Complete Pincode Directory for Kerala

The Vembanad–Punnamada lagoon system around Alappuzha — the headquarters of Kerala's houseboat tourism and the Nehru Trophy snake-boat race.

The Portuguese-Dutch-British colonial heart of Kochi — Chinese fishing nets, St Francis Church, Mattancherry Palace, and Paradesi Synagogue all within a walkable mile.

Tea-estate hill town in Idukki at 1,600 m — the rolling green slopes that became Tata's tea empire and now its honeymoon capital.

925-sq-km tiger reserve in Idukki around the Periyar Lake — boat safaris are the main wildlife-viewing format; elephants, sambar, and gaur are everyday sightings.

Hilltop forest temple to Lord Ayyappa — accessible only on foot through tiger-reserve forest; one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world.

The wealthiest Hindu temple in the world by undeclared treasure — Vishnu in his Anantashayanam (eternal sleep) form, on the serpent Adishesha.