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Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break i India

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Backwater houseboat season (1. nov – 28. feb), Christmas and New Year peak (20. des – 5. jan)

Travelt — Chettikulangara Bharani, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Chettikulangara Bharani

  13. feb – 15. mar · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Temple festival near Mavelikkara, about an hour south by road, where villages haul towering decorated chariots and horse effigies to the goddess. It falls on Bharani day in the month of Kumbham and draws huge crowds. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Backwater houseboat season (1. nov – 28. feb)

Travelt — Chettikulangara Bharani, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Chettikulangara Bharani (13. feb – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Vishu, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Sesong

  Pre-monsoon low season

  1. apr – 31. mai · vanligvisStengt utenfor sesong

  The sticky weeks before the monsoon are the backwaters' low season: houseboat rates drop well below winter prices and the canals are uncrowded, though midday on deck is hard going. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Vishu

  13.–15. apr · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Malayalam New Year. Families wake to the vishukkani arrangement of rice, fruit and golden konna flowers, fireworks go off in the evening and many businesses close for the day. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Pre-monsoon low season (1. apr – 31. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Southwest monsoon

  1. jun – 15. sep · vanligvisRisiko

  The rains hit the Kerala coast first, usually in the opening days of June, and the backwaters run high and brown. Half the houseboats tie up; the ones still sailing cost a third of the winter rate.

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Karkidakam ayurveda season

  16. jul – 16. aug · vanligvisMonsun

  The Malayalam month the resorts sell as the right time for a treatment course, on the reasoning that the damp opens the pores. Packages run two weeks or more and are at their cheapest. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Onam

• Festival

  Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  5.–31. aug · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Hundred-foot snake boats with a hundred rowers apiece, raced across Punnamada in front of a packed pavilion. The date is set only a few months ahead — long the second Saturday of August, lately later in the month. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Onam

  17.–26. augSkoleferieStengningerMye folk

  Kerala's ten-day harvest holiday: flower carpets at every doorway, a sadya eaten off a banana leaf, and village boat races in the canals. Shops and offices close for the last four days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Karkidakam ayurveda season (16. jul – 16. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Champions Boat League

  15. sep – 10. des · vanligvisSportsarrangement

  A league of snake boat races across Kerala from September to early December. Several rounds are held on the Alappuzha backwaters, at Kainakary, Pulinkunnu and Karuvatta, a short ride from town. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Onam (17.–26. aug)

Travelt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Champions Boat League (15. sep – 10. des (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Sesong

  Backwater houseboat season

  1. nov – 28. febTørrsesongBestill tidlig

  The canals go calm, the paddy is cut and every kettuvallam on Punnamada is spoken for. The good boats go months ahead and prices roughly double over the turn of the year.

Fortsatt på gang: Champions Boat League (15. sep – 10. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break i India

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20. des – 5. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The fortnight the houseboats, the beach hotels at Marari and the flights into Kochi all cost the most. Book it in October or take the first week of December instead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Champions Boat League (15. sep – 10. des (vanligvis)), Backwater houseboat season (1. nov – 28. feb)