall with welfare centre and full fledged medical establishment and various social festivals, all add up to the flavour of Tyford Tea Estates.

Day    Programme

1. Arrive Mumbai. Meet & transfer to hotel for overnight

2. Breakfast. Morning City tour. Transfer to airport for flight to Kochi. Meet & transfer to Hotel. At leisure. Evening watch a performance Kathakali Dance performance. Overnight in hotel

3. Breakfast. Drive to Peermade, Tyford Tea Estate (145 kms altitude 3850 feet). Established in 1905 by the erstwhile tea planter William Tyford , the estate stretches over 3000 acres of land between 2400 to 3850 ft above sea level. The uniqueness of the terrain offers winding stretches of lush greenery, lakes, waterfalls, rivulets and an amazing variety of flora and a tranquil surrounding, where the clouds and mist play hand in glove. On arrival check in to the Estate Bungalow.At leisure at the Club for billiards, a game of cards, a round of golf or just laze around and watch the clouds go by. Lunch, dinner & overnight

4. Early morning wake up with tea & cookies. A stroll through the tea gardens enjoying the morning clothed in mist. Mingle with the planters & tea pickers. Pick your tea leaves to take home as souvenier. Return to the Estate for breakfast. Late mornig visit the Tea Processing Factory. The leaves which you plucked will be processed and you carry back a bag full of fresh CTC leaves as souvenier.
   Return to the Estate for lunch. Later visit the mineral springs at Madam’s Pond. Return to the Estate for dinner & overnight

5. Early morning wake up call with tea & cookies. Visit Wagamon to get lost amidst the clouds.
   Return to the Estate for breakfast, thereafter spend time at the tea plantation, orient yourself to the secrets of tea growing, mingle & chat with the children returning from school. Lunch at the Estate. Later take a trip to the Summer Palace. Dinner & overnight at the Estate.

6. Breakfast. Return to Kochi. Check in to hotel. Afternoon Visit the Portuguese Church, Jewish Synagogue & the Chinese fishing nets. Overnight in hotel.

7. Breakfast. Transfer to Airport for flight to Mumbai for onward connection

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