Kerala, a state on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of sea boundary. It’s best-known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. landlocked ar the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, occasional and spice plantations similarly as life. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, and Wayanad and alternative sanctuaries, ar home to elephants, Old World monkey monkeys and tigers.