Kodanad Elephant Training Centre is one of the largest in Kerala and is an hour away from Kochi. The training centre has recently shifted to Abhayaranyam at Kaprikkad, but that’s only about 3 kms away from Kodanad. Get there early – by about 7.30am, the elephants come out to play, bathe and feed, and the experience is worth the crack-of-dawn wake up call.
The Athirapally waterfalls, located in Thrissur district, are known as the Niagara Falls of India, so we’d definitely recommend the two-hour drive to go check them out.