Get started with this tour at 12:00 PM with your car picking you up from your hotel and drive to meet and greet at the restaurant where we will host guests for a sit-down lunch of authentic Kerala cuisine with a few dishes of Syrian Christian influence thrown in. The restaurant is located along the backwaters and offers a splendid view. Lunch will include non-vegetarian and vegetarian fare such as Chicken Ularthu, Kerala Chicken roast, Fried fish, Kerala fish curry, Beef ularthu or beef roast and thoran, veg ularthu, olan, Kuttu curry, potato podimas, a gravy made with green mango called Manga charu, Dry Prawn chammandi, Coconut chammandi etc.

At 2:00 PM bid goodbye to our gracious host and move towards Santa Cruz Basilica – a 450-year-old church, followed by St. Francis Church. In the evening around 3:00 PM enjoy a Hi-Tea at David Hall, a contemporary art gallery, cultural venue & café in a restored 17th-century Dutch colonial bungalow.

Move towards a cultural centre and experience a mesmerising performance of Kalaraipayattu - a gift to the modern world and the mother of all martial arts. Legend traces the 3000-year-old art form to Sage Parasurama- the master of all martial art forms and credited to be the re-claimer of Kerala from the Arabian Sea. Enjoy your evening time watching Kathakali's performance. Kathakali is a "story play" genre of art, but one distinguished by the elaborately colorful make-up, costumes and face masks that the traditionally male actor-dancers wear. Say Goodbye after the performance and the end of an exciting day.