Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala's Cultural Capital — Thrissur Pooram, 100 elephants, and all-night fireworks
Tame Nilgiri Tahrs, South India's highest peak, and the 12-year flower bloom
Venice of the East — 900km of canals, houseboats, and the Nehru Trophy Boat Race
Kerala's largest fort overlooking the Arabian Sea
1,000-year-old hand-built wooden ships — the last Uru shipyard on Earth
Dolphins, Chinese fishing nets, and the estuary where Periyar meets the sea
Most sacred Krishna temple in Kerala — 60+ temple elephants
Asia's highest arch dam, cardamom hills, and Kerala's wildlife hub
Theyyam ritual art, India's only drive-in beach, and Portuguese forts
Chinese Fishing Nets, oldest church in India, and Asia's largest art biennale
Ashtamudi Lake, Munroe Island, and the 8-hour cruise to Alleppey
Kerala's most famous beach — lighthouse, Ayurveda, and the Arabian Sea
Where Vasco da Gama landed — and Malabar biryani was perfected
Vembanad Lake — where Siberian birds winter and backwaters meet premium stays
India's first model ecotourism village — crab farming and Chinese fishing nets
Below sea level farming — the only place in Asia where crops grow under water
Kerala's most pristine beach — fishing village life with no jet skis
Tea estates as far as the eye can see — South India's highest peak
Palakkad's Munnar — pristine plantations with zero tourist infrastructure
Gold Peak — 365+ butterfly species and 22 hairpin bends from Trivandrum
River-sea-beach trifecta — an island resort accessible only by boat
Periyar Lake — where elephants come to drink and spice plantations perfume the air
Kerala's capital — the world's richest temple and India's cleanest city
Pine forests, rolling meadows, and paragliding — Kerala's most underrated hill station
Kerala's only cliff beach — where the sacred meets the scenic
Prehistoric caves, heart-shaped lake, and the Western Ghats at their wildest
Niagara of India — India's largest waterfall by volume flow
Kerala's driest sanctuary — Grizzled Giant Squirrel and Thoovanam Falls
50 million pilgrims a year — one of the largest pilgrimages on Earth
India's last untouched tropical rainforest — saved by the nation
