Photo credits

Most photos are from Wikimedia Commons contributors. Photos on demo listings are illustrative: they show the area or type of activity, not the specific listing.

• Palm-lined backwaters in Alappuzha at sunset, seen from a small boat

  By Ramya.pressy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Rows of tea bushes covering the hills of the Lockhart estate near Munnar

  By Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• A two-storey houseboat on the Punnamada backwaters in Alappuzha

  By Varghesepunnamada · CC BY 4.0 · Source

• Chinese fishing nets silhouetted against the sky at Fort Kochi

  By Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin from Chalakudy, India · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

• Chembra Peak in Wayanad viewed across green hills

  By Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Red laterite cliffs above the beach at Varkala

  By Pkukreti7 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• A small boat passing beneath a bridge on the Kumarakom backwaters

  By Tux the penguin at ml.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

• Periyar Lake inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady

  By Sibyperiyar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

• A Theyyam performer in full ritual costume and headdress in Kannur

  By Shagil Kannur · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Rolling grass-covered hills at Vagamon under a cloudy sky

  By Vishnubonam · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Forest and hills around the village of Gavi in the Periyar landscape

  By Samson Joseph · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Sunset over the sea at Mararikulam beach

  By Almost90's · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• The interior of the historic Chendamangalam Synagogue

  By Oleg Yunakov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• A traditional Kerala sadya feast served on a banana leaf

  By Ranjithsiji · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• A Kathakali performer in green facial make-up at a temple festival in Kottayam

  By Vis M · CC0 · Source

• Two Kalaripayattu practitioners demonstrating sword combat outdoors

  By Ginu Plathottam · CC0 · Source

• Members of a cooperative twisting coir rope beside the backwaters

  By Bricaniwi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Tea plantations on the slopes of the Cardamom Hills

  By Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

• An Indian pitta perched on a branch at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

  By Gannu03 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Machinery in the model tea factory at the Munnar Tea Museum

  By Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Visitors on a bamboo raft on Periyar Lake

  By Vi1618 · CC BY 2.5 in · Source

• A toddy tapper climbing down a coconut palm

  By Ks.mini · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

• A traditional nalukettu house with a tiled roof and wooden pillars

  By Ramesh Kunnappully · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

• Traditional kettuvallam houseboats on the Kerala backwaters

  By Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Source

• A treehouse built high among the trees in Wayanad

  By Outlander07 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• A colourful mural on a heritage street in Fort Kochi

  By Galib Tufan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• Country boats loaded with sacks on Vembanad Lake

  By Shijan Kaakkara · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

• A bowl of red Kerala fish curry

  By Ramesh NG · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

• Flooded paddy fields beside a village near Champakulam, Alappuzha

  By Bibindas21 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source