Kerala Tour Operator · Experiential Travel in South India
Green Earth Trails designs private, owner-managed journeys across Kerala and South India for international travellers. Every program is built around your pace, your interests and your dates.
Owner operated
"Every program we design is one I would be proud to be part of myself. We are small by design, and that is exactly the point."
Benjamin John · Founder, Green Earth Trails · Read our story
What we do
What our guests say
"It's rare to experience such a consistently high standard of care from both the organiser and the driver. We were treated like absolute royalty."
"I have never dealt with a company that cares so much about their clients' satisfaction. They knew exactly what we wanted."
Green Earth Trails is a Kochi-based inbound tour operator working across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Lakshadweep. Each region offers something distinct, and a journey designed around what you want to see is always richer than a generic itinerary.
The variety of South India. Kerala for backwaters and the Western Ghats. Tamil Nadu for thousand-year-old temples. Karnataka for Hampi, Hoysala stones and Kabini wildlife. Lakshadweep for coral atolls. We design across all of it, and across the themes that connect it: cycling, birding, trekking, food, wellness and culture.
Local knowledge that compounds. Seventeen years of driving these roads, walking these trails and eating in these kitchens. The bus route is not always the right route. The headline attraction is not always the right stop.
Drivers and vehicles we own. A driver can make or break a trip. Ours are employed by us, not contracted from aggregators, and every vehicle in our fleet is owned and maintained by us, not rented from a pool.
Storytellers, not just guides. The places that stay with you are the places where someone explained them properly. We work with a small set of guides we have known for years, people who can read a temple wall, a tea plantation, the trade history of a port town.
Kerala
Western Ghats, backwaters, coast, wildlife and cultural immersion across South India's most diverse state.
Tamil Nadu
Monolithic temples, thousand-year-old Chola architecture, Dravidian craftsmanship, the French colony of Pondicherry, Chettinad heritage and the sacred southern tip at Kanyakumari.
Karnataka
12th century Hoysala temples, the boulder-strewn ruins of Hampi by the Tungabhadra river, Coorg coffee estates, Kabini wildlife and Mysore palace heritage.
Lakshadweep
Coral atolls, turquoise lagoons and some of the most untouched island landscapes left on the planet.
Our programs cover Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep Islands
Island extension · Arabian Sea
Four hundred and fifty kilometres off the Kerala coast, a string of coral atolls rises from the Arabian Sea. Lakshadweep - the name means thousands of islands - is one of India's most restricted and least visited territories. Most of it is closed to tourists. The islands that are open reveal something extraordinary: reef systems of startling clarity, lagoons the colour of shallow tropical water over white sand, and a pace of life that has no equivalent on the mainland.
Bangaram Atoll sits 45 minutes by boat from Agatti aerodrome, the only airstrip in Lakshadweep. This proximity matters - it means no long sea crossing, no navigational uncertainty, no half-day lost to logistics. Bangaram Island and its neighbour Thinnakara are the two islands in the atoll open for guest stays. They share the same reef and are ten minutes apart by boat. What makes Bangaram particular is its scale and its stillness. The island is small enough to walk in twenty minutes and remote enough that the coral reef at its edge is largely undisturbed.
Distance from Kochi
450 km by air via Agatti
Transfer to island
45 minutes by boat from Agatti
Best time to visit
October to mid-May
Flights to Agatti
Daily from Kochi, Bengaluru and Goa
Kochi to Agatti by air (1 hour) then by boat to Bangaram (45 minutes)
Small group · Fixed dates · 2026
Not every Kerala journey needs to be built from scratch. Our fixed departure tour covers Munnar, Thekkady, Alleppey and Fort Kochi in five well-paced days - with accommodation, guides, transport and a premium houseboat overnight all included. Maximum six guests per departure.
Pickup and drop from Kochi · Operates from 1 guest · Bookings close 14 days before departure
