Wynberg Girls' High School from South Africa during their orientation session with Kalypso! :) We give orientation on Kerala culture, trekking expedition, community project and the Kerala day tours to all youth travel groups to give an insight into their 2 week expedition! 

 The mid year World Challenge youth travel groups are coming to Kerala this month. These youngsters of group size of almost 16 each would be going for a 4-6 day trek in the Western Ghats with Kalypso, followed by community project works and some must needed leisure time experiencing Kerala Day tours. Cheers to them!

A popular Malayalam film dialogue goes “EllathinumAthintethayaSamayumUnduDasa” which roughly translates into “There’s a right time for everything, my friend. And the time has come for Brijesh, our super cheerful and enthusiastic tour leader to fulfil his dream – To own his happy home!

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Once in a bluemoon does this happen! Our tour leaders were cycling back to Cochin after the 3 Day 3 Peak Cycling Challenge(check previous posts for details), and were lucky enough to spot this mountain goat on the road side. Perks of cycling in Kerala i would say! These Nilgiri Thars are endemic to the Western Ghats and are extremely reserved which you can make out from the picture - see how it has managed to turn its face at the right moment!

Now that the 3 Day 3 Peak Cycling Challenge (3 peaks, 3 days, 9 tour leaders, 490 kms, with an altitude variation from 0 to 2200m. The 3 peaks namely are 1. Suryanelli ( 160 kms, 1500 m), 2. Kodaikanal ( 150 kms, 2200 m ) and finally 3. Valparai ( 190 kms, 1200 m ) is over, our tour leaders are on their way back to Kalypso office in Cochin! The interesting part is that they have decided to cycle that as well! And they don't forget to send us such amazing shots even while cycling almost 160 kms per day!

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Guess what ? Our guys have successfully finished their 3 Day 3 Peak Cycling Challenge (3 peaks, 3 days, 9 tour leaders, 490 kms, with an altitude variation from 0 to 2200m. The 3 peaks namely are 1. Suryanelli ( 160 kms, 1500 m), 2. Kodaikanal ( 150 kms, 2200 m ) and finally 3. Valparai ( 190 kms, 1200 m ). Congrats to all 9 of them! Proud to employ few among the leading cyclists in the country! Special mention to Vipin Anirudhan, as he was the first one to reach Valparai!

So it's the final day and we all are excited for our tour leaders who are striving hard to cover this milestone and thus making a permananet mark in the history of Kalypso. 3 Peak Cycling Challenge( 3 peaks, 3 days, 9 tour leaders, 490 kms, with an alititude variation from 0 to 2200m! The 3 peaks namely are 1. Suryanelli - 160 kms ,1500 m, 2. Kodaikanal-150 kms, 2200 m and finally 3. Valparai-190 kms, 1200m)

Our boys have covered the toughest day of the challenge- indeed one of the toughest cycling routes in the country! Cycling from Suryanelli to Kodaikanal is never an easy piece of cake! 3 Peak Cycling Challenge( 3 peaks, 3 days, 9 tour leaders, 490 kms, with an alititude variation from 0 to 2200m! The 3 peaks namely are 1. Suryanelli - 160 kms ,1500 m, 2. Kodaikanal-150 kms, 2200 m and finally 3. Valparai-190 kms, 1200m)

 Our tour leaders have successfully completed the 1st peak of the 3 Peak Cycling Challenge( 3 peaks, 3 days, 9 tour leaders, 490 kms, with an alititude variation from 0 to 2200m! The 3 peaks namely are 1. Suryanelli - 160 kms ,1500 m, 2. Kodaikanal-150 kms, 2200 m and finally 3. Valparai-190 kms, 1200m). They started at 6 am in the morning from Cochin and reached by 7 pm at Suryanelli. That's 13 hours of cycling guys!!! Kudos to the 9 of them!

So today is a very remarkable and proud day in the history of Kalypso! Our tour leaders have begun their 3 Peak 3 Day Cycling Challenge from our office in Cochin at 6 am in the morning.

3 Peak Cycling Challenge - 3 peaks, 3 days, 9 tour leaders, 490 kms, with an alititude variation from 0 to 2200m! The 3 peaks namely are 1. Suryanelli ( 160 kms ,1500 m), 2. Kodaikanal ( 150 kms, 2200 m) and finally 3. Valparai ( 190 kms, 1200m ).

This is one of the toughest Cycling Challenges in India! The day's cycling is mostly uphill for which they have trained themselves over the past couple of weeks. Cheers to all 9 of them!