Tea plantations cover rolling green hills near a winding river, with forested slopes and mountains in the background near Munnar, Kerala, India

Kerala Tours & Holidays

Escorted tours and holidays to Kerala

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With holidays to Kerala you’ll get everything that makes India such an awe-inspiring destination compressed into one state. With things to see like elephant sanctuaries, forested backwater routes, and palm-lined shorelines on Southern India tours, there’s a reason this region is known as ‘God’s own country’. Kerala holidays offer a rich blend of nature, culture, and tranquillity that few destinations can match.

Chinese fishing nets at sunset in Kochi, India, silhouetted against the glowing sky and calm water
Chinese fishing nets, Kochi

With Newmarket holidays escorted tours of Kerala, you’ll get the chance to traverse mountain landscapes and dive into shimmering pools fed by waterfalls. It’s not all about natural highlights, though. There are countless ancient buildings to admire, multiple buzzing cities to get lost in, and, of course, enough dishes to eat something new every day for a year and still not make a dent in the culinary culture of India’s most diverse state. After all, there’s a reason holidays to Kerala make millions of must-do lists every year.

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Best things to do in Kerala

Kerala is blessed with some of the most astounding natural scenescapes and wildlife populations not just in India, but the entire world: a visit to this region isn't complete without soaking up a lease a little of the natural world.

 

Local Kerala food
Local Kerala food

Food and drink in Kerala

Known as ‘The Land of Spices’, Kerala’s reputation for deliciously spiced food precedes it; with more than 5,000 years of history in trading spices, and a heavy influence from both traditional Syrian Christian and Muslim cuisine, a world of intense fragrance, fiery heat and cooling palette cleansers awaits you!

Due to its historical diversity, Kerala cuisine is a delightful fusion of flavours and cooking styles from around the globe, and includes both meat-based and vegetarian dishes.

With that said, you can't visit the region without sampling a Kerala Prawn Curry. Made using local crustaceans, the unique blend of big flavours will have you begging for another bowl before you’ve lapped up the first.

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