Places to visit in Kerala from North to South

Kerala God’s own country has been favourite among nature lovers from around the world. Here you get everything you ask for Beaches, Mountains, waterfalls, temples, lakes, National Park, boat ride.

Highlights

Beaches: Kasargod/Bekal fort, Cochin, Kozhikode, Varkala, Kovalam, Alleppey

Mountains/Lakes/Waterfalls: Witness wonderful green mountains in Wayanad, Munnar, Vagamon, Kumarakom, Alleppey, Thekkady/Gavi, Athirapally

National Park: Periyar National Park, Silent valley National Park,

Temples: Some of the famous temples Sri Krishna temple - Guruvayur, Sri Ayyappa swamy temple - Sabarimala, Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple - Thiruvanathapuram

Bekal Fort:

It is the largest fort in Kerala, spreading over 40 acres, The fort bordered by a magnificent beach, This historic monument offers a superb view of the Arabian Sea from its tall observation towers

Visiting hours: 08:00 – 17:30 hrs

Wayanad

Wayanad is a hill station one of the popular tourist attractions in Kerala.

We spent 3 days in Wayand visited Chembra Peak, Soochipara Falls,Lakkidi view point, Vythri (if interested in spice garden) 900 Kandi (too crowded during weekend) and some offbeat trek Maiyiladappara

Places to Stay: Kalpetta (main area to get bus, auto and cabs easily), Vythri, Lakkidi, Chundale

Time to vist: winters and June/September

Kochi

It was amazing to see Portuguese architecture houses and museums in Fort Kochi. One must visit Chinese fishing nets and Mattancherry Palace. Enjoy the beach cafes, street food. Also you can use Ferry as local transport.

Kumarakom

This is one of my favourite place, if someone wants to spend time in nature, relaxing in boat house with no crowd, then this is the right place.

After an authentic Kerala breakfast in our hotel we went for a lake side walk it was wonderful here people use country boats as local transport to go from one place to another.

We were delighted to take a country boat ride on Vembanad lake and Lake welcomed us with showers (rain started heavily).

If you have energy to walk you can visit Kumarakom bird sanctuary.

Beaches