Spice Walk
Location:
Located in Thekkady, Kerala.
About:
Spice Walk is a 110 acre Eco friendly plantation that is a delightful voyage of discovery with many pleasant adventures along the way. Getting off the highway (Kollam – Theni NH) guests enter the plantation through a sloping dirt pathway and walk past the yards for drying coffee. Vividly plumed birds serenade in the trees all around, the scents of fresh spices and wild flowers wafting in the air. Further ahead, the path continues, leading into the depths of the plantation winding through coffee bushes with plump, red coffee berries, past vines of pepper and vanilla, past cardamom bushes, tracts of clove, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric and nutmeg. Butterflies weave their magic, adroitly surfing drifting currents of air.
Spice Walk is one of the major spice plantations in Kerala, which is an excellent not only to learn about spices but also to buy them. There will always be a guide to help you with the history and origin of various plants and herbs that grow here. Spice Plantations are fascinating to wander as there are different sections for each plantation. The serene silence of the spice plantations in Kerala not only revives your mind but also keeps your body active. Many spices are nurtured in Kerala and some of these spices such as pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg are also in priority and demand. A trip to spice plantations in Kerala gives you a feeling of green paradise.