Green Bliss

Walk amidst the green forests, beside the placid lakes and on the beautiful hills. Enjoy the freshness of the morning air and be close to nature. Find our spirit in the beauty of nature. Welcome to Green Bliss Package Tour, offer by the Great India Tour Company across select destinations in Kerala, God’s own country. GITC takes you on this tour of 4 nights and 5 days through Calicut, Vythiri, Guruvayoor and Cochin.

Calicut, also known as Kozhikode, is a busy commercial town in the northern part of Kerala. It was the capital of the kingdom of Zamorins, whose rule brought prosperity to the land. Calicut is where Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese traveller who discovered the sea route to India landed his ship. It is a beautiful town with lush green villages, historical monuments, rivers, hills and rich cultural heritage. Kappad and Beypore are two major attractions for the traveller.

Vythiri is part of the Northern High Ranges of Kerala in Wayanad district. Far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this hill station has all the features of an ideal holiday destination. During the colonial times, it was the favorite retreat of English planters. The Edakkal Caves have carvings that are believed to be from the pre-historic times. Guruvayoor is located in Thrissur District in Kerala and is famous for its Shri Krishna Temple. The temple has a large elephant sanctuary that houses more than 40 elephants.

Cochin, also called Kochi is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. It is the commercial capital of Kerala and its most cosmopolitan city. Cochin is a beautiful destination for tourists because of its scenic port, inland lakes and backwaters. 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'.

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.

Backwaters of Kerala

Kerala boasts of a chain of lakes and backwaters that lie parallel to the Arabian Sea. It has five large lakes, canals and rivers that add to the natural beauty of the land. The means of transportation are various such as boats, ferries and kettuvallams or houseboats. The most famous among the backwater tours is the 8 hours boat ride from Kollam to Alleppey through the backwaters strewn with lily and lotus flowers.

The Backwaters Tour offers you a glimpse into traditional Kerala, which is interlinked by a series of waterways that make the land fertile. The cruise on a houseboat or a kettuvallam across the backwaters enjoying delicious Kerala cuisine is an enchating and relaxing experience. The plush green landscape of God’s own country is unravelled before you along with rare sights of plant and animal life. The ambience of the dim-lit skies of twilight and the quietness that has fallen over the shores make this cruise an unforgettable experience.

The Tour showcases the rare sights of rural India. It offers you views of coconut-groves that layer the waterways, the paddy fields in Kuttanad, Chinese fishing nets in parts of Cochin, the coconuts husks floating in the waters that are used to make coir and village women weaving ropes from the beaten coconut husk. The ropes and floor coverings made from coconut husk is in households, thereby making it an important product of rural Kerala.

The backwaters are blessed with a rich ecosystem with birds and animals that are unique to this kind of environment. Their unique environment with freshwater from the rivers and the seawater from the Arabian Sea makes it a rich spot for fishing. The scenic landscapes that form the backdrop of these backwaters have given rise to several resorts and tourist destinations like Kumarakom, a group of little islands on the Vembanad Kayal with several resorts that offer ayurvedic treatments and cruises across the backwaters.

Exploring Kerala

From the traveller’s arrival at the Thiruvananthapuram Airport till departure at the Cochin Airport, The Great India Tour Company takes him across the diverse landscapes across Kerala on a package tour that needs 7 nights and 8 days with stay arranged at the various hotels in the state. The places visited are Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Alleppey, Periyar, Munnar and Cochin.

Kovalam, one of the most famous beach resorts in India. Kovalam provides the traveller with endless views of the sun, sea and land. The leisure activities at this beach resort include sunbathing, swimming, ayurvedic massages, catamaran trips and water sports. The beaches are filled with vendors selling handicrafts, jewels and comfortable beachwear along with the shacks that serve seafood like lobsters and tiger-prawns.

Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of Kerala. The city literally “the Holy City of Anantha”, the sacred thousand headed serpent on whom the Hindu deity Vishnu reclines is famous for its ancient architectural structures such as Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple, the Napier Museum and the Kuthiramalika Palace Museum.

Alleppey is known as the Venice of the East, where the traveller cruises across the Vembanad Lake to Kumarakom, watching the lush green scenery of the land.

In Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, nature is at its pristine best in the mist capped Western Ghats, spice plantations, grasslands, waterfalls and trekking trails. During the boat ride across the Periyar River, the traveller can spot the diverse wildlife of Periyar.

Munnar, the most beautiful hill station in the Western Ghats. Famous for its tea estates and its wildlife, Munnar offers you a walk in the clouds.

Cochin is Kerala’s most cosmopolitan city with its cluster of islands, narrow peninsulas , palaces, old churches and relics of Dutch, Portuguese and English bungalows. The traveller views the old churches of Cochin, Mattancherry Palace, Jewish Synagogue and the Chinese Fishing Nets along with a special Kathakali dance in a local theatre.