VILLAGETOUR KERALA
Villages and around – very close to the locals
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1 Pax 3.120 Euro |
2 Pax 1.750 Euro p.P. |
3 Pax 1.650 Euro p.P. |
4 Pax 1.320 Euro p.P. |
single suppl. 435 Euro |
To/From extra
If you want to travel alone (what we think is a very good idea), but the rate is too high: please contact us and we check, which changes we can do so that the trip is suiting your budget. And for sure we can shorten or extend the tour – just per your wish!
HIGHLIGHTS
- encounters with many locals from Kerala
- unique insights into village life
- Wayanad – a rare visited mountain-area in Kerala
- Hiking on Banasura Peak
- green Backwaters
- Aryurveda Wellness Resort for the finish
| Length of stay: 20 days |
| best travel period: October to May |
| requirements: enjoying to meet many people |
Kerala for itself offers enough of great experiences, but we have decided to let the tour start in Bangalore. Plus the visit of Mysore there are not only two attractive places added, but it makes the route more comfortable. After these two places you reach the mountainous area Wayanad, our heartplace for village-visits with best insight into the daily lifef. Who lives where, who does what, how are the communal structures and how is the development – enough topics to get to know the locals. After that with Kozhikode and Kochi it gets more urban and more encounters broaden your horizon. The Backwaters you will get to know in an alternative way – a clear advantage and more understandable insight than by the usual private houseboattours. All these impressions will be complimented with a stay at the beach of Varkala in a wonderful Ayurveda-Wellness-Resort. This tour is for people, who are curious, how people live somewhere else and are interested in fair tourism. Nearly the whole offer consists of travel-structures, which are initiated by the locals and the sustainability is definitely there. More experiences for the travellers, more pleasure and fairness for the locals.
SHORT ITINERARY
| Day 1 | Individual arrival from your home in Bangalore around midnight |
| Day 2 | Bangalore |
| Day 3 | Bangalore -> Mysore, Heritage Tour |
| Day 4 | Trip to Melukote for a Fair Trade Tour and visit of temples |
| Day 5 | Drive to Mothakkara in Wayanad/Kerala. First villagewalk with focus on women and cooking class |
| Day 6 | Mothakkara more village discoveries, Banasura Dam and Meenmutty waterfall |
| Day 7 | Hike on 2.073 m high Banasura Peak |
| Day 8 | Drive to Thekkumthara, the village with focus on agriculture |
| Day 9 | Drive to Thrikkaipetta, the village with focus on bamboo(processing), Yoga, Ayurveda |
| Day 10 | continue the village-discovery |
| Day 11 | Drive to Kozhikode with a visit of tea-plantatio, then getting to know Niravu Vengeri, the unique cooperative for ecological agriculture |
| Day 12 | Kozhikode: Heritage Tour and boat-building in Beypore |
| Day 13 | by train to Kochi, start of the sightseeing |
| Day 14 | sightseeing-tour by foot and Kathakali-Show |
| Day 15 | Drive to Champakkulam in the Backwaters, boatstour |
| Day 16 | Tour with the local ferry and village-walk |
| Day 17 | Drive to Arattupuzha in another part of the Backwaters |
| Day 18 | Drive to Verkala with stopp in Kollam for sightseeing |
| Day 19 | beachday |
| Day 20 | Drive to the airport, flight home |
The detailed itinerary you find – unfortunately just in german language – here PDF.
Incl.
all mentioned transfers/drives, train-ticket Kozhikode-Ernaklam/Kochi, accommodation in double attached bath (homestay party common bath) and meals as mentioned, local english speaking guides at the places, cooking class, entrance-fees for the sightseeings, Kathakali-show, private and public boatstour in the Backwaters, drummer-show, pottery-workshop, Sicherungsscheine
Excl.
all flights, other meals, other accommodations, other activities, Ayurveda-Massage, visa, tipp
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