Kerala
Tours Overview
Kerala, dubbed as 'God's Own Country', withholds some of the coveted
tourist destinations in India. This southern state of India bears a tropical
climate and has plethora of some fascinating places, laid with the treasures
of the nature and a traditional culture that is quite unique. The state is
one great place for an ideal tropical vacation. Imposing backwaters,
stretched out sandy beaches dotted with palm groves, rich wildlife reserves
and many historic places accounts for the much popularity of the state as a
big tourist place. To harness the gifted resources numerous agencies provide
their services and facilities. Tour operators of the state and beyond
provide for guided tours through out the state. The services and facilities
are often provided as tour packages that includes all the services rendered
by the host operator. The tour packages are provided for some specified
destinations and that too for a specified time. The services generally
include travel and transportation facilities, catering and accommodation,
boat rides, cruises, assistance from professional guides, porters and
arrangements for brief trips.
Popular Tour Packages of Kerala :
The tour packages provided by the operators are categorized on the basis of
tourist destinations and time covered by the tour. There are packages,
intensive ones that cover a weeks time. Yet the extensive ones may take a
whole fortnight or more. The destinations, however, remain to be the same,
those of the important ones in the state. Backwaters, being the best in
Kerala, showcase as Backwater Tour Packages and include the popular
backwater destinations. Still more, there are places like Kochi (Cochin),
Kovalam, Munnar, etc., that see themselves included in the tours. Many tour
packages are provided as Tropical Tour Packages, which sometimes include
destinations in the neighboring states like Madurai of Tamil Nadu. Some
popular tour packages provided for tourist destinations of Kerala are :
