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Complete Kerala Circuit.
The ultimate Kerala trip: heritage, hills, wildlife, backwaters, beaches, Malabar cuisine, and Theyyam. Two weeks covering the entire state.
Complete Kerala Circuit
The ultimate Kerala trip: heritage, hills, wildlife, backwaters, beaches, Malabar cuisine, and Theyyam. Two weeks covering the entire state.
Highlights
Logistics
Circular route: Kochi→Munnar→Thekkady→Alleppey→Kovalam→Varkala→Kozhikode→Wayanad→Kannur→Kochi. Total ~1200km. Internal flights Trivandrum→Kozhikode save a day.
Day by Day
Fort Kochi heritage walk. Chinese Nets, Mattancherry, Jew Town.
3.5hr drive to Munnar. Tea museum. Top Station sunset.
Eravikulam NP. Mattupetty Dam. Tea tasting.
3.5hr scenic drive. Spice plantation walk. Kathakali evening.
Periyar boat safari. Bamboo rafting or tribal walk.
4hr drive via Kottayam. Board houseboat. Backwater cruise.
Drive south to Kovalam. Beach afternoon. Lighthouse sunset.
Morning Kovalam. Drive to Varkala. Cliff walk. Papanasam Beach.
Padmanabhaswamy Temple. Fly to Kozhikode.
SM Street food trail. Paragon biryani. Beypore shipyard. Kappad Beach.
Thamarassery Ghat drive. Banasura Dam. Treehouse stay.
Edakkal Caves. Chembra Heart Lake. Kuruva Island.
Drive to Kannur. St Angelo Fort. Drive-in Beach. Theyyam evening.
Thalassery biryani. Fly from Kannur or drive to Kochi (5hr).
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