Monday, May 18, 2009

Highlights of Kerala

The Great India Tour Company offers you the Highlights of Kerala package tour spanning 7 nights and 8 days around various beautiful locales in Kerala such as Kovalam, Aleppey, Periyar, Munnar and Cochin. At the Trivandrum airport, the traveller will be greeted by a GITC representative and taken to a hotel in Kovalam.

Kovalam is one of the most beautiful beaches in India and offers the traveller with various delightful activities such as sunbathing, safe swimming, surfing, catamaran trips and water sports. The traveller can also visit the Ayurveda resorts that offer traditional Kerala treatment and beach shacks that serve lip-smacking and tasty seafood like lobsters, crabs and tiger-prawns.

The next day is spent at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala's capital city with its various historical, cultural and aesthetic experiences for the traveller such as the famous Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Shri Chitra Art Gallery and the Napier Museum that houses a rare collection of art and artifacts. The city offers a glimpse into its history of Travancore rulers and their contributions to art and architecture.

The traveller can enjoy the backwaters of Kerala on the trip to Alleppey, which is four hours drive from Thiruvananthapuram and known as the Venice of The East. The long stretches of paddy fields, the beautiful backwaters and beaches as well the lush-green land full of coconuts makes it a visual paradise for the traveller. A cruise in Alleppey is an enchanting experience for the traveller who can view the beautiful landscapes, the temples, churches and industries of Alleppey while travelling through the rivers, canals and backwaters.

Periyar is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Kerala because of its deciduous forests, grasslands and evergreen forests. Periyar is located in the Western Ghats, in the Idukki District in Kerala. For the traveller, a two-hour cruise on the boat across the Periyar Lake is an excellent opportunity for viewing the animals in the Periyar National Park, who wander near the lakeside such as elephant herds that come near the waterfront to play in the lake.

Munnar, also called the Nature-Lovers? Paradise, is a popular hill station and destination for tourists from all over India and abroad because of its scenic natural beauty in the form of lakes, reservoirs, forests and tea estates. Cochin is a must-see for the traveller as it has been rated in the top three tourist destinations by the World Travel & Tourism Council and featured in National Geographic Traveler's '50 greatest places of a lifetime'. The traveller can depart from the Cochin Airport after experiencing the delights of Kerala.