India Cultural Trips & Packages Tours & Trips

In just 11 days, cycle tour India from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea, pass through millennia of history, and watch the scenery change from shimmering sand to forested mountains, to tropical backwaters before your eyes. Not only is this bike tour an impressive achievement, but it's also a fascinating cycling holiday through one of India's most colourful cultural regions. Brimming with history, culture, cuisine, scenery, and challenge- this South India odyssey is a story-book ride for road cyclists.

Kerala — a narrow South Indian state wedged between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats Mountain Range — is a world of its own. A network of backroads weaves through its tropical backwaters, filled with rivers and lagoons, and meanders up and down highlands draped in evergreen forests, tea estates, and spice fields. Over 14 days, we’ll explore the best of what Kerala has to offer by bike, enriched by the fiery spirit of South Indian culture, cuisine, and hospitality!The adventure begins on the outskirts of Kochi, where we ride east into the foothills of the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the planet’s most significant biodiversity hotspots. We’ll experience this richness early on as we glamp by the riverside within Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary. Next, we ascend to the Munnar Hills for two days of cycling along meandering mountain roads above tea fields, followed by a jeep ride to Kolukkumalai, the world’s highest tea estate! After a scenic ride through the spice-filled Cardamom Hills, we reach Periyar National Park, where a free day lets you explore its wildlife habits and, if you’re lucky, spot elephants and tigers. On Day 9, we descend back to the lowlands, passing the white-washed facades of Syrian Christian churches before arriving at Lake Vembanad. Here, an unmissable Keralite experience awaits: a day and night cruise aboard a converted rice barge through blue lagoons and rice-paddy and coconut grove-lined canals. The tour’s final stage takes us along the Kochi coast, where we relax on the palm-fringed beaches of Mararikulam and explore Fort Kochi’s centuries-old cosmopolitan charm. The tour ends in Kochi.Join us in cycling Kerala’s backroads and discover South India in style!

This cycling exploration of Kerala goes beyond buildings and monuments, past temples and tombs, to the living and breathing heritage of South India. In 7 days full of on and off-bike adventures, experience the quintessential pace of South Indian life: the bustle of a big city, the lively local villages, fantastic food and fascinating culture, while finding plenty of time to unwind in the peace and tranquility of serene backwaters and tropical forests.