Thursday, December 9, 2010

Backwaters, Hill Stations and Beaches of Kerala



What is the specialty of Kerala? Kerala is a small land at the south east shore of India. Kerala has a mixed geographical structure which is rich with natural beauty. Lush greenish misty mountains, hills, forests, 44 rivers, wildlife and bird sanctuaries, paddy fields, palm fringed beaches, backwater locations, waterfalls, spicy plantations etc etc..are treating the visitors with a quiet and leisurely vacation admits the beauty of nature. From the colonial time foreigners found Kerala as a place for summer resorts and they build their summer homes in hill areas of Kerala.

From centuries ago, the backwater location of Kerala is famous about its links with Egypt, Rome and China etc like old civilizations through spice trading. The name ‘Venice of the East’ applied to Alappuzha is due to its marvelous beauty of backwater locations. Kumarakom is the main backwater village and it is a cluster of islands in the largest lake of Kerala, Vempanad Lake. It is a perfect location of fishing, boating and sight seeing trip. The specialty of this backwater location is the cruise on Houseboats along the scenic backwaters wiil be a remarkable experience in itself.


Apart from Kumarakom on your tour to Kerala you cannot afford to miss to visit Munnar. Munnar is a lovely hill station and is blessed with enigmatic beauty of nature which provides tourists to see and enjoy the scenic vistas in their pristine form. Here one can see and enjoy the lovely view of the waterfalls, musical streams, well organized tea gardens, spice plantations and much more. Today due to the enigmatic beauty of the nature and tranquility, Munnar is visited by thousands and hundreds of tourists from all the nook and corner of the world.

Beside these tourism destinations one can also visit to the finest beach resorts like Kovalam, excellent and well organized city of Cochin, Kannur, exotic wildlife destinations like Thekkady and Periyar and much more. Truly Kerala is a sheer wonder and is sure to offer you remarkable memories to relish in forever. So plan your Kerala tour and treasure an affair of lifetime visiting to some of these beautiful destinations of Kerala in a delightful and memorable way.

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