Tourism worldwide has been changed in to a large scale perspective
in terms of its content and presentation. In olden days people believed that, tour is something in which we go to another place and see the place, eat, stay in a posh hotel and come back with snaps of those moments. Where as the trend world wide has gone through a drastic change in areas where one can tour to. Today, we can explore many places and live with the natives in their homes to eat, and share their life. Also one can get treatment for incurable diseases of body and stressed mind while we tour, and still enjoy the life.
KERALA, the western coastal state in India, is considered as "the God''s Own Country" due to its pristine environment, quality of character and health of the natives and the amount of various natural resources like rivers, backwaters and streams and ponds that keep the soothing feeling to anybody''s eyes and mind. While Cochin and Trivandrum has been explored so much by the Europeans and Americans for a long time, people now heads towards places like Kasaragod and Kannur, the northern districts of Kerala. While Kasaragod is well known by the popular Bekal Fort and House Boat Cruise in Valiaparampa Backwaters, Kannur is famous for both
traditional Martial Art form KALARIPAYATTU and Payymbalam Beach. Where as both these districts offer common variety of resources like many
beautiful rivers joining to the western Arabian Sea, forming beautiful backwater systems, ponds in the premises of temples, country side streams, and calm and beautiful lakes. House Boat Cruise in Valiaparampa backwaters is the most popular event that every tourist looks for in Kasaragod. The Bekal Fort in Kasaragod is also a very beautiful place where the adjoining beach and river systems give paradise calmness to this beautiful land. The traditional temple festivals in Kasaragod and Kannur start in October and continue till the first week of June. THEYYAM, the traditional Temple Art form, is a vastly researched theme by the JAPANESE, EUROPEANS and other researchers from many Universities abroad. KATHAKALI, the classical traditional are form is performed in Kannur and is taught by many traditional institutes in North Kerala.
Though there are many tours available to Kerala, Ecotour to North Kerala conducted by Sustainable Environmental Research Institute (SERI) is considered very tourist friendly and having a social theme or commitment to help the villagers of North Kerala. SERI conducts Ecotour to help the women and youth of Kasaragod and Kannur to earn their living by selling their service and products. They also make handicrafts and home made textile items and sold it for cheap with high competitive quality assurance. They consider tourists as guests and treat them like Gods. It is an amazing experience to be with such a warm brotherly or sisterly attitude, which makes North Kerala one of the hotspots for family and couples. SERI can be accessed via http://ecotour.talkspot.com and booking is very easy. Ask for home stays if you want to enjoy the traditional tasty home foods and enjoy the village festivals and dance forms at very close to their hearts and enjoy it like a King or God!
The advantage of being in North Kerala is to get treatment for your stressed body and mind from traditional Ayurvedic Centers and Yoga centers like Shri Nithyananda Yogashrama, Uppala, Kasaragod District, North Kerala. Rejuvenate the body and mind and n meditation from enlightened spiritual masters like, Shri Shri Yogananda Saraswathi of Shri Nithyananda Yogashrama.