Wayanad tour packages from Calicut

• Duration: 3 to 8 days; most travellers take 3.
• Price: from ₹11,499 per person, stays, local travel and the sightseeing listed on each trip page.
• Places: the Edakkal caves, Chembra peak, Banasura Sagar dam, Soochipara falls, bamboo rafting at Kuruva and the tea and spice estates.
• Travel: Kozhikode, still called Calicut, is the nearest airport and railhead to Wayanad: about 100 km, two to two and a half hours up the Thamarassery ghat and its nine hairpin bends. Trains and flights from anywhere in India connect here, and the drive up is short enough that a trip can start the same morning you land.
• Stay: a tea-estate resort or a treehouse-style stay around Vythiri and Kalpetta.
• Best time: October to May is the season; October to February is cool and clear and the best time for Chembra and the viewpoints.
• Weather: Wayanad sits at 700 to 2,100 m: 15 to 29°C for most of the year, cool nights from December to February, and one of the wettest monsoons in Kerala from June to August, when Chembra and Kuruva often close..
• Trip type: private trips planned around your dates and your group.

4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss4D/3N · ₹11,4994 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut4D/3N · ₹11,4993 Days Wayanad Green Escape3D/2N · ₹11,6005 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape5D/4N · ₹13,999

Two nights covers Edakkal, Banasura Sagar and a waterfall. Three nights adds Chembra peak's heart-shaped lake, Kuruva island or a day across in Coorg.

3 days / 2 nights from Calicut, from ₹11,600 per person: 3 Days Wayanad Green Escape (3D/2N, from ₹11,600).

4 days / 3 nights from Calicut, from ₹11,499 per person: 4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹11,499); 4 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut (4D/3N, from ₹11,499).

5 days / 4 nights from Calicut, from ₹13,999 per person: 5 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 5 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999).

Six days and longer, from ₹16,499: 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999).

3 Days Wayanad Green Escape3D/2N · ₹11,6004 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss4D/3N · ₹11,4994 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut4D/3N · ₹11,4995 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape5D/4N · ₹13,9995 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape5D/4N · ₹13,999

4 days / 3 nights from ₹11,499 per person. Two nights covers Edakkal, Banasura Sagar and a waterfall. Three nights adds Chembra peak's heart-shaped lake, Kuruva island or a day across in Coorg.

2 plans: 4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹11,499); 4 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut (4D/3N, from ₹11,499).

4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss4D/3N · ₹11,4994 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut4D/3N · ₹11,499

5 days / 4 nights from ₹13,999 per person. Two nights covers Edakkal, Banasura Sagar and a waterfall. Three nights adds Chembra peak's heart-shaped lake, Kuruva island or a day across in Coorg.

2 plans: 5 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 5 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999).

5 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape5D/4N · ₹13,9995 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape5D/4N · ₹13,999

These are the places Wayanad trips are built from. Each trip page lists exactly which of them it covers, and a private trip can swap one for another.

• Edakkal Caves: Neolithic carvings 4,000 to 8,000 years old, reached by a 1.5 km climb from Ambalavayal; closed on Mondays.
• Chembra Peak: The heart-shaped lake on the way up the 2,100 m peak; a forest permit and an early start are needed, and the trail closes in heavy rain.
• Banasura Sagar Dam: The largest earth dam in India, with speedboats on the reservoir and islands you can walk out to in summer.
• Soochipara (Sentinel Rock) Falls: A three-tier fall with a pool at the bottom, a 15-minute walk through forest.
• Kuruva Island: A 950-acre river island of evergreen forest crossed on bamboo rafts; closed during the monsoon.
• Thirunelli Temple and Pakshipathalam: An ancient temple under Brahmagiri with a forest trek beyond it, in the north of the district.
• Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Muthanga: Dawn and afternoon jeep safaris for elephant, gaur and deer on the Bandipur side.

A private trip runs the same plan at your own pace; a group departure follows it to the minute.

• Day 1: reach by afternoon, Pookode lake and a spice plantation walk, then the estate for the evening.
• Day 2: Edakkal caves early, Soochipara falls, and Banasura Sagar for sunset from the dam.
• Day 3: a dawn safari at Muthanga or the Chembra climb with a permit, then the drive out through Bandipur.

