We then headed back to Kerala, slightly further south, to Kumily, and stayed at Green View, with a green view and Nilgiri langur monkeys.
And having seen a Hindu ceremony, it was time for a Keralan Catholic one
Kumily is on the edge of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, where we spent a great day with the rangers. There were 12 tourists, an armed guard, and 6 other rangers, and we started on hiking through the park then continued by bamboo raft.
Another hike, lunch, a rest, then back again, and so far the only new wildlife we had seen was a kingfisher. Slightly despondent, we return by raft, then the final hike and … finally we see an elephant … who stays for a while … then ambles off!
After all this activity, time for some downtime, so on to Backwater Farm at Cherthala, where we will end our road trip … we’re on our own from here on!
Off Travelling Together 