Field Notes from Kerala
Practical guides, local insights and travel stories from Kerala and South India. Written by Benjamin John of Green Earth Trails, organising journeys here since 2008.
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Kerala - Places to visit
There is a version of Kerala that you find in every travel guide. Munnar, Alleppey, Kochi, Thekkady, and Kovalam. Five names that…
Kerala Tourism
When you start researching a Kerala holiday, you quickly notice something odd: there are hundreds of tour operators offering what looks like…
Tourism Industry Insights
I have been organising tours in Kerala since 2008. For most of the first decade of that work, the seasons were predictable.…
Spices & Plantations
There is a particular moment on the drive up to Munnar from Kochi when the road begins to climb in earnest, the…
Houseboats of Kerala Backwaters
A Kerala houseboat is one of the most photographed travel experiences in India and one of the most poorly understood. Almost every…
Thekkady
In the dim low light of a cardamom plantation in the hills above Thekkady, the air is heavy with a smell that…
Western Ghats
The Meesapulimala trek is the most serious walking you can do out of Munnar. Three days, two nights of camping, around 21…
Munnar
Travellers planning a Munnar visit often ask the same question once they have settled their tea-estate walks and viewpoints: where can I…
Kerala literature travel
Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water opens in 1900, in a small Saint Thomas Christian household near the backwaters of central Kerala,…
Kerala slow travel
Almost every conversation about Kerala hospitality starts in the same place. CGH Earth. The group has been on the ground here since…
Kerala - Places to visit
Cochin International Airport sits at Nedumbassery in Ernakulam district, roughly 30 kilometres northeast of Kochi city centre. Most guests pass through it…
Kerala Travel Info
The United Kingdom is one of Kerala’s most important source markets for international tourism. UK guests account for a significant share of…
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Field notes from a small Kochi-based operator running private and small-group journeys across Kerala and South India. Honest about what is worth doing and what is not.
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