Spice & Tea Country
Munnar or Vagamon: choosing a hill-town side trip from Thekkady
Tea slopes and Nilgiri tahr in busy Munnar, or pine woods and open meadows in quieter Vagamon. How to choose, with two-day plans and a side-by-side table.
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Sneha Kurien
Sneha plans trips the slow way, with bus timetables, rain forecasts and too many homestay messages. She writes about seasons, getting around the hills and travelling with family.
Visiting Responsibly
Travelling the Cardamom Hills in the south-west monsoon
Green ridges, full waterfalls and quiet towns, but also leeches, wet ghat roads and sudden closures. How to plan a monsoon trip around Thekkady that works.
Visiting Responsibly
The best time to visit Thekkady, month by month
Dry months, pre-monsoon heat and two monsoons: how Thekkady and Periyar change through the year, and which month suits elephants, birds, mist or quiet.