Plan your Kerala Tour - Follow the Tips

If you are in the planning stage of a great holiday or honeymoon to Kerala, I suggest you to go through below details. This is written with my experience in planning Kerala tours for many guests like you. This article will definitely help you in deciding every aspect of your tour.

Getting Ready For Your Dream Kerala Trip

 ”A Practical Guide to Help You Plan Your Kerala Holidays”

• Before doing any research, finalize number of days you can spend for your Kerala holidays. This is crucial as you can decide on places of visit as per your leave only.
• If you are having enough leave from office, go through different tourist spots in Kerala and with the help of your tour organizer finalize number of days. In both cases freeze your arrival and departure dates.
• Once this is finalized, you can book your tickets to Kerala. While booking onward journey its always advisable to book up to Cochin. Trivandrum is another option and book up to Trivandrum only if your first destination is Kovalam or Kanyakumari. Calicut is good only if your first destination is Wayanad.
• Cochin is also spelled as Kochi and is also known as Ernakulam. While booking bus you can make the booking to Ernakulam. While booking train you may book to Ernakulam North or Ernakulam south as some trains has stop only at one station, code for train booking is ERN and ERS. For flights, make the booking to Cochin or Kochi, (location code is COK). By any means try to reach Cochin as early as possible to cover maximum spots.
• Tourists from Coimbatore, Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai and Hyderabad can reach Kerala by train, flight or bus. From Coimbatore, bus is the best option. If you are traveling from Bangalore, you have all three options. Normally Bus takes 9 – 12 hrs to reach Cochin from Bangalore. Nowadays Multi axle Volvo buses are reaching Cochin in 9 to 10 hrs. This varies on road conditions. There is a check post at Tamil Nadu Kerala border and very rarely we have seen buses came late due to checking at this check post. There are lots of buses plying on Bangalore Cochin route and this is a good option to reach Kerala from Bangalore. You may even check for sleeper buses. Train takes approximately 12 hrs from Bangalore and getting ticket is the biggest challenge. If ticket is available, this is the best option. In both case try to book bus/train which reaches Cochin in the morning. If you are opting for flight, book a flight reaches at least before noon.
• From Hyderabad, Flight or train is the best option. Choose bus only if nothing works out and it takes almost 18hrs. Nowadays buses are plying from Mumbai also but use this as your last option, as it is nearly 36 hour journey.
• From Mangalore you can travel by bus or train. From Mysore, you have the option of only bus or else you need to travel to Bangalore first and then to Cochin. From Chennai you can travel by bus, train or flight. Bus and train takes almost 12hrs to reach Cochin
• From Delhi, Ahmadabad or any other destinations to Kerala you have the option of traveling by train or flight only.
• For those who are coming from other countries, you have the option to come directly by flight. You can also get off at one of the Metro city air terminals and come to Kerala by train. You need to do all the booking beforehand to avoid any confusion.
• Once onward journey is booked, you may book return ticket. While booking return ticket, please be careful about timings and destinations. I suggest you to book this only after finalizing the package or at least Itinerary.

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