The whole state, town by town

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Water 0 to 2 m

Alappuzha The Backwaters The junction of the canal network and the working capital of Kuttanad, where the fields sit below the waterline and the roads give out to boats. About Alappuzha Find a stay

Water 0 to 3 m

Kumarakom The Backwaters A cluster of islands on the east bank of Vembanad, the largest lake in Kerala, with a bird sanctuary at one end and the widest water in the state in front of it. About Kumarakom Find a stay

Heritage 3 m

Fort Kochi Fort Kochi Five hundred years of arrivals in one walkable grid: Portuguese, Dutch, Jewish, British and Malabari, stacked on a peninsula at the mouth of a harbour. About Fort Kochi Find a stay

Hills 1,500 to 2,695 m

Munnar The High Ranges Tea from 1,500 metres up to the grassland, laid over hills the Scots planted in the 1880s. About Munnar Find a stay

Wildlife 900 to 1,200 m

Thekkady The High Ranges The town at the gate of Periyar, a reserve built around a lake made by a dam in 1895, where the drowned forest still stands in the water. About Thekkady Find a stay

Hills 700 to 2,100 m

Wayanad Wayanad A plateau in the north east, reached by a hairpin climb from the Malabar coast, with coffee and pepper under the trees rather than tea on open slopes. About Wayanad Find a stay

Coast 0 to 20 m

Kovalam The south coast Three coves under a headland and a lighthouse, fifteen kilometres from the state capital and its airport. About Kovalam Find a stay

Coast 0 to 45 m

Varkala The south coast A red laterite cliff standing straight out of the Arabian Sea, with a temple town and a pilgrimage tank at the bottom of it. About Varkala Find a stay

Heritage 0 to 10 m

Bekal Malabar The largest fort in Kerala, forty acres of laterite on a headland in the far north, with an unbuilt coastline either side of it. About Bekal Find a stay

Falls 80 to 400 m

Athirappilly The plain The Chalakudy river falling eighty feet at the edge of the Vazhachal forest, in the wettest rainforest left in the state. About Athirappilly Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Water 0 to 2 m

Alappuzha The Backwaters The junction of the canal network and the working capital of Kuttanad, where the fields sit below the waterline and the roads give out to boats. About Alappuzha Find a stay

Water 0 to 3 m

Kumarakom The Backwaters A cluster of islands on the east bank of Vembanad, the largest lake in Kerala, with a bird sanctuary at one end and the widest water in the state in front of it. About Kumarakom Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Heritage 3 m

Fort Kochi Fort Kochi Five hundred years of arrivals in one walkable grid: Portuguese, Dutch, Jewish, British and Malabari, stacked on a peninsula at the mouth of a harbour. About Fort Kochi Find a stay

Heritage 0 to 10 m

Bekal Malabar The largest fort in Kerala, forty acres of laterite on a headland in the far north, with an unbuilt coastline either side of it. About Bekal Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Hills 1,500 to 2,695 m

Munnar The High Ranges Tea from 1,500 metres up to the grassland, laid over hills the Scots planted in the 1880s. About Munnar Find a stay

Hills 700 to 2,100 m

Wayanad Wayanad A plateau in the north east, reached by a hairpin climb from the Malabar coast, with coffee and pepper under the trees rather than tea on open slopes. About Wayanad Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Wildlife 900 to 1,200 m

Thekkady The High Ranges The town at the gate of Periyar, a reserve built around a lake made by a dam in 1895, where the drowned forest still stands in the water. About Thekkady Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Coast 0 to 20 m

Kovalam The south coast Three coves under a headland and a lighthouse, fifteen kilometres from the state capital and its airport. About Kovalam Find a stay

Coast 0 to 45 m

Varkala The south coast A red laterite cliff standing straight out of the Arabian Sea, with a temple town and a pilgrimage tank at the bottom of it. About Varkala Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.

All 10 Water Heritage Hills Wildlife Coast Falls

Falls 80 to 400 m

Athirappilly The plain The Chalakudy river falling eighty feet at the edge of the Vazhachal forest, in the wettest rainforest left in the state. About Athirappilly Find a stay

What a destination page carries

Each page opens with the place itself: where it sits on the climb, why you would base there rather than pass through, and the months it works. Below that sit its premium properties, two resorts and two hotels at four and five star, each with its own booking link so the journey is destination, property, book.

10 of 10 destinations carry their four and five star list; the rest show the properties they have and say what is still to come.