Kerala Backwater takes you on tours of the Spice Plantations of Kerala. Kerala is known for its fabulous spices. Traders from ancient Phoenicia made tours to Kerala to carry back its aromatic spices to Mediterranean lands. Pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and more… the spices of Kerala were used in the West to all flavor to food and wine and to preserve meat during the cold European winter.
Spices can be defined as " aromatic substances of vegetable origin, used for flavoring food or as a preservative." Many spices are also known to have medicinal value, for instance turmeric is a known anti-oxidant and curry leaf can control prevent diabetes.
The East India Companies of various European powers - the Portuguese, the Dutch, the French and the English fought over possession of the trade routes and the precious spice plantations of Kerala. Today you can simply take a tour with Kerala Backwater and find yourself enjoying the hospitality of the spice plantations of Kerala on Kerala tours.
The spice plantations of Kerala are fascinating farms to wander in, for different sections of each plantation are dedicated to different spices. Apart from spices traditionally grown in India such as pepper, cinnamon, ginger and cardamom farmers in Kerala have taken to growing spices that are used worldwide. Some of the spices cultivated in spice plantations are vanilla, oregano, rosemary, thyme, basil, mint, bay leaf and sage.
Take a trip to the spice plantations of Kerala with Kerala Backwater and feel transported into a green paradise. Walk through the aromatic spice gardens where the air is laden with the fragrance of nature's bounty. Some spice plantations in Kerala offer tourists accommodation in the lodges and mansions on the plantation. Guest can stay with the plantations owner's family and enjoy home cooked traditional Kerala cuisine and witness the activities of the spice plantation. Go for nature walks and bird watching treks, wander through the plantations, taste the various spices and breathe in the fragrant air on Kerala tours of the spice plantations of Kerala with Kerala Backwater. The tranquil spice plantations of Kerala are a refreshingly different eco tourism option among Kerala tours with Kerala Backwater
The Kerala spice plantations have earned this state fame and wealth since time immemorial. The ancient Chinese and Arab traders frequently landed at the ports of Kochi to trade in spices and silks from Kerala. In the middle ages, the Portuguese, Dutch and British fought intermittent wars with each other to gain control of the Kerala spice plantations. The pepper, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmegs grown in the Kerala spice plantations added flavor and punch to the bland European dishes.
A tour of the Kerala spice plantations with Kerala Houseboats.us takes you to the fragrant farms where these popular spices are grown. Many Kerala spice plantations offer lodgings to tourists, and you can wander around through rows and rows of green shoots bearing small florets that will change into the exotic spices Kerala is so famous for. The refreshing vanilla or thyme scented air is a delightful accompaniment to your tour of the Kerala spice plantations. Watch the process through which the delicate buds and fruits of pepper and cardamom are harvested, and the painstaking care through which these spices are sealed and shipped worldwide.
The hill station like Wayanad and Munnar are ideal for the growth of spices. The green cardamom plantations of Wayanad, with a picturesque hill backdrop, are an unforgettable sight. You can combine you tour of the Kerala spice plantations with a tour of the delightful hill stations of Kerala.
The famous spice holidays in Kerala is a simple solution for the heat and humidity of the plains of Kerala: a trip to the mountains where at the edge of the Periyar, many spice gardens are located. Dwelling at a height of 800-1000 metres, these dense forests surely preserve some of the world's most exotic flavours. Life is simple up here, yet there also seems to be an excess of everything. Stay in one of those straw covered cottages standing amidst bright green palm groves and patches where mangoes, nutmeg and cardamom flourish. While on spice tours in Kerala India, wake up for the first time to the call of fragrances - coffee, cardamom and black pepper - providing a sense of privacy and personal satisfaction. One can find people letting out all kind of yell just to reciprocate the echo getting reflected from surrounding hills. One can see clusters of black pepper plants grown at home by the villagers residing by the road. Then, as you drive by, you might see stretches of cardamom plantations for several kilometers along the road. Get down from your car to pick up some fresh cardamom and black pepper from trees. Run a few steps and you can see cinnamon and clove vegetations dotting the landscape. Enjoy a spice trip of India in Kerala and bent and leaves of curry and ginger will touch your fingers. What else do you want for a memorable holiday?
Kerala, over the past few decades, has carved its own niche as a premier tea-growing state, aptly sharing a patch of its lush green lands, better known as the High Range. Here thousands of hectares of lush, manicured tea fields form an irresistible canvas - a perfect backdrop for Bollywood cinematography and an irrefutable dining hall for pachyderms. While in the tea gardens in Kerala one can see stately eucalyptus plantations, which fuel the many tea factories in the vicinity, lined up on the terrain, swaying gently in the wind. And shola trees hug the mist-sheeted hill-sides, housing varied and no doubt, many endangered species of wildlife. A holiday trip to the tea gardens of Kerala is a lifetime experience through picturesque surroundings, but the most sought-after offering of the estates is the incredibly pure air.Spice Plantation in Kerala, Travel To Kerala Spice Plantation Tours, Travel to Kerala Enjoy a spice holiday in Kerala, and trek through the green slopes and spot a wild animal or two, play a round of golf in the afternoon and engage your evenings doing some trout fishing before lazing around the bonfire in the night and listening to the silence of the woods. Don't forget to pay a visit to the nearby tea factories - engaged in producing one of the best flavours in the world using simple and archaic techniques - for a first hand introduction of tea processing. Enjoy the reviving experience of tea-tasting, the aroma that will leave your taste buds and linger your memories forever.