Je prevois de partir en Inde vers le 20/25 juillet et un retour vers le 25 août. J'hésite encore entre l'Inde du Sud (kerala, Tamil Nadu) ou Inde du Nord (Rajasthan, Benares, et ves le Sikkim), tout cela à cause des moussons.
Quelqu'un a t-il une idée plus précise sur la question ? J'aimerais bien pouvoir trancher car je lis dans ce forum, le tout et son contraire, donc tres difficile de se faire une opinion. Merci pour vos reponses.
je pars aussi à cette période pour l'Inde du Nord et le Rajasthan..... au niveau météo en ce moment ils sont en plein dedans, je me dis que je verrai bien sur place.... pour me consoler il parait que c'est la plus "belle" saison au Rajasthan (très belle lumière, un peu de verdure...)
A ta place je commencerais par le Tamil Nadu (arrivée à Madras/Chennaï par exemple) car la mousson bat son plein au Kérala fin juillet (un déluge continu pendant des jours et des jours), puis je rejoindrais le Kérala pour les grandes fêtes de Allepey le deuxième samedi d'août (les Nehru trophy boat race). La mousson commence normalement à se calmer un peu en plaine et on peut profiter de belles périodes ensoleillées (au fur et à mesure que le mois d'août avance les périodes de pluies sont de plus en plus espacées).
petit info complémentaire : sur le site des trains indiens, il y a un onglet "weather" qui donne des infos sur l'avancée de la mousson et le temps dans certaines villes. Le site météo france est trop succint et généraliste (mais ce n'est que mon avis).
bonjour Stalingrad ! tu sembles bien connaître le pays ! bon, partons donc avec nos 3 nourrissons début août. Chennai, parcours classique dans le TNadu puis à Madurai le hic, l'avion retour est prévu de cochin (festival de l'onam), comment y arriver ? par route via Peryar, en train via quilon ? que conseilles-tu ?(mousson) une maman stressée....
» L'expérience est une lanterne accrochée dans le dos qui n'éclaire que le chemin parcouru ..." Confucius
Rappel d'un bon site pour le climat indien : http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/climat/clim_inde.jsp
Regarder la hauteur d'eau mais aussi le nombre de jours de pluies par mois.
Normalement, vous aurez chaud (très chaud) en arrivant à Chennaï/Madras et plus vous irez vers l'ouest plus vous serez rafraîchis par les restes de pluies de mousson qui arrosent le Kerala mais qui sont en grande partie arrêtées par les westerns ghats. A partir du 10 ou du 15 août, la mousson devient beaucoup plus supportable au Kerala (en plaine) - Ce n'est plus un déluge continu pendant des jours et des semaines mais un déluge entrecoupé d'éclaircies de plus en plus longues (on peut donc se ballader avec plaisir). Mais dans les western ghats, le déluge se poursuit plus longtemps car les montagnes arrêtent les nuages, par définition. En conséquence, à ta place j'essaierai d'éviter de passer au coeur des montagnes des western ghats : en voiture-taxi ce n'est pas infaisable mais s'il pleut beaucoup les routes sont difficiles et les paysages sont bouchés. J'essaierais donc de les contourner par le sud par exemple Maduraï --> Tenkasi --> Shengottaï --> Quilon/Kollam --> Allepey/Alappuzha --> Cochin/Kochi/Ernakulam. En passant par Tenkasi et Shengotaï, on traverse bien sûr les western ghats mais à faible altitude (et plus au sud) qu'à Munnar ou Thekkadi : il pleut donc beaucoup moins. Avec de jeunes enfants, deux moyens de joindre Maduraï à Quilon puis Allepey, via Tenkasi : le premier = en taxi, compter 35 € par jour avec un crédit de 100 km (au-delà prix au km = de 6 à 7 roupies/km). Peut-être le taxi fera-t-il payer le retour, je ne sais pas; en voiture inutile d'aller à Quilon, piquer droit sur Chengannur, Changanassery puis rejoindre Kochi soit par Allepey soit par Kottayam (Allepey vaut bien une halte); en train à voie métrique : en consultant le site des indian railways http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ on voit un train n°6127, le Guruvayur express qui part de Maduraï à 16 H 15 (attention le train est parti à 7 H 50 de Madras Egmore, il aura donc toutes les chances d'être en retard à Maduraï, surtout en période de mousson) et qui arrive à Allepey à 02 H 05, réserver en 2AC dès l'arrivée à Madras/Chennaï (il y a un bureau spécial touristes, au premier étage en entrant sur la droite du grand bâtiment blanc des indian railways (gare de Madras/Chennaï central) --> le batîment rouge à droite concerne les grandes lignes, le bâtiment blanc les lignes de banlieue mais le bureau pour touristes se trouve dans le bâtiment blanc).
Attention aux enfants : les protéger un maximum contre les piqûres de moustiques (moustiquaires mais pas toujours très pratique à installer, mosquitoe coil en laissant la pièce ouverte, spray/crème en soirée, faire comme les indiens - à l'heure où les moustiques attaquent càd vers 17 H 00 se calfeutrer pendant une heure ou deux à l'intérieur portes et fenêtres fermées hermétiquement même s'il fait chaud, aux heures sensibles couvrir les bras + les jambes + la tête).
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I’ve planned a three-week itinerary for this summer, from August 9 to 27, in Sri Lanka:
Negombo – 1 night
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Kandy – 2 nights
Ella – 3 nights
Tangalle – 6 nights
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I know the east would be better, but (i) I’m struggling to find suitable accommodation, and (ii) it adds a lot of travel time, and my kids can only handle about 3 hours at a stretch.
I looked into Arugam Bay, but it’s a 7-hour trip back to Colombo from there.
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hi
After reading quite a few posts and buying a guidebook, I’m still struggling to finalize my suitcase.
Given that we’ll be visiting both islands during our road trip and suitcases aren’t exactly expandable,
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Hi,
We’ve booked our flight tickets and we’re leaving from October 29th to November 13th for Mauritius.
I just reserved our accommodation in Cap Malheureux.
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Hi everyone,
I need to go to Sri Lanka at the end of January.
I’ve seen that many roads, hotels, and parks were closed after the cyclone, which unfortunately caused a lot of damage.
Does anyone have more information?
Would it be wiser to postpone our trip?
Thanks, Alain.
Hi,
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Hi everyone,
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Thanks so much!
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So great to be back on this forum after being away for—I don’t even know what!
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Hey everyone! 🙂
Just giving you the quick context: A group of friends and I are planning a trip to South Korea (Seoul/Busan) at the end of June/July next year. It falls right in the middle of the monsoon season, but we don’t really have other availability options.😕
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Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read or reply to this post! 🙂
Hi everyone.
Not sure if guidebooks, agencies, and other tour operators are keeping up by changing their visiting hours and offerings.
Personally, I see a promising opportunity here—jumping on this adaptation to extreme climates before others do, since they’re inevitably coming.
From my own travel experience, I’ve met a few guides so far who are starting to adjust, like in Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, and elsewhere.
They avoid crowds and the hottest hours by starting their tours around 6–7 AM, when it’s cooler.
Yeah, you’ve gotta wake up early, but the payoff is so worth it. 😴
If you’ve got any great tips like this, why not discuss them in this thread and share addresses or websites where the people in charge have realized climate change is real and are adapting? 😊
Hi there,
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- Loose fleece layers, including some Polartec.
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