Kerala runs the length of India's southwest coast, and no single day captures it. There is a 900-kilometre network of backwaters — canals, lakes and rivers navigated by traditional kettuvallam houseboats built from bamboo, coir and wood, moving at the pace of the water. There is tea country in the Western Ghats, terraced estates climbing to 1,600 metres in cool mountain air. There is Periyar, where elephant herds come to the lake's edge at dawn and naturalist guides know the wildlife by call.
And there is genuine Ayurveda — not spa treatments, but physician-designed Panchakarma that begins with a diagnosis of your constitution, not a menu of relaxing-sounding options. We arrange all of it as a single, connected journey, typically overland from our base in Madurai through the Western Ghats.
Based in Madurai since 2013. Every Kerala journey is designed personally around your interests and pace.