Bandipur -> Wayanad -> Kozhikode -> Guruvayur -> Cochin -> Periyar
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Ten days ago, I spent a week travelling around Kerala, much referred to as the God’s own country for travelers. We started from Bangalore, drove through the thick forest of Bandipur National Park and entered North Kerala at Wayanad. We headed down to the coast from Wayanad and spent an evening at the beach side near Kozhikode. Further, we drove to Cohin and wandered around the beautiful island of Fort Kochi and tasted some exotic and expensive delicacies. We indulged in the famed attractions of Kerala - the Ayurvedic massages and a backwater experience. Next, we headed back to the hills to South India’s most well known wildlife sanctuary - Periyar Tiger reserve. It was back to Bangalore from here.
It was a quick and short driving trip without taking too much time or indulging in anything in detail. Except for Wayanad, most of Kerala was new to me, and the trip helped me understand the geography, tourist destination and travel attractions, and to some extent, demographics of Kerala. Hopefully this will serve me as a good beginning for further explorations of this beautiful place. With this post, I am starting a short series on Kerala. Unlike earlier writings in this travel blog, the Kerala series will not remain as a narration of personal experiences, but will also include lot of information about places, things to do, places to see, and my general observation of the state that has been attracting tourists in drones.
To be continued..
hi arun, im srilankan and im travelling with 2 other friends to kerala this friday, 24th november. We got fairly similar plans as your journey, Kochi, backwaters and periyar. I got a couple of questions, what do you think is the best way to enjoy the backwaters, i’ve heard the average price is US$100 pppn, is there any way to go below this? and also whats the best way to see tigers and other animals at periyar? heard about a 2 night jungle trek which is also a bit pricey for us, are there any cheaper options? would love to hear from you..thanks.
p.s. i would have waited for your posts on these but wuld be ideal if we could know some details a bit earlier..cheers.
You can get a day-trip boats for Rs.350 per person for 6 hours. This will be a shared boat which can accommodation around 10 people.
You can get houseboats for a day’s stay at $100 per couple, not person. So 3 persons might come up to $150.
Periyar, don’t have high hopes to see tigers in this season. Taking the boat is the only inexpensive way to go around in Periyar.
looking forward to your posts on kerala.
hope kerala wont disappoint you.
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