Kerala reserves for nature lovers
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Kochi ?
The map of your stay "Kerala reserves for nature lovers"
Detail of the stay : Kerala reserves for nature lovers
How to get there - Kochi
Arrival in Kochi
Steps: Kochi
Take time to get yourself acclimatized and discover the romanticism of Fort Cochin: Visit the Santa Cruz church, stroll through Princess Street and watch the sunset over the Chinese dip nets. In the evening, you can attend a representation of {1}kathakali{/1}.
Kumarakom
Visit of "Bird Sanctuary", a bird reserve on Vembanad lake, the largest in Kerala. Walk along the backwaters on a "rice boat" between mangroves, fields of paddy and coconut trees. Overnight in an establishment located on Vembanad lake.
Kumily
Steps: Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Head to the Periyar reserve, along the winding and green roads of the Western Ghats. After a good dinner, a good night's rest is required.
Places of interest : PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE
Periyar
Steps: Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Early in the morning, visit the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary by jeep (or on foot for the most adventurous), accompanied by a guide who will make you discover the corners of the reserve. In the afternoon, boat cruise on the artificial lake of the reserve that will allow you to see animals coming to quench their thirst. If you are lucky, you can perhaps see a tiger.
Periyar and its elephants
A trip to the Spice Village, where you will discover the spice plantations, followed by a cooking class, will make you a professional about culinary art of Kerala. In the late afternoon, ride on elephant back, you can then feed and wash them.
Munnar
Steps: Munnar
Departure in the morning to Munnar, through the mountains lined with tea and rubber plantations. In the evening, take a trail to admire the sunset on the surrounding hills.
Munnar and the Eravikulam National Park
Steps: Munnar
Visit to a tea factory. In the afternoon, go to the Eravikulam National Park, 16 km away. It is the ideal place to see Nilgiris tahr (rare mountain goats) but also lion-tailed macaques.
Places of interest : ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK
Munnar and the Chinnar National Park
Steps: Munnar
Morning departure to the Chinnar National park: elephants, leopards and bear expect to be surprised in their natural habitat. After lunch, departure to Mettupalayam.
Places of interest : CHINNAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Ooty
From Mettupalayam you will join Ooty, a climatic station at 2 200 m of altitude, aboard a "toy train", a miniature steam train that will make you travel in the middle of the tea and coffee plantations, on the mountain side.
On the tigers trail
Steps: Kalpetta
Golf in one of the best preserved British clubs or follow the tiger trail in the Mudumalai reserve, you can choose how to relive the British splendour. Departure in the afternoon to Kalpetta and Wayanad reserve: The road offers a sumptuous landscape with tea plantations as far as the eye can see and crossing of picturesque villages.
Wayanad Nature Reserve
Steps: Kalpetta
The last reserve of this circuit, the Wayanad nature reserve is located at the crossroads of three states: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Visit of the Tholpetty Wildlife Sanctuary, especially to see elephants in their natural environment.
Places of interest : THOLPETTY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Wayanad
Steps: Kalpetta
Departure early in the morning to discover the cave paintings of the Edakkal cellars. The ascent to the peak Chembra, the highest peak of the Western Ghats, is a pleasant trek if time permits. Departure to Calicut the next morning.
Places of interest : EDAKKAL CAVES CHEMBRA PEAK
Calicut
Steps: Kozhikode
You can explore the beach of Kappad, which saw Vasco de Gama landing on May 20, 1498, visit one of the many religious buildings in this city, get lost in the market, and take the pulse of a city typical of Kerala.
Places of interest : KAPPAD BEACH
