Kerala Bike Tours

I have just completed a 12-day Guided Luxury Motorcycle Tour with KBT. After a poor start, the experience improved right through to a beautiful conclusion. Niaz, who is the partner of Danny (who we saw briefly at the start), led just myself & my friend Trevor, both from England. We stayed in some wonderful places & the route was mostly scenic & appropriate for intermediate motorcyclists. Niaz & the support vehicle driver/mechanic Siraj were great support & we all ate together most days. This was our third motorcycling in India & undoubtedly the best. I highly recommend KBT, but we could perhaps have chosen a better time weather-wise.

Good and /or great things.

The personal attention. With only 2 friends riding we could ride happily at our own pace, not being pushed by boy racers or held back by pillions.

Niaz and Siraj looked after us very well, taking us on unplanned safaris at a moment's notice and also looking after us when the dreaded Delhi Belly struck.

The locations. Riding and staying in a tiger reserve and an elegant 1920s tea plantation bungalow were wonderful .

The hairpins. Stelvio Pass eat your heart out.

The lack of tension. India can have Hindu/Muslim tensions, I've noticed before. But not in the South where there are many religions and cultures, most obviously Portuguese origin Catholic.

The fish curries.

The bikes. Enfield Bullets are nowhere near as powerful as bikes at home, but they're nearly the fastest things on Indian roads and full of character.

India itself. We've now ridden in 3 areas and all have been special in their own way. But the first time you go will be mind-blowing .

A quick addition. We were disappointed when we found there were only the 2 of us

going and that Daniel would be returning to UK while we were there. But not to worry, we had a great time.