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Biking Tour in South
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Cochin-Munar-Chinnakanal-Vandanmedu-Periyar-Murinjapuzha-Vagamon-
Erattupetta-Kottayam-Kumarakom |
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09 |
| Best Season |
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October to March |
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| Itinerary |
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1: Arrive Cochin |
| Meet and
assist on arrival and transfer to hotel. After a chance
to relax and freshen up we have lunch. In the evening,
a trip to Fort Kochi for seeing the historical city. Its
historic links can be seen in the Colonial Bungalows,
an old Synagogue, Chinese fishing nets, the oldest European
Church in India and the Dutch Palace Museum.
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2: Cochin/ Munnar ( 127 kms) |
| In the morning transfer to Munnar, a tea
town founded by the British over a hundred years ago. Its agreeable
climate & tea gardens is indeed a refreshing sight. In the
afternoon, check out the bikes. If time permits, a trip to Rajamalai
for watching the endangered Nilgiri Tahrs. Overnight at a hotel. |
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3: Munnar-Chinnakanal (35 km) |
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The first
part of the biking takes you through tea estates &
thick forest patches, criss-crossed by mountain streams.
By evening we will reach Chinnakanal where we will stay
at the comfortable resort.
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4: Chinnakanal-Vandanmedu (55 km)
The most spectacular sceneries around the Anaerangal Lake,
cardamom forests & winding village roads along mountain
tracks will be the main
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we will reach Vandanmedu – the main auction center for
cardamom for centuries; where we will stay for overnight. If
the route gets too strenuous, we will transfer the team by coach. |
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5: Vandanmedu-Periyar (30 Kms) |
| A relaxed day of biking
through country roads of the hills to Periyar –
famed for the Periyar Tiger Reserve – one of the
best managed sanctuaries for protection of the tiger.
We will check into one of the best resorts in Kerala.
In the evening a boat ride on the Periyar Lake for watching
wildlife. |
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6: Periyar-Murinjapuzha (35 km) |
| This morning we start
to see the rolling grasslands of the foothills of the
southern Indian mountain ranges – called High Ranges
here. The route takes through rolling grasslands &
roads that are most of the way downhill. We will reach
our resort at Murunjupuzha for overnight saty, a wonderful
retreat based on the ancient architectural style of Kerala
& set amidst a vast coffee estate overlooking the
Periyar valley. |
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7: Murinjapuzha-Vagamon (40 km) |
| Bike through tea estates, cardamom plantations
to reach Vagamon – a hill station set amidst the rolling
grasslands. These are ecologically fragile grasslands and windswept
most of the year around. We will be staying at the beautiful
Resort. |
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8 : Vagamon-Erattupetta (35 km)-Kottayam |
| Today we will leave the hills & reach
the plains. The journey is through a totally different eco-system
– that of rubber & spice plantations of Central Kerala.
After we get to Erttupetta, a spice growing center, we will
proceed to Kottayam in our coach. But we will break en-route
at a spice villa for a typical Keralan lunch. Overnight at hotel.
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Day 9 : Kottayam-Kumarakon (20 km) |
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| This is the last day
of cycling. We will go along the beautiful backwater roads,
villages set amidst the estuaries & lagoons and see
the simple lifestyles of people along the way. At the
end of the day, we will be at a resort for a well deserved
break after a week on the roads of Kerala. Overnight at
hotel.
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Biking Tour In South India
