Kerala Cycling Holiday - 13 Days. Our exclusive Kerala Cycling Tour has been smartly designed to provide you with an unvarnished view of the natural beauty of this land. Along the way, you will experience the unique culture, local arts, and different cuisines of Kerala. You will cycle through lush paddy fields, green meadows, pine forests, and spice-rich villages. If you happen to be a birding enthusiast, a stopover at the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, which is home to more than 200 different varieties of birds, will be more than welcome. The itinerary has been planned to give you ample opportunity to do off-road cycling and high-altitude cycling through the undulating landscape that is dotted with tea estates, waterfalls, and lakes. You will witness a whole range of flora and fauna. The tour includes a pit stop at a tiger reserve and a guided walk into the forest. You will get to canoe and also enjoy a relaxing ride in a luxury rice barge through the famous backwaters of Kerala.
On your arrival at Kochi airport or Train station, our driver and guide will meet you and assist you to transport you to the colonial and heritage town of Fort Kochi which is more lively and fun than the commercial city. You will stay at a boutique hotel Overnight.
Some of the best spots in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry (the more historical hub) include the Dutch palace, the Jew Synagogue, St Francis' Church, Dutch Cemetery, Chinese Fishing nets, Santa Cruz Cathedral, and so on. The old-world charm infused with the numerous spice markets, antique shops, and art galleries will amaze you.
Hotel: Hotel Arches/ or Similar
Meal Plan: Dinner
Leaving Fort Kochi early after breakfast at the hotel. You will be doing approx 60kms of cycling with a guide and backup vehicle. We will be carrying a picnic lunch or we will stop at the midway restaurant and you are free to ask and stop whenever you want to stop for water, snacks, or lunch, or you can stop cycling too if you don't feel like or feel tired or anything. We are flexible about everything so there are no fixed rules, it all depends on you. On the way to Thekkady, you pass a beautiful hamlet called ‘Cherukunnam’. This little village is interspersed with canals in all directions. We bike along with one of these canal bund roads amid lush green paddy fields filled with coconut trees and lonely villages.
Thattekad is famous for the bird sanctuary, The Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary at Thattekkad in Kerala is a natural masterpiece to see and experience. The place is a goldmine of eco-adventure enthusiasts looking for unique adventure travel experiences. Get closer This is Kerala’s first camping with a touch of luxury. You can’t get any place better than this to go birding, kayaking on the Periyar river, or cycling through the spice-rich villages of Kerala.
The Edamalayar forests and Thattekad Bird Sanctuary is the abode of many exciting and beautiful bird species. The birds, the air, and the calm breeze boost and rejuvenate your body & mind. The sanctuary, a 25 sq km wide area has more than 200 varieties of birds including the large falcon, grey jungle fowl, white-breasted water hen, hornbill, etc.
The attraction doesn’t end here. The next place to throng in detail is the Bhoothathankettu, a scenic dam site known for the natural fortification of forests and hills. The place was built by Bhoothams (spirit/ghosts) overnight, hence the name Bhoothathankettu (fort of the spirits). Through this mesmerizing visual galore you will enjoy exquisite resorts/camps basking in the natural and effortless splendor of Kerala.
If time allows us we will visit Thattekad Bird Sanctuary or we will visit the next day morning before cycling.
Cycling Dist: 60 Kms( 4-6hrs depend on riders)
Hotel: Birds Lagoon /Similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel, Lunch in Midway Or Picnic Lunch
For cyclists, Munnar can offer some of the finest and most thrilling biking trails in South India. Munnar wands its way through the shola forests, cardamom estates, and tea gardens, some routes that truly fascinate amateur as well as enthusiastic cyclists. If off-road cycling excites you, Thattekad – Munnar cycling track is perfect for you. The itinerary has been catered to give riders a ringside view of the beautiful countryside, the indigenous tribals, and the tea estate workers who work in these tea gardens.
Cycling Dist: 80 Kms.
