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.…
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…
Kerala History
If you are planning a trip and have started to notice the word Keralam appearing alongside Kerala, you are not imagining it.…
Small group travel
Travel planning today often comes with two extremes. At one end sit large group tours with rigid itineraries and crowded coaches. At…
Alleppey
For most travellers, Alleppey is a single night, on a houseboat. That is the standard experience and for most Kerala itineraries it…
Founder, Green Earth Trails. Kerala travel specialist since 2008.
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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