Your private driver will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel in the heart of the old city. During your two night stay, embark on a blue bus tour and guided city tour, visiting landmark sites like the Chinese fishing nets, Portuguese houses and 14th-century Paradesi Synagogue.

Surrounded by the beauty of the Western Ghats, spend two nights in a boutique property in a cardamom plantation. Enjoy a visit to a local tea plantation, where you will learn the traditional tea-making and taste a variety of blends.

The tea is regarded to have the best flavour due to its high altitude. Learn about the traditional processes of making tea before enjoying an exclusive tasting and enjoying a picnic lunch in the rolling hills.

Spend two nights in a sustainable property that specialises in Ayurvedic practices. We’ll take you on a guided trek through Periyar, the ideal way to get a glimpse of the park’s diverse range of wildlife, which includes tigers and a large elephant population.

Start with a guided tour, learning about spices like cardamom, pepper, clove, nutmeg and vanilla as well as a variety of medicinal plants. You’ll then sit down for a scenic lunch and sample a range of traditional Keralan dishes.

Spend three nights in a lakeside villa before experiencing a luxury houseboat cruise along the backwaters of Alleppey. Lounge on the deck and wander through a network of canals that link the towns along the Arabian Sea.

This will be your home for the next three nights. Stay in a wonderful eco-friendly boutique property, surrounded by sandy shores, coconut groves and lily ponds. Relax on the beach, splash about in the sea and join naturalist guides for wildlife walks.

Arrive in Dublin.