Wayanad packages from Calicut start at ₹11,499 per person: ₹11,600 for 3 days, ₹11,499 for 4 days and ₹13,999 for 5 days. That covers the stays, the local travel, the sightseeing and activities each trip page lists; the journey from your city is quoted with the trip so you can pick the train, bus or flight.

What moves the price is the room category, the season and the group size. Weekends, long weekends and the December fortnight cost more than a mid-week date, and a group of four to six brings the per-person price down because the car and the rooms are shared. Entry tickets and anything not named on the trip page stay out of the fare, so the number you see is the number you pay.

Coorg is two and a half hours north through the Kutta forest road, so the two hill districts make one trip: estates and waterfalls here, Abbey Falls and Dubare there.

3 trips on this page, from ₹13,999 per person: 5 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999).

5 Days Wayanad Coorg Green Escape5D/4N · ₹13,9996 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss6D/5N · ₹16,4998 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape8D/7N · ₹21,999

Ooty is four hours east through Bandipur and Gudalur, which turns a Wayanad trip into a two-hill-station circuit with a forest drive between them.

3 trips on this page, from ₹13,999 per person: 5 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape (5D/4N, from ₹13,999); 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999).

5 Days Wayanad Ooty Hills Escape5D/4N · ₹13,9996 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss6D/5N · ₹16,4998 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape8D/7N · ₹21,999

Mysuru sits on the Bengaluru road with Bandipur and Nagarhole between, so the palace and a safari fit the journey instead of costing a day.

4 trips on this page, from ₹11,499 per person: 4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss (4D/3N, from ₹11,499); 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 6 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹16,499); 8 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape (8D/7N, from ₹21,999).

4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss4D/3N · ₹11,4996 Days Mysore Wayanad Ooty Bliss6D/5N · ₹16,4996 Days Mysore Wayanad Coorg Green Bliss6D/5N · ₹16,4998 Days Mysore Coorg Wayanad Ooty Grand Escape8D/7N · ₹21,999

Families and couples take the private trips: the same places at your own pace, with the room category and the car chosen for your group.

The three lowest prices on this page, per person: 4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss at ₹11,499 for 4D/3N; 4 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut at ₹11,499 for 4D/3N; 3 Days Wayanad Green Escape at ₹11,600 for 3D/2N. Every price is the land package; the journey from Calicut is quoted with it when you ask. Weekends, long weekends and the December fortnight cost more than a mid-week date, and the monsoon months cost least.

4 Days Mysore Wayanad Bliss4D/3N · ₹11,4994 Days Wayanad Green Escape from Calicut4D/3N · ₹11,4993 Days Wayanad Green Escape3D/2N · ₹11,600

Best time

October to May is the season; October to February is cool and clear and the best time for Chembra and the viewpoints. The monsoon from June to September turns Wayanad deep green and misty with the falls at full flow, though the treks close.

• October to February, 15 to 28°C: The best months: clear, green, and the season for Chembra and the safaris.
• March to May, 18 to 33°C: Warm in the valleys, cool on the estates, and the quietest time.
• June to September, 18 to 26°C: One of the wettest monsoons in Kerala; Chembra and Kuruva island usually close.

What to pack

Light cotton with a jacket for the evenings, leech socks or closed shoes for the monsoon, a rain shell from June to August, and proper shoes for Chembra and Edakkal, which are both climbs rather than walks.

Calicut to Wayanad

Kozhikode, still called Calicut, is the nearest airport and railhead to Wayanad: about 100 km, two to two and a half hours up the Thamarassery ghat and its nine hairpin bends. Trains and flights from anywhere in India connect here, and the drive up is short enough that a trip can start the same morning you land.

Wayanad or Coorg? Wayanad is wilder: caves, a peak climb, bamboo rafting and safaris, at Kerala prices. Coorg is more about estates and waterfalls with a wider choice of homestays. From Bengaluru both are a night drive; from Kochi, Wayanad is the easy one. They are two and a half hours apart through the Kutta forest road, so a four-day trip does both.

Wayanad or Munnar? Both are Kerala hill country, and the difference is what you do there. Munnar is tea: slopes running to the horizon, Eravikulam and Top Station, at 1,600 m and cooler. Wayanad is forest and rock: the Edakkal carvings, the Chembra climb, Banasura Sagar and a dawn safari at Muthanga, at 700 to 2,100 m and warmer in the valleys. Munnar is the quieter, more scenic drive; Wayanad has more to actually do, and from Bengaluru or Hyderabad it is much the shorter journey.

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