Water Falls Kerala India

TOURISTS THRONG THE WESTERN GHATS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF THE WESTERN GHATS HAVE FOUND FAME, GLOBALLY AND HAVE FOUND COVETED REFERNCES IN THE MAPS AND CHARTS OF THE WORLD TOURISM COUNCIL AND INTERNATIONALLY REPUTED MAGAZINES LIKE THE NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER, THE COSMOPOLITAN, TRAVEL AND LEISURE, TO NAME ONLY A FEW.

THE BOOMING TOURISM IN THODUPUZHA HAD HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. THE TOWN INITIALLY LACKED A WORLD-CLASS HOTEL PUTTING VISITORS TO ENDLESS HARDSHIPS. THANKS TO HOTEL GEMINY GARDENS AND GEMINY TOURIST HOME, THAT IS A THING OF THE PAST. NOW BOTH THESE HOTELS HAVE REVOLUTIONED THE VERY CONCEPT OF HOSPITALITY. KNOW FOR THEIR UNCHALLENGED EXPERTISE, HOTEL GEMINY GARDENS AND GEMINY TOURIST HOME ARE NOW THE UNDISPUTED CHOICE OF GLOBAL CLIENTELE, LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERVICE AND ACCOMODATION.

A UNIQUE OFFERING OF MOTHER NATURE, THE URAVAPARA ROCK HILL IS A ALMOST 1 KM LONG SINGLE ROCK HILL. THE VIEW OF THE HILL IS BREATHTAKING AND IT IS A FAVOURITE WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS. THE DEEP GORGES, OFFER A SPLENDID AND SCENIC VIEW OF THE LUSH VEGETATION SURROUNDING THE ROCK HILL

IDEALLY SUITED FOR FAMILY VACATIONS AND PICNICS, THE URAVAPARA ROCK HILL, LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 3 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA IS A MUST VISIT DESTINATION FOR ANY TOURIST..

A SCENIC HILL STATION LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 20 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA, ELAVIZHA PUNCHIRA HILL POINT, OFFERS ITS VISITORS THE MANIFOLD SPLENDORS OF NATURE, AT A SINGLE PLACE. COVERED BY DENSE GREENERY, THE FRESH AIR AND CALM ATMOSPHERE, IS ENOUGH TO REJUVENATE ONESELF.

ONE CAN HAVE A BIRD- EYE'S VIEW OF THE DISTANT PLAINS FROM THE TOP OF THE HILLS. A VISIT TO THODUPUZHA IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT A VISIT TO ELAVIZHA PUNCHIRA HILL POINT.

ONE OF THE LARGEST POWER STATION'S IN ASIA, THE MOOLAMATTOM UNDERGROUND POWER HOUSE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS SITUATED BELOW GROUND LEVEL. LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 25 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA, THE MOOLAMMATTOM POWER HOUSE IS ALWAYS BUZZING WITH TOURISTS, INTERESTED IN NATURE AS WELL AS SCIENCE.

AN IMPORTANT IRRIGATION PROJECT OF KERALA, THE MALANKARA RESERVOIR IS IN FACT, AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE FORMED AS PART OF THE MUVATTUPUZHA VALLEY IRRIGATION PROJECT.

LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 6 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA, THE MALANKARA RESERVOIR IS A SIGHT FOR BEHOLD. THE ALL-PERVADING BEAUTY OF NATURE AROUND THIS RESERVOIR IS ENOUGH TO TAKE ONE'S BREATH AWAY. A FAVOURITE WITH NATURE LOVERS, THE MALANKARA RESERVOIR IS TOPPER, WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING ONE'S ITENARY.

LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 30 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA, THE NADUKANY TELESCOPIC POINT AND KULAMAVU DAM SYMBOLIZE NATURE'S BOUNTY. LOOSE YOURSELF TO THE TRANQUILITY OF NADUKANY. SITUATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3500 FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NEAR THE KULAMAVU DAM, NADUKANY IS RENOWNED FOR ITS SCENIC BEAUTY AND PANORAMIC VIEWS.