Note: We will have a backup vehicle all the time so we can stop cycling whenever we will like tired or done cycling and driving.
Hotel: The Leaf /Similar Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel, Lunch in Midway Or Picnic Lunch
We gear up for an exciting and thrilling high-altitude mountain cycling to Munnar. The ride will give you an amazing experience of cruising quiet yet exhilarating back roads through an astonishing high edge slopy mountain and lush jungle scenery, Munnar is the abode of some of the best roads that offer cycling facilities in and around South India.
Make sure that you’re enough relaxed enough before the ride as it requires a serious amount of energy and grit for you to go enjoy the exciting adventure journey. Splurge on a cycle around a magnificent landscape that is Munnar and let the thrill take over you completely.
Cycling Dist: 50 Kms.
Hotel: The Leaf /Similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel, Lunch from a local restaurant Or Picnic Lunch
The cycling Begins with a wonderful downhill followed by undulating terrain along with the Cardamom Hills Reserve and spice plantations throughout and on either side of the road. Periyar Tiger Reserve is home to rare-endemic and endangered flora and fauna. This is the home range of the rare and endangered Lion Tailed Macaque, and also an excellent spot for birds & rare butterflies, as well as large herds of elephants and gaurs. Next morning, we will go for the Nature Walk or the Green Walk which is a guided walk into the jungle.
Cycling Dist: 100 Kms
Note: We will have a backup vehicle all the time so we can stop cycling whenever we will like tired or done cycling and driving.
Hotel: Mountain Court YARD / Wild Corridor / Similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel, Lunch in Midway Or Picnic Lunch
After breakfast, we will go for walk around a national park or if we want can go for a boat ride. Periyar Tiger Reserve keeps the magnificence of flora and fauna lively. Periyar National park uncloaks nature’s bounty, with great scenic charm and rich biodiversity.
Span through a sprawling 925 Sq .km area, Periyar is one of the 27 tiger reserves in India visited by tourists and wildlife enthusiasts. The place is a fervently guarded and efficiently managed reserve where you can meet rare, endemic, and endangered flora and fauna and forms the major watershed of two Periyar and Pamba rivers.
The terrain is undulating with substantial mountains of over 1700 meters surrounding the north and east. Towards the western, it combines into a comprehensive tableland Install Level of the average level of 1200 meters. Rom the edge of this plateau the land drops significantly to the heavily wooded areas of Sabarimala Mountains in the Pamba Stream basin
Distance: ~ Nil
Hotel: Mountain Court YARD / Wild Corridor / Similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel, Lunch in Midway Or Picnic Lunch
Vagamon is at the fringe of the Western Ghats and the foothills on its lower side reach up to Teekoy with a gradual descent. This narrow strip of descending land gives a vital connectivity to the plains as both sides of vacation up to kuttikkanam on the southwest and moolamattom on the northeast, are marked by steep and inaccessible hill slopes.
Traveling by the hill highway in this section is an exhilarating experience with deep valleys and views all around. Reaching Vagamon itself involves traversing a meandering road that is cut in solid rock and lined with pine forests.
National Geographic Traveler has listed Vagamon on their directory of the "50 most attractive places to visit in India". It has a cool climate, situated 1,100 meters above sea level.
Dist: 50 Kms
Hotel: Summer Sand /Vagamon Heights
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner at the hotel
The town of Kumarakom is a group of little isles on the Vembanad Pond and is an aspect of the Kuttanad area. The fowl haven here, which is distributed across 14 miles, is a popular bother of migratory crazy birds and an ornithologist's heaven. Egrets, Darters, Herons, Teals, Waterfowls, Cuckoo, Wild Goose, and migratory crazy birds like the Siberian Stork check out here in flocks and captivate all guests.
