Best Places to Visit in Kerala
There is a version of Kerala that you find in every travel guide. Munnar, Alleppey, Kochi, Thekkady, and Kovalam. Five names that repeat acr…
How to Choose a Kerala Tour Operator
When you start researching a Kerala holiday, you quickly notice something odd: there are hundreds of tour operators offering what looks like…
Kerala’s Changing Seasons. What Climate Change Looks Like from a Tour Operator’s Desk
I have been organising tours in Kerala since 2008. For most of the first decade of that work, the seasons were predictable. June and July we…
Planning a Kerala Holiday from the UK – A Complete Guide
The United Kingdom is one of Kerala’s most important source markets for international tourism. UK guests account for a significant sha…
Kerala or Keralam, Which Is Right? A Short Story of Both Names
If you are planning a trip and have started to notice the word Keralam appearing alongside Kerala, you are not imagining it. The state has o…
Kerala Fixed Departures, A Thoughtful Way to Travel Together
Travel planning today often comes with two extremes. At one end sit large group tours with rigid itineraries and crowded coaches. At the oth…
Things to Do in Alleppey Beyond the Houseboats
For most travellers, Alleppey is a single night, on a houseboat. That is the standard experience and for most Kerala itineraries it is the r…