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With over 900 km of navigable networks, Kerala’s backwaters are a haven for diving and relaxing. Just embark on a comfortable houseboat and walk the waterways. The flourishing vegetation and the lively life that flows on the canals will conquer your heart.

You can’t visit Kerala without seeing a Kalaripayattu fight, the oldest martial art in India. It dates back about 3,500 years and is the mother of all other Indian warfare styles. Along with yoga and ayurveda, it is one of the pillars of the Indian tradition.

One of the oldest forms of Indian theatre-dance, Kathakali is one of the most interesting folkloric elements of Kerala. Elaborate and exaggerated costumes, hypnotic and colorful tricks, gestures full of emotion and energy make the Kathakali dance a show not to be missed. To see is to believe!

A charming trek in Periyar National Park, the most famous nature reserve of South India. The forest ranger takes me to the teak forests, looking for monkeys, wild dogs and elephant families. An adventure on the edge of human civilization!

Thanks to its pleasant summer temperatures, Munnar once was the summer residence of the British Government. Today, the bucolic atmosphere of the rolling hills that surround it and the spectacular tea plantations, treated as garden hedges, make Munnar one of the most visited places by tourists from all over the world.

Wondering if Tamil Nadu is worth a visit? Here are 10 reasons to visit the sunny southern Indian region. A trip to Tamil Nadu will make you recharge your batteries, among temples carved in rock, myths and Hindu legends, tasty and spicy dishes… but above all it will give you a taste of the incredible joy of life of the Tamil people!

You can’t visit Tamil Nadu without visiting Madurai, the beating heart of sunny South India. The Meenakshi temple is an absolute masterpiece of sacred architecture, like the Taj Mahal, as well as the Tirumalai Nayak Palace. Not to mention the lively streets of the city center.

Fort Tirumayam is one of the two fortresses left in Tamil Nadu. The site is still little known, so much so that it is not even mentioned by the Lonely Planet: so I decided to collect the little avalaible information for the benefit of future visitors.

Thanjavur, the ancient capital of the Chola Empire, has a stunned vitality: it houses some of the most beautiful temples of Tamil Nadu, the largest statue of the Nandi bull in India and a giant whale skeleton preserved in the Royal palace. Maybe it doesn’t make much sense, but India is like that!