Waterscapes, the backwater hotel of the Kerala Travel and leisure Growth Organization has separate bungalows built on stilts, set among grape groves providing a spectacular view of the backwaters. Vacation offers including houseboats and conventional Kettuvalloms (rice barges) offer great experiences. Kumarakom has been declared a Special Tourism Zone by the Kerala state Government Today we will pass thru places like Pala, Erattupetta, etc…overnight stay.
Dist: 100 Kms
Note: After 50 Kms of cycling, we will load our bike on our backup vehicle and we will drive towards Kumarakom.
Hotel: Lake Song/Similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel, Lunch in Midway Or Picnic Lunch
Situated in the Kottayam region of Kerala, which is already known for its lavish plants, this unique backwater town contributes more than a glimmer to it. The scenery comprises a group of island towns in and around the huge "Vembanad Kayal" backwater body (which is also, furthermore the biggest in Kerala), with many extended bodies all covered by beautiful, dense, lavish, and relaxing plants.
I will be back at the hotel for lunch and have the whole afternoon and evening to relax, Overnight will be at the hotel.
Dist: Nil
Hotel: Lake Song/Similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner at the hotel
A luxury rice barge moored on the backwaters awaits our arrival. Festive lunch on the boat, music in the background, you’re next in charge steering the boat through vast stretches of blue waters. Coconut palms, temples, and villages on the horizon, you have a book out to sketch or write a poem. Amidst a million stars in the night sky, the breeze silently steers you into God’s waters.
Alleppey is one of the most significant vacationer facilities in the condition, with a huge system of national pathways making it the sobriquet "Venice of the east". This huge system of pathways offers Alleppey its lifeline. Alleppey was one of the most popular facilities of business in previous times with one of the best-known slots along the Malabar shore.
Even now it maintains its appeal as the center for Coir carpet sectors and prawn farming. Alleppey is the best head office for backwater travel and leisure as well as for trips to the charming cathedral-loaded city of Kottayam, and the city of Aranmula, popular for its ancient Aranmula Reptile Vessel Competition which is a yearly occasion.
Cycling Dist: 40 Kms
Hotel: AC Premium Houseboat
Meal Plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner at Houseboat
It is rated as one of the world’s top five Hammock Beaches by National Geography. This part of Kerala has the largest number of bicycle users and you’d be surprised to find others joining us to our destination. Right in time for lunch and tired after a sweaty ride, we’re almost beginning to feel the end of cycling.
Marari beach in Mararikulam is an honor to the fisherfolk of this area who fill its soul in apparent and simple methods. Our visitor bungalows replicate their residences in design and personality while our delicacies show the cooking intricacies of these people whose sensibilities and lifestyle have been influenced by the charms and challenges of the oceans.
Cycling Distance: Approx 30KMS
Hotel: Abad Turtle Beach Resort
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel
Marari is a relaxing place to chill out and rest. If you want to visit Marari, you must experience and have fun in the comfort of the abandoned exotic seashores. To make your trip exciting, you may wander around the seaside as there are plenty of touring places where you can spend some time with the ones you love. The day is free for leisure at the beach or hotel, Overnight at the hotel.
Hotel: Abad Turtle Beach Resort
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner at the hotel.
Meal Plan: Only Breakfast
Tour includes:
- Hotel Based on Twin Sharing
- Bikes for complete Tour (Cycling Part Only - Trek Bikes)
- All Meals(Breakfast and dinner at Hotel)
- Lunch in Midway restaurant/City Restaurant or Pack Lunch
- Expert Cycle mechanic throughout the tour
- Back up AC vehicle for a complete tour
- Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Visit at Thattekad
- Canoe ride in Kumarakom
- Overnight Houseboat Stay
- Periyar Boat Ride
- Fresh Fruits/Snacks (Only Cycling Part)
- Unlimited water during cycling (Only Cycling Part)
- All road and transport taxes
- Driver Allowance
- Toll and Parking charges
- 5% Government Taxes
Tour excludes:
- Any Domestic or International flight tickets
- Monument or Sightseeing entry fees
- Still/Video camera fees
- Tips and Gratitude
- Travel insurance
- Any Hard and Soft Drink
Travel Information
Bikes: Trek Bikes
Bike Hire: Includes on Tour Cost. You may bring your bikes, but in this case, let us know in advance.
