It is the time for the Great Elephant March of India (January 9 - 12) when a 100 - odd tusker, decked up in festive style parade before tourists in Trissur and Kovalam. There are opportunities for Elephant rides and Elephant feeding. Boat races, cultural shows and martial art performances are added fares. January also witness the 'Kerala Gramam' in Kovalam (January 14 - 23) where an ancient Kerala village is recreated in its entirety, giving  a kaleidoscopic view of how society functioned here in those bygone days.

The climax of the cultural seasons marked by the week-long Nishagandhi Dance Festival
(February 21 - 27), held at the open air theatre beside the Kanakakunnu Palace in Trivandrum. Top dancing legends of India coverage on the picturesque city and present between themselves, the full range of the various classical dance forms of India.

Hill stations of Kerala become the favorite haunts of tourists as the heat builds up, and wildlife of the most exotic kind attracts eco-tourists from around the world to the National Parks, Sanctuaries, Project tiger   and Project Elephants areas of the State.

Kelala cuisine, certified as among the tastiest in the world, accompanied by a wide variety of other Indian culinary surprises tempt then taste buds of fastidious gourmets at the annual Flavour Food Festival at Trivandrum, held from April 5-11, 1998. As with cuisine, so with the historic monuments of Kerala, there is not one quite like the other. And all over the State, architectural marvels, artifacts and weaponry from an era past beckon visitors to delve  into an age of unparalleled accomplishments.

Religious festivals are very much a part of life in Kerala. And, Thrissur Pooram, the elephantine extravaganza of mammoths, mammoth crowds, drums, processions, parasols and fireworks make it the premier religious festival of the year. In 1998, Pooram held on May 5.

Chasing the monsoon in tropical Kerala can be the experience of a lifetime. South-West monsoon enters the Indian sub-continent through Kerala in June, and the entire State, after the summer heat, gets drenched in the kind of downpour which has music and poetry in it. To be in God's Own country when the floodgates of heaven open, is described as a pleasant surprise by many visitors.

As the rainy season reaches its crescendo, the Ayurvedic treatment centres of Kerala attracts large number of health tourists who come in search of the ancient Indian system of healing, the vedic health science that deals with the human mind, body and consciousness in unity. The monsoon is considered the most effective time for Ayurvedic regimens.
and then, once again it is august, the month of boat races...

August is the month of boat races in God's own Country. The most spectacular of them all, the Nehru Trophy boat Race in Alapuzha on August 9, Paippad River Race on August 16 and Rajiv Gandhi Race in Pulinkunnu on August 30, set fire to the rivers and backwaters.

Rain clouds clear away, spring blossoms sprout everywhere, and Onam, the feast of prosperity and plenty, heralds in the 'season', in Kerala. In 1997, from 13 to 19 September as an official festival. world Tourism Day is observed on September 26.

October is the month when the warm water beaches of Kerala are enlivened by the sun and the thousands of sea lovers who coverage on them. It is also the time when the art and culture scene of Kerala begins to move rhythmically again, to the tune of the season and the events.

Kerala's backwaters, the unique network of rivers, lagoons and lakes open their vastness to visitors on the swaying houseboats, cruising idly on the Kollam - Alapuzha - Kumarakom - Cochin stretch.

Christmas - New Year holidays mark the annual celebration of Cochin Tourism Week. Indhira Gandhi Boat Race, Elephant Show, Food Festival, Cultural Extravaganza and Carnivals are held in the industrial city of Cochin, having a coastline studded with Chinese fishing nets.