KERELA
KERELA
Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys and tigers.
TOP ATTRACTION :
* CITY TOUR KOCHI :
Kochi City Tour welcomes you to Fort Kochi and Mattancherry
Discover the highlights of Kochi. Kochi was a fishing village in the Kingdom of Kochi in the pre-colonial Kerala. Kochi is also known as the "Queen of Arabian Sea". Kochi was the centre of Indian spice trade for many centuries, because of its rich spice history kochi was attracted by most of the foreign traders. Kochi was the first European colonies for Portuguese in the colonial India from the year 1500-1663, followed by Dutch and later by the British. It is the old buildings which most clearly reveal this deep-rooted colonial influence. In 1947, when India gained independence from the British colonial rule, Cochin was the first princely state to join the Indian Union willingly.
Kochi Local Guide Tour
During the tour in Fort kochi, we will discover the traditional landmarks of historical Kochi, which includes ancient Chinese fishing nets, the historical European settlements like Vasco Da Gama church, etc...
Tuk Tuk Kochi Tour
Tuk-Tuk / Auto Rickshaw City Tour - Explore the town of Fort Cochin and Mattancherry the local way. See more and see a lot. Discover the traditional landmarks of historical Kochi, like the Dutch cemetery, etc...
Kerala Backwater Houseboat Tour
The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The backwaters have a unique ecosystem...
Kochi Cultural Tour
The most awaited program of the tour is a couple of traditional cultural performances in a theatre performed by talented artists, the Kathali dance performance and Kalaripayattu the traditional martial art performance...
Kochi Village Tour
Visit villages to experience the simple lifestyles of the locals. The main occupation of the villagers is fishing. Mangroves separate land from water providing breeding ground for prawns, crabs, oysters and small fishes...
Athirapally Waterfalls Tour
Athirappilly Falls is the largest waterfall in Kerala and is nicknamed "The Niagara of India". Environmentalists claim that Athirappilly is a one-of its-kind riparian ecosystem in Kerala, falling from a height of 80 feet...
* Visit the famous sightseeing points of Munnar :
The place is also famous for its medicinal plants and herbs. Being one of the major hill stations in Kerala, Munnar is blessed with the fruits of nature. The several hills, tea plantations, National Parks, Rivers and lakes have made Munnar an essential tourist destination in India.
* Spices. Spices. ...
* Tea. Tea is perhaps the best Munnar speciality that you should take back from your visit to the city. ...
* Local Chocolates. ...
* Aromatic Oils.
* THEKKADY WITH PERIYAR
Thekkady (Idukki district) is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India.
Thekkady is located about 257 km (160 mi) from Trivandrum, 141 km from Madurai City and Madurai Airport, 145 km from Cochin International Airport and 114 km from Kottayam railway station. Thekkady is located near to Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. The sanctuary is famous for its dense evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests and savanna grass lands. It is home to herds of elephants, sambar, tigers, gaur, lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri langurs. Due to the density of the forest sightings of elephants and in particular, tigers are highly unlikely.
The Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is spread across 777 km2 (300 sq mi), of which 360 km2 (140 sq mi) is thick evergreen forest. The wildlife sanctuary was declared a tiger reserve in 1978. The splendid artificial lake formed by the Mullaperiyar Dam across the Periyar River adds to the charm of the park. The greatest attractions of Periyar are the herds of wild elephants, deer and bison that come down to drink in the lake. The sanctuary can be accessed by trekking, boating or jeep safari.
Thekkady is considered a haven for natural spices such as black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, nutmace, ginger, and clove.
* KERELA BACKWATERS :
The Kerala backwaters are a network of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala state in southern India, as well as interconnected canals, rivers, and inlets, a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 kilometres of waterways, and sometimes compared to American bayous.
The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both man made and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range. In the midst of this landscape there are a number of towns and cities, which serve as the starting and end points of backwater cruises.
The backwaters have a unique ecosystem: freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea. A barrage has been built near Thanneermukkom, so salt water from the sea is prevented from entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes. Many unique species of aquatic life including crabs, frogs and mudskippers, water birds such as terns, kingfishers, darters and cormorants, and animals such as otters and turtles live in and alongside the backwaters. Palm trees, pandanus shrubs, various leafy plants, and bushes grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green hue to the surrounding landscape.