THE KULAMAVU DAM, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED TO BLOCK THE WATER OF IDUKKI AND CHERUTHONI DAM, OFFERS ITS VISITORS, A BREATHTAKING VIEW OF SENSUOUS HILLS AND QUAINT MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE.

THIS IS ONE OF ASIA'S LARGEST AND WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST ARCH DAM, CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE KURAVAN AND KURATHI HILLS. 550 FT. HIGH AND 650 FT. WIDE, THE DAM IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE CHERUTHONI BARRAGE. TO ITS WEST IS THE KULAMAVU DAM.

THE GUSHING WATER AND DENSE GREENERY IS A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 60 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA, ANOTHER MAJOR ATTRACTION NEARBY IS THE WORLD FAMOUS IDUKKI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS HILL STATIONS OF SOUTH INDIA, MUNNAR WAS ONCE THE SUMMER DESTINATION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH INDIA. MUNNAR IS SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 130 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA. MUNNAR IS NOW FAMOUS FOR ITS MILES OF SPRAWLING TEA PLANTATIONS.

MUNNAR LIES AT THE CONFLUENCE OF 3 MOUNTAIN STREAMS, MUNNAR IS RENOWNED FOR ITS 'PICTURE BOOK TOWNS', WINDING LANES, TREKKING AND HOLIDAY FACILITIES. MUNNAR BOASTS OF EXOTIC FLORA AND FAUNA. BESIDES TEA, MUNNAR IS KNOWN FOR THE NEELAKURINJI, AN EXOTIC FLOWERING PLANT THAT LITERALLY BATHES THE HILLS IN BLUE WHEN IT FLOWERS - ONCE IN 12 YEARS.

A VARIETY OF SPICES ARE ALSO CULTIVATED IN MUNNAR, PROMINENT AMONG THEM BEING, CARDAMOM, PEPPER, CINNAMON, GINGER, GARLIC, CLOVES, VANILLA, ETC,.

120 KMS FROM THODUPUZHA LIES THEKKADY THE WORLD- RENOWNED TOURIST ATTRACTION. THEKKADY IS POPULARLY REFERRED TO AS THE 'PRIDE OF KERALA 'AND VIRTUALLY ABOUNDS IN NATURE'S SPLENDOR. THE FAMED PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE PERIYAR LAKE - AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE, AT THEKKADY. ONE CAN HAVE A FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE HIGH RANGES OF THE WESTERN GHATS ARE CLOTHED IN DENSE EVERGREEN, DECIDUOUS FORESTS AND VAST GRASSLANDS. A WIDE VARIETY OF WILD LIFE COULD BE FOUND HERE. AMONG THEM ARE ELEPHANTS, SAMBARS, TIGERS, LEOPARDS, GAURS, LION TAILED MACAQUES AND NILGIRI LANGIRS.

ONE CAN ENJOY THE PLACE'S BEAUTY ON ELEPHANT RIDES, AND TREKS. THE PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY OFFERS ITS VISITORS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH AND PHOTOGRAPH WILD ELEPHANTS AT CLOSE QUARTERS. VISITORS CAN ALSO VISIT PLACES FOR SEEING PADDY HARVEST, PADDY COLLECTIONS FROM FIELD AND SEGREGATION FROM STRAW WITH MANUAL LABOR BY FOOT, COCONUT OIL CRUSHING MILLS, ETC,. ON THEIR SOJOURN.

THE DRIVE TO THEKKADY ITSELF IS ENCHANTING, THROUGH THE WINDING ROADS, COVERED AS THERE WITH LUSH GREENERY. RUBBER LATEX TAPPING, COLLECTION, SHEET MAKING, AYURVEDIC TREATMENTS LIKE MASSAGING, AYURVEDA MEDICINE MANUFACTURE, CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING, CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, HINDU TEMPLE FESTIVALS, KERALA'S ANCIENT ART FORMS LIKE KATHAKALI, MOHINIYATTAM, THEYYAM, MARGAMKALI, KALARIPAYATTY, ETC,. ARE THE ADDED ATTRACTIONS OF THEKKADY.