God's Own Country
Journey to Kerala | Experience Ayurveda at its Source: Sep. 20 – Oct 11, 2026
This Trip Is Now Full! Please Email Me To Be Put On The Waiting List
Trip Itinerary
September 20: Arrive Cochin International Airport: Pick up and Transport to Ft Kochi Hotel. Visit Historic Fort Kochi, enjoy Kerala coastal meals, strolling along the harbor, shopping, and rest
September 21: Tour Ft Kochi, including St Francis Cathedral, the historic forts, the famous laundry, the spice markets, “Jew town” and the Paradesi Synagogue (on Yom Kippur), plus lunch at an old palace on the water. This tour takes us to places we can only get to by Tuk Tuk, so it is magical! We will have time in the afternoon for rest, personal time, shopping
September 22-23: We head up the Cardamom Hills to the Periyar Highlands: Spice Plantation Tour, Walking Tour of the Periyar Rainforest, Tamil Nadu Farm Tour, Excursions offered by expert Nature Guides, Morning Yoga, Afternoon Tea by the Pool, Evening Ayurveda Cooking Classes with Spice Village Chefs, Sumptuous Local Cuisine
September 24: Travel day. Overnight stay nestled in the lush green hills of Munnar, dreamy land of tea plantations
September 25-October 9: Ayurvedic Pancha Karma Retreat: Ayurvedic Treatments, Purifications, Clinic Activities, Nature Time, Temple Visit, Daily Yoga, Meditation, Group Circles, Daily Meals together overlooking the Arabian Sea
October 9-10: Kerala Houseboats with sumptuous meals, tours of the backwaters, rowing down the canals, sunset over the lagoon and sleep in a traditional rice boat
October 11: Depart from Cochin International Airport, or Extend Your Trip on Your Own (I am happy to connect/advise)
*Please email me about options to come a day early and join me for a tour of charming Fort Kochi, or to stay an extra day with me at a gorgeous villa on Lake Vembanad on the back end of our trip.
Accomodations
Come Home to Source
All accommodations are comfortable, spacious, clean, elegant and can be single or shared, 2 to a room, though I highly recommend single accommodation as the trip is 21 days and some of the Ayurveda treatments can go deep.
If you do choose to share accommodations, please let me know who you will be sharing the rooms with you. Otherwise, we reserve the right to put roommates together, and will not be able to accommodate changes once the trip begins.
Please note the houseboats are shared accomodation only: Two to a room, without exception. The rooms are ship shape close quarters but elegant and comfortable, with ensuite bathrooms, and there is plenty of room on the houseboat to spread out.
The First Week includes: Airport pick-up, Day Excursions, Transport, Visit to Spice Plantation, Tour Guides, Periyar Tour, Lunch with a Local Family, Cultural Programs, Ayurveda Classes, Evening Cooking Classes, Yoga, Swimming, Resting, Shopping, and 3 delicious locally-sourced meals a day. Ayurveda treatments are also available at your own expense, and you will have opportunities to explore, shop and or stop for coffee or chai, at your own expense.
Our first week accommodations are elegant, artistic, rich in heritage and traditional, with modern comforts.
The Second Two Weeks include: Daily Ayurveda Treatments, Doctor Visits, Three Meals a Day, Daily Yoga, Daily Ayurveda Classes, Herb Tour, Nature Walk, Temple Visit, Swimming, Resting, Meditating, Healing, and daily personal guidance with me, all at a very beautiful location overlooking the Arabian Sea, with some of India’s top Ayurvedic doctors, plus two nights on the most elegant, serene houseboats exploring Kerala’s famed backwaters.
It really is the trip of a lifetime!
Fees
Come Home to Yourself
Trip Price
Single Accomodation: $6400
*Best Option if you are coming on your own
Shared Accommodation: $5200
*Best for couples or close friends
Part Shared, Some Single Option: Email me
*Share a spacious room 14 days, while at our Ayurveda clinic, but get your own room while touring
***AIN student Discount: Please email me if you are an AIN student or graduate
Price includes:
Pick up from the airport
All transport and excursions during the trip
14 days of Ayurvedic treatments, including daily doctor visits, warm oil massage, herbs mixed just for you
Beautiful, elegant, safe, clean and comfortable accommodations
Bountiful, delicious, world-class meals
Classes in Ayurveda, Yoga, cooking, history and culture of Kerala
Friendly, knowledgeable guides full of the living wisdom of Kerala
Small, intimate, lovely group of soon-to-be-forever friends
Lots of support, joy, deep teachings and lifelong memories
Airfare is not included. Departure taxi also not included.
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A $600 non-refundable deposit holds your place.
Email me for payment methods.
Payment in full by June 1, 2026 (email me for payment plans).
Please note: Deposit and Payment are non-refundable.
Trip Guide
Laura Plumb
As a graduate of the Kerala Ayurveda Academy, American Institute of Vedic Studies, and with decades of study into Yoga, Meditation, Vedanta, Jyotish, herbal medicine, nutrition, health and healing, Laura Plumb is an international educator on the power of the Vedic sciences to promote vibrant health and sacred living.
Laura is lead faculty for the Ayurvedic Integrated Nutrition 200 hour Professional Training, author of the best-selling book Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners, creator/presenter of the online video course The Medicine In Your Kitchen: Introduction to Ayurvedic Cooking, host of the 53-part show CleanseVeda, and a 12-part series Divine Yoga, and faculty at Pacific College of Health Sciences.
Trip Support
We hope that this trip will be supported by my friend Nikki, a fine art, portrait and event photographer, who is Love embodied, Sweetness personified. We are so lucky to have Monique with us, and will be fortunate to have her photographic documentation of this extraordinary trip. Monique will be also available for portraits on this trip for a separate fee.
At this point, certain details of this trip are subject to change. It will all be locked in by December, 2025.
This trip is for sincere explorers of Ayurveda who are comfortable travelling, learning together in like-minded company.
Please email me if you wonder if this trip is for you.
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Going on this trip with the vast knowledge Laura has of Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, and Jyotish was more than I could imagine. Laura connects to all people in a way that is caring and deliberate. I loved that there was constantly a new experience to learn or just enjoy all day, every day. Laura has a way of finding the awe in all. I am grateful to have such a wonderful teacher in Laura, to show me the way.
For the last five years I’ve been on a journey of self-exploration. In this journey I have been looking for the piece of the puzzle that made me feel whole. That piece that was my version of home and that made me feel like I belong. This Ayurveda Immersion trip was that piece for me. It gave the opportunity to connect with myself in a way that made me feel like I arrived… home.
During this trip I experienced an expansion within myself… Every time I sat in stillness, or received a body treatment, or savored the delicious food, or chanted a mantra and felt its vibrations moving through me, I was expanding my understanding in Ayurveda… This awareness permeated in me and has freed me.
I need to start by thanking you for this incredible trip. Even in my dreams India was never so beautiful and safe. The places you took us to and the people we met went beyond in every sense of the word. Our paths were paved with grace, as a result of your graciousness. I never once felt nervous or uncomfortable in any way. Your planning and choices of accommodation were exquisite and so welcoming. I will always be grateful for your role in helping me to achieve this dream trip of a lifetime.
