Most Popular Places and Activities to Explore in Kerala

Tea Gardens in Munnar

One of Kerala's best photo opportunities is in the hill town of Munnar, which is renowned for its lush hills covered in tea plantations. A memorable backdrop for honeymoon and family photos is the tea gardens. Along with other tourist attractions in Munnar, the tea plantations' greenery and the mountains' silvery mist make for the ideal backdrop for photographs. Many of the tea plantations could forbid trespassing, therefore, you might need to get permission before taking pictures.

Kerala’s Breakfast and Lunch

Kerala's healthy breakfast is prepared using pure, fresh, and naturally occurring seasonal local foods. The Travel & Leisure magazine named it the finest 

breakfast in the world. Eat Uppma, Masala Dosa, Puttu, Idly, and Appams to start your day. With vegetable stew or meat/chicken stew, appams are advised.

Get the traditional sadya (Kerala's lunch), which includes rice, pickles, vegetarian meals, pappadam, and payasam, while sitting cross-legged on a mat. Eating sadya with your hands rather than using silverware is enjoyable. Sadya, a completely vegetarian dish, is typically offered during Onam and is presented on a soft banana leaf. However, if you can request it in advance, the majority of Keralan hotels would serve Sadya for lunch.

Enjoy the beauty of Backwaters in a Houseboat

Take a houseboat tour of Kerala's backwaters. It truly is a floating home. With bedrooms, a dining room, and a living room, the houseboat has all the amenities of a regular house. While cruising on the backwaters, you can see everything around you clearly because of the glass walls. The best activities for couples on their honeymoon in a houseboat in Kerala include candlelight dinners, flower arrangements, cake cutting, and other activities like fishing and canoeing.

Snake Boat Racing

Watch snake boat races in the Keralan city of Alappuzha. While watching the Nehru Trophy Boat Race, you can almost feel the tension in the air as the competitor's race and the crowd roars with enthusiasm. One of the best things to do in Kerala in September is to rent a snake boat and take part in the race, which will give you first-hand knowledge of the event.

Travel through the world’s first solar-powered airport

The largest and busiest airport in Kerala, Cochin International Airport, won The United Nations' 2018 Champions of the Earth Award for becoming the first airport powered entirely by solar energy. Everything in the airport, including the announcement systems, digital displays, and conveyor belts, is run entirely by solar energy. Kerala's hot and bright weather has produced an excess of electricity that Cochin Airport may use when the sun isn't shining.

Fishing

Another unique activity in Kochi is fishing using Chinese fishing nets. It is a distinctive and uncommon way to fish. Chinese fishing nets are permanent agrarian structures. These nets are strung up on bamboo and teak poles and are controlled from the shore by enormous devices that hold them horizontally while 

lowering them into the water. Large stones linked to ropes are used as counterweights, and tourists are welcome to join fishermen in their fishing activities.

Watch birds in the Bird Sanctuaries of Kerala

We're not only referring to crows and pigeons, though you will see them as well; rather, we're referring to the natural beauty maintained in the lovely and 

priceless birds in Kerala's bird sanctuaries, such as the Kumarakom bird sanctuary and the Thettekad bird sanctuary. Grey-headed Bulbul, Wynaad Laughingthrush, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Parakeet, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, White-bellied Treepie, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Rufous Babbler, Malabar Lark, and Crimson-backed Sunbird are just a few of the birds that you might see.

Ride on an Elephant

Yes! Only an elephant ride, no riding a bike or driving a car! Feel like an ancient emperor meeting his subjects while riding an elephant. Really cool! If you're considering visiting Kerala, an elephant ride is a must-do and one of the top things to do in Munnar and Thekkady.

The best time to visit Kerala is during the winter season, between September to March. This is the time when the climate is relatively comfortable and the weather is less humid.