Memories
of My Beautiful Honeymoon in Kerala
It’s been 5 years now, but I can
still smell the fresh air of Thekkady, the tea leaves of Munnar and the
Sandalwoods of Wayanad! We went to many places for the honeymoon, but I will
always cherish my Best Kerala HoneymoonPackages more than anything else. We reached Kerala a month after our
wedding which made sure we were here during the Onam time. We had heard so much
about Onam and its colourful rituals the entire state used to celebrate with
from my friends who were from Kerala. In fact, one of them had gifted us a
Kerala style sari and dhoti with a beautiful Mural painting of Kathakali as our
wedding gift. We had packed it to wear it during our honeymoon in Kerala. We
had not planned much as we hardly had a week’s time and wanted to visit Munnar,
Thekkadi, and Wayanad which we had heard so much about from our cousins and
friends. Since one of our friends worked in the travel industry, she had helped
us with the tour arrangements and all we had to do was to land at Kochi airport
and the rest would be taken care of. The entire tour was so meticulously
planned that we felt like a prince and a princess who were on the honeymoon.
Thanks to our dear friend Shreya, she made our days all the more beautiful. It
was definitely about romance, but we fell in love with the lush landscapes from
the moment we saw the land we were yet to step foot on from the flight. It was
green everywhere! There were rivers flowing lustrously cutting across the
greenery.
The climate when we landed was
pretty cool. It was almost evening when we landed and just as we were walking
out of the lounge we were greeted by the tour manager’s staff who had arranged
a great vehicle and a pleasant driver in his 40s to help us around the tour. We
were booked in a beautiful resort a little away from the city which looked
extremely beautiful. In fact, we were really tempted to stay back there through
our Best Kerala Honeymoon Tour Packages
enjoying the tranquil backwaters and the beautiful backdrop. By the time we
reached the resort, the sun had just set even though the ambiance was still
beautiful with a deep hue of orange and a great climate. We enjoyed the dinner
there and the next day early morning we were picked up after the breakfast to
Munnar by car. The route was extremely beautiful with forests, waterfalls and the
uphill drive that gives a panoramic view of the valleys below. We stopped by a
couple of places to take pictures. We were already overwhelmed by the beauty of
the landscapes when the driver told us that Munnar was even more beautiful.
With just 6 days in our hands, we were wondering if that’ll be enough to enjoy
this God’s Own Country which indeed looked heavenly. We reached Munnar in
another few hours and our resort was on top of a stunningly beautiful tea
estate. We could never have imagined such a place on earth! Not yet, that is!!!
The next 2 days were totally magical. We enjoyed the tour of the estate,
visited a coffee plantation and a tea museum. We visited a couple of viewpoints
and waterfalls which looked heavenly. The mist covered mountains were too
exotic and we woke up every day to savour the mist and the fresh air as long as
we could in this beautiful hill station. We felt bad to move out of Munnar to
our next destination till our driver told us that the best part of Kerala Honeymoon Packages
was yet to come.
We reached Thekkady within a
couple of hours and this was another extreme of Kerala now. If we relished the
mountain tops in Munnar, it was the dense rain forests that stole our heart in
Thekkady. And the food here was really exotic to express the least. We went on
a jungle safari here and also visited a spice plantation. We bought some
amazing flavours to gift our friends and relatives back home as the assorted
spices were beautifully packed in attractive boxes at Thekkady. We enjoyed the
boat safari as well as the elephant safari at Thekkady during our Kerala Honeymoon Packages. Though it
was very beautiful, we finished Thekkady’s tour in a day and a half and were
soon on our way to Wayanad. This one was a little longer journey. It took us
more than 6 hours to reach Wayanad and we reached just before dinner. We were
disappointed that we could not enjoy the scenes during our uphill journey. But
the driver was nice and he promised that he will make sure we enjoy those
scenes on our downhill journey.
Early morning at Wayanad was a
beautiful sight. The birds woke us up with their chatter and the typical Kerala
breakfast with Puttu and Black Chana in coconut gravy was quite filling. We had
a busy day ahead and the breakfast kept us strong till we finished our cave
exploration and visit to the Meenmutty waterfalls. We spent another day
exploring the sandalwood forest near Marayoor and also bought some jaggery from
there as the driver told that it was very special and medicinal. Those 2 days
of our enchanting Kerala Honeymoon TourPackages at Wayanad were serene in the tree house. We made friends with a
couple of sweet birds and a few squirrels who visited us in the morning for
their bread breakfast! As promised, our driver took us through the downhill
journey early in the morning after the breakfast when the crowd was less and
also stopped at the viewpoints from where we took enough pictures of the
panoramic valley. He dropped us back at the airport on time for our return
flight and wished us a happy married life. We had never had a better experience
so far in our lives. Serene Ambiance, beautiful landscapes, fresh air and inspirational
people – that’s Kerala for us, truly a paradise on the earth!
