The places to visit Kerala were chosen well beyond the normal appearances of green trees in hill stations, backwater, and lush areas. In the natural beauty there you can find another form of uniqueness. This is a comprehensive list of the best things to do for any traveler in Kerala who plans to visit.
1. Walk & take a shot in Munnar’s Tea Gardens:
The Munnar hill resort is renowned for its green hills and its tea plantations, which are some of Kerala’s best picture opportunities. For honeymoon and family pictures, the tea gardens provide a memorable history. The backdrop of Munnar’s tea gardens, and the silver nebula in the mountains, along with other places in Munnar, provide a great setting for photography. Many tea estates will not permit infringement and before photographing you will need to request permission.
2. Eat the best breakfast in the world:
Rated by Travel & Leisure magazine as the world’s best breakfast, Kerala’s balanced breakfast is prepared with local natural pure, fresh, and seasonal food. Start your day with Uppma, Masala Dosa, Appams, Puttu, and Idly. Vegetable stew or meat/chicken stew is recommended for the appams.
3. Walkthrough Kerala’s Paddy Fields:
Get another experience of walking through green paddy fields. Wandering through these fields and the sensation of mud and waters, particularly in the mornings and at night, gives you a unique sensation.
4. Water from roadside Sip Tender Coconut.
If you drink the cool, fresh, and balanced coconut water on a warm day, you will be rejuvenated and will stay busy all day long. The pulp is tender, white, and also a nutritive diet is strong.
5. Enjoy Backwaters beauty in a houseboat.
Explore in a houseboat the backwaters of Kerala. It’s a floating home, literally. The houseboat provides the comforts of a house with a dining room, lounge, and bedrooms. The glass walls provide a direct view of the region as you walk on the backwaters. The best activities in the Kerala houseboat include traditional Kerala dishes, fishing, canoeing, etc as well as candlelight dinners, the arrangement of flower and cake cutting, etc.
6. Watch Snake boat racing. Watch boat racing.
At the Alappuzha – a location in Kerala watches the snake boat race. Feel the excitation of the runners and the exciting crowd who screaming, cheering, wavering, and banging at Nehru Trophy Boat Race with a great competitive spirit. You could gain a first-hand race experience by hiring a snake boat and taking part, which is one of the best things to do in September in Kerala.
7. Explore the backwaters of Rural Life.
Check out the life in Kerala by a backwater tour of the village. Ride on a bike ride on a bullock. Get to know the people and learn the way they are living. Discover homemade food and take traditional dishes away from you. Chill with the lovely naughty children who love playing.
8. Travel to the first solar airport in the world
The United Nations 2018 Earth Champions Award has been awarded to Cochin International Airport, which is Kerala’s biggest and busiest airport, for being the first solar power airport in the world. The entire airport is supplied with solar power, from advertisement systems to digital screens and conveyor belts. The warm and sunny climate in Kerala created an energy surplus that Cochin airport can use in the absence of sunshine.
9. Eat Banana Leaf’s Sadya.
Sit down cross-legged on a mat and get the traditional rice, pickles, vegetarian, pappadam, and payasam served in the candle (Kerala’s lunch). Sadya is appreciated if you eat with your hand, not with your cutlery. However, if you may ask for it beforehand, most of the hotels in Kerala serve Sadya for lunch.
10. Fish in Fort Kochi with Chinese Fishing Nets.
Another kind of experience is fishing with the Chinese fishing nets in Kochi. It is an exceptional fishing process. Fixed land facilities are Chinese fishing networks. These nets, run from the shore, are mounted on bamboo and teak bars with enormous mechanisms that carry them into the sea. Wide pillars linked to cords counterbalance them and visitors may also take part in fishing with fishing professionals. The Chinese original fishing nets here were built by the Kublai Khan Court of Mongolia.
11. Drape to Saree Kerala.
By draping the elegant and traditional Kerala saree, women could surprise their partners. On the typical loom of the hand is a saree with a golden zari border. Traditional wear photo shooting in Kerala is something that you can have to bear your Kerala journey memories and to show your family and friends back home.
12. Elephant Travel. Elephant Ride.
Yes Yes Yes! No motorcycle or car, but an elephant ride! Feel like an ancient tyrant, who comes to meet his people by an elephant. Very cool! – Very cool! If you intend to visit Kerala and one of the best things to do in the Munnar and Thekkady area, elephant travel is a must.
13. Check out the birds in Kerala’s bird refuges.
We’re not only talking about crows and pigeons but about the nature of the bird sanctuary in Kerala like the bird sanctuary of the Kumarakom birds and the bird’s sanctuary in Thettekad. Birds such as Grey-headed Treepie, Wynaad Laughingthrus, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Parakeet, White-Bellied Treepie, Rufous Babblers, Malabar Larks or Rouge Crimsons, can be found here. Birds such as Grey-headed Bulbul or Wynaad Laughingthrush may be seen.
14. See the rain of the mouse.
Drink a taste of hot Masala Tea in the monsoon rain. Ear the palm’s raindrops. See the rain from your room or balcony as the rain hits the roof and the leaves and enjoy the rain music. When the rain comes down onto the dry ground, the scent of the earth is almost divine. The moon’s music, mood, and fragrance are a wonderful, romantic experience.
15. Get a Massage of Ayurvedic authentic Kerala.
Get the specialist masseurs’ Ayurvedic massage. For your body, mind, and soul it is a really calming and relaxing experience. The best time to get the true Ayurvedic massage is through monsoons. The Ayurveda treatment historically is correct because the environment is ideal for treatments such as Abhyangam, Ilakkizhi(Patrasweda), Podikkkizhi (Choorenasweda). It is abundantly available to treat any kind of ayurvedic treatment in monsoon: Panchakarma; Udvarthanam (Herbal powder massage), Navarakkizhi, Ksheeradhara, Thakradhara, and Pizhichil. Ayurvedic massages in June, July, and August are the best things to do in Kerala.