Accommodation
Accommodation is offered at all locations. Most of the hotels are Culture Resort, Eco Resorts & family-run hotels - all with a common line of quality in service. Our costs are based on a 'twin-sharing' foundation. For those who want a single room, we offer a single room, but at an extra cost.
Terrain
The landscape is mostly flatland, with village streets except for Munnar and Thekkady which is a hilly region.
Climate
Mostly dry depends on which month of the year you are traveling.
Transportation/Support Vehicles
All transport is involved in the cost. We provide a backup vehicle at all times during a cycling trip. The vehicle can be used to boat your baggage & yourself as required.
Food
Food is a very essential part of these trips. We make sure that the meals we offer are method delicious unless you ask for dull meals. You are also permitted the choice of veggie or non-vegetarian meals. We suggest that you consume only the canned standard water. Please make sure that the container is enclosed.
What to bring
- Footwear
- Bike shoes
- Helmet
- Pedal
- Water Bottle
- Sun cream lotion
- Relaxed shoes for walking
- Shoes for other sightseeing
- Socks
Clothing
- In India, the conventional outfit is more traditional. We counsel you to prevent very short shorts/skirts and limited tops/tanktops when viewing small non-urban places, temples, mosques, or other sacred sites as this may limit your access.
- Water-resistant jacket.
- Riding bike equipment like safety gloves and shorts.
Others
- Torch
- Mosquito repellent
- Eyewear, cap
- Sun lotion of SPF of at least 35
- Individual Bike riding equipment like bar finishes, pedals, chairs, and headgear
- Helmets for riding a bike
Health
Malaria is an avoidable disease that can create trouble if neglected. One can prevent disease by taking recommended anti-malarial drugs and defending against insect attacks. The areas you will be passing are Malaria-free. Make sure that your insurance provider includes illnesses and injuries overseas.
Precautions
- Bring all the important medications and OTC medications. Do not ignore to have the brands as well as the general titles of the medications one needs to have.
- Use a sun hat when revealed.
- Consume a lot of liquids. Don't drink tap water. Use only bottled water which is always kept in the back of your automobile.
- Bring your medical kit and pest resilience.
- To avoid fungus and parasitic attacks, keep legs clean and dry, and do not go without shoes.
- Do not eat food bought from road providers.
- Do not drink drinks with ice.
- Do not eat milk products unless it is known that they have been pasteurized.
- Prevent managing creatures (especially apes, pets, and cats) to avoid attacks and serious illnesses.
Medical Information Update
Details given above are liable to change now and then and one should contact the Native India tasks of the specific country or the government vacationer offices for more details.
Shopping
You will get possibilities en route to do a bit of purchasing. However unless particularly requested, our guide will not suggest any particular store. Neither we nor our driver/guides take any percentage on purchasing.
Spending Money
Every visitor will have different cash specifications and varying personal costs. Please assess your spending routines while enabling for beverages, purchasing, and falling. Also keep aside cash for extra costs like:
- Foods that are not included
- Emergencies
- Optionally available activities /additional sightseeing
- Shopping/Souvenirs
Foreign Exchange
As Indian currency values tend to go up and down, refer to the following website for daily return rates: www.xe.com.
Airport Taxes
There is no airport terminal or leaving taxation from any airport terminal in India.
Departure date based on your inquiry minimum from 2 persons
Group joins in departure date below.
07/March - 19/March - Available
2/May - 14/May - Available
15/Oct - 27/Oct - Available
5/Dec- 17/Dec - Available
07/Jan - 19/Jan - Available
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Note: For Guaranteed Departure, we need a minimum of 2 Persons.
Note: Domestic flight tickets and train tickets or extension tours can be done on request.
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