Backwaters, spice hills and coast
A green, water-laced south where houseboats drift past rice paddies and the hills smell of cardamom and rain.
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Backwaters, spice hills and Ayurveda
Places and local experiences
Best time: October to March
Five hundred years of Portuguese, Dutch, Jewish and Malayali life stacked into one harbour town, with India's best contemporary art biennale.
Best time: November to February
The backwater capital. Skip the big houseboats and take a country canoe through the narrow canals where villages actually live.
Best time: September to March
Tea slopes at 1,600m, cardamom air and cold mornings — the easiest hill escape in South India.
Best time: October to May
Forested plateau of coffee farms, tribal heritage and quiet wildlife reserves.
NatureKerala· 8 days
A gentle south India loop: houseboat nights, cardamom plantations, Kathakali behind the scenes and a coastal finish.
From ₹72,000 per person
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