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Kumbalangi Integrated Tourism Village

India's first eco-tourist village, this award-winning initiative allows tourists to explore and enjoy the authentic rural culture with the cooperation of natives without disturbing their natural lifestyle. Tourists to this island village have chances to explore rural work styles, a specialised local paddy cultivation, canoeing in a country boat in a maze of mangrove forests or enjoying fishing or partying in rural style with locals. In order to maintain best eco-protection practices, several restrictions are placed on the use of plastics, smoking or even carrying soft drinks.

Address: Kumbalangi island
Getting there: 15 km from city centre
Website: kumbalangy.com (opens in a new tab)

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Kochi/Old Kochi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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