Enjoy hot morning breakfast at the hotel. Your day will be full of splashes and cheer as this is a beach and river tour day. Lighthouse beach is the most spectacular beach in all of Kovalam. You can spend some time enjoying the water sports they have to offer. The beach hotels have delicious food to offer as well. Spend time visiting the Karamana River, which are the famed backwaters of Kovalam. They also have a dam called Aruvikkara, so you can halt and share a light snack with your family here. Next, head to the Samudra beach after lunch.

You will be moving out of your hotel at Kovalam post breakfast to travel to Varkala. The journey is only a couple of hours long so you can fit in a half day’s tour in Varkala as well. Upon arrival at the hotel, check in and freshen up. You can start your tour by visiting the Varkala Aquarium that has a collection of a large number of awe-inspiring fishes. You will be struck with the beauty of the diverse aquatic life they host. Next, you can spend the evening at the very famous Varkala Beach and spend time in the sun and sand.

Start your day with light breakfast and head to Ponnumthuruthu Island. You can hire a boat and enjoy the ferry to the island. It has a lot of greenery and a small temple that you can visit. Next, you can return and head to a duo that amazes all the tourists. You can go to Kappil Lake first and admire the calm scenery or participate in boating activities after which you can enjoy Kappil Beach where the backwater joins the ocean. This is one of the few places that have both a lake and a beach! Lastly, you can go to Papasnanam Beach, which is rocky and also a spiritual place for Hindu devotees.

As all lovely vacations have to come to an end, you will pack up and depart from Varkala to Trivandrum with a lot of happy memories of your beach vacation.