E-Bike Tour in Kerala
Price
US $1150 excluding flights
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This is a fully supported e-bike ride, accommodation with most meals, e-bike hire charges, guide, support vehicle and luggage transfers.
This tour starts on any day of the week.
The price is based on minimum of 2 people sharing a room.
This tour starts on any day of the week.
The price is based on minimum of 2 people sharing a room.
Description of E-Bike Tour in Kerala
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Price information
US $1150 excluding flights
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This is a fully supported e-bike ride, accommodation with most meals, e-bike hire charges, guide, support vehicle and luggage transfers.
This tour starts on any day of the week.
The price is based on minimum of 2 people sharing a room.
This tour starts on any day of the week.
The price is based on minimum of 2 people sharing a room.
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
This India cycling guide is not really for Lycra loving roadsters. Relaxed pedallers, read on.
This Indian state is renowned for stonkingly delicious food, tea and spices, and the beautiful Western Ghat mountains.
Holiday information
Dietary requirements:
We can cater for vegetarian and vegan diets.
Reviews
1 Reviews of E-Bike Tour in Kerala
4 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 08 Mar 2019 by Els Termaat
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
The most memorable was bike riding through rural and more remote areas.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
The e-bike tour is quite new for the travel company but it worked really well. We are 59 and 65 respectively and given the heat and, in particular, the state of many of the back roads, were very happy to have the extra electrical assistance. While the bikes on a good road with minimal traffic could go up to 24km/hr, we mostly went not more than about 8km/hr as the roads were in parts very rough. We found 4-5 hours/ day very manageable and a good way to see a lot, and build in a little morning tea stop in a local place - hot sweet milk tea and samosas mainly! That left the rest of the day to sight see or sit with a good book in lovely home stay gardens, feeling satisfied we had had a good physical work out.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes, we always ate in local non-tourist places and mostly had home stays. The home stays were with better off families, however. Bike riding is relatively low impact though we also had a van that followed around us so no saving environmental impact there.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Excellent - a fantastic and enjoyable 9 day break that gave us a perfect combination of exploring, seeing and learning something new, staying out of cities, meeting some local people and gaining quite a bit of fitness without the pressures of arranging. Our guide and our driver were both excellent and easy, relaxed company which made popping into small dingy looking tea or lunch places really comfortable and fun. They were also very mindful of looking after us well and in particular keeping us to smaller, quieter backroads, which meant we from time to time would load the bikes in the van to avoid busy scarier roads for a few kms at a time. We varied our planned tour to allow a day trip to Munnar to see the tea plantations which had not been planned but was a real highlight - all was very easy to make the change. A great holiday overall and would highly recommend if you are active and curious and enjoy staying away from big cities and tourists.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your holiday to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
As tour operator, we realise the importance of tourism on the environment and local communities. We undertake our responsibilities in the way we conduct our business. That all our adventure tours are based in most part on the outdoors showcasing Kerala’s rich tapestry of forests and wildlife is a pointer to our philosophy in conservation.The route of this ride itself follows rural roads where the local communities thrive with their spice gardens and traditional farming methods. Thus we believe that this ride in the true spirit of responsible travel respects and benefit local people, their cultures, economy and the environment.
People
Our focus during this tour is to allow travellers to immerse themselves with the local communities.The accommodation is specially chosen to ensure that they are managed by members of local communities. and the naturalists are self taught with excellent local knowledge of their environment, the materials for the food that is served is sourced from local village farms which ensures that they make a decent living
As we move on to the mountains of the Western Ghats, we ensure that the refreshments en route are from local stalls and giving the travellers a ringside views and news of life in isolated mountain communities.
We also take care to use only locally hired drivers many of them owning their own vehicles to earn tourism income which helps them pay for their cars. This is an integral part of the tourism initiatives prevalent in Kerala.
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