Undiscovered South India

Service Description

Join us on a journey of a lifetime that traces India’s Western Ghats from Kerala to Goa. Experience the luscious beauty of north Kerala’s backwaters, stay on a coffee plantation in the remote Wayanad Highlands, wander amongst the ruins in the lost kingdom of Hampi, and sleep just a stones throw from one of the Malabar coast’s most beautiful and tranquil beaches. Your tour starts in north Kerala where we spend two nights on the coast experiencing Kerala’s most pristine backwaters and the enthralling Theyam Ritual - staying at the Stunning Neeleshwar Hermitage, before heading inland to the Wayanad Highlands. Here we stay at on a coffee plantation in the heart of the Wayanad hills for three nights. We then head north, via Mysore, to the fascinating town of Hampi with it’s World Heritage monuments and magical boulder strewn landscape. Here we take three days to explore the ancient Vijayanagar kingdom’s temples before heading west to the Arabian Sea. Your journey ends in south Goa on the tranquil Colomb Bay, an area famous for its nesting turtles and deserted palm fringed sands where we stay in charming cottages just yards from the sea. This tour will be lead by Hari Lambani. They also run the Lotus Retreat - a cafe, holistic centre and India boutique in Oxfordshire and Mamasita coffee shop in Stroud.