Enjoy farmstays and bucolic wanderings in this rural corner of behind-the-scenes India.
Located in the midlands of Kerala, pretty Dewalokam definitely comes up trumps in the prime real estate game. An ideal link or stopover point between popular Munnar, Periyar, Cochin and the backwaters, it’s got the practical side of things covered (and there’s no excuse not to squeeze it in to most itineraries), but the area is also really quite lovely. As you drive, take in roaming rubber and tea plantations, follow rivers wiggling through steamy jungle and breathe in the heady aromas of fields of spices. This is rural Kerala; a countryside corner that’s largely unaffected by pottering tourists, and unique, welcoming and absolutely authentic. And with only one real place to stay, you’ll probably be one of the few who get to discover it.