Showing posts with label HILL STATIONS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HILL STATIONS. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2011

WAGAMON HILL STATION

WAGAMON HILL STATION 

Wagamon (also spelt as Vagamon) Hill Station is 64 km from Kottayam and 34 km from Pala. It situated at an altitude of 1100 meters above sea level and is a trekker's paradise. It's a lovely place in Kerala surrounded by tea gardens, deep valleys, sloppy mountains with waterfalls and beautiful lakes all along the coastline. The green grasses, velvet lawns and the cool mountain breeze make Wagamon a perfect holiday retreat. The chain of three hills - Thangal Hill, Murugan Hill and Kurisumala makes Wagamon Hill Station a place worth visiting.
Wagamon Hill Station has lots of things to offer to its tourists, a perfect place to relax and hang around with your family and friends. Apart from the waterfalls and the steep mountains idle for trekking and rock climbing, there is the famous Kurisumala Ashram.

VYTHIRI HILL STATION

VYTHIRI HILL STATION 

The hill stations in Kerala offers some of the best spectacular views of nature. And while visiting the Vythiri Hill Station, Kerala you will find complete ecstasy and experiences to cherish forever. Vythiri is one of the most beautiful hill stations located at about 100 kilometers from Kozhikode and is situated 1300 m above the sea level .The place is famous for its lush green coffee, tea, cardamom, pepper and rubber plantations. The natural beauty of the hills will simply make you fall in love with the place.
The main attraction for the tourists coming at the Vythiri Hill Station are the Tree Houses, houses built on the trees 90 m above the ground in the tropical rain forest providing a picturesque view of the valley. You can spend hours sitting in the lounge balcony appreciating the charismatic view of the sunset.

PONMUDI HILL STATION


 PONMUDI HILL STATION

If you are in Kerala, you should visit the picturesque Ponmudi Hill Station, Kerala. Located around 65 km from Thiruvananthapuram and about 1000 m above the sea level, it is a picturesque getaway in Kerala. With lush green spice plantations, different kinds of birds and butterflies flying around, winding roads and pretty cottages, Ponmudi Hill Station has much more to offer.
If you love trekking and rock climbing, Ponmudi Hill Station is an idle place for you. Almost every year hundreds of students and trekkers flock here to get the real taste of adventure. Ponmudi Hill Station has a tropical climate which remains pleasant almost throughout the year. So, you can take some days off from your everyday hustle and bustle to relax in the lap of Mother Nature.
Ponmudi is also a famous picnic spot well endowed with natural springs. While at Ponmudi, you can enjoy the Aaranmula Boat Race. It is organized each year in the village of Aaranmula in the month of August and September and is part of the Aaranmula Temple Festival. Other places to look for are the Orchids and Deer Park, which is only 3 kilometers away from the Ponmudi resort.

NELLYAMPATHI HILL STATION

NELLYAMPATHI HILL STATION 

Nellyampathy Hill Station, Kerala has the recognition of being one of the prominent tourist destinations. In the south Indian region it stretches through a distance of 52 kilometers from Palakkad in Kerala, India. Padagiri is the highest peak of this hill station and it is also a place for adventurous people as it provides opportunity for sports like:
  -   Mountain climbing
  -   Trekking
The landscapes of Nelliyampathy hill station are enthralling as greenery of the place is an eye candy. The vibrant colors of the hill station are sure to hypnotize the visitors. Orange, coffee and tea are the plantations provide glamorous touch to the valleys spread far wide.

MATTUPETTY HILL STATION

MATTUPETTY HILL STATION 

The ecstasy of a sightseer knows no bound when one is introduced to the Mattupetty Hill Station, Kerala. This hill station is an epitome of scenic beauty and boasts being one of the well-known hill stations of Kerala. Emerging out of the Western Ghat Ranges of south India, this tranquil hill station is located 13kms from Munnar and occupies an important position as a popular tourist destination. Springs, rivers and forests and wildlife design the Mattupetty Hill station of Kerala enchantingly.
Mattupetty Hill Station of Kerala has an altitude of 1700 kilometers and has the Mattupetty Lake and dam which are famous as picnic spots. A boat ride on the Mattupetty Dam is another important feature to visit the dam, boating facilities on the Dam is provided by DTPC Idukki. One can also hire Speed Launch and slow speed motor boats to experience a ride on the dam.
The most attractive places to visit in Mattupetty Hill Station are:

LAKKIDI HILL STATION

LAKKIDI HILL STATION 

Lakkidi Hill Station of Kerala, India is one of the most unique hill stations of the southern part of Indian subcontinent. It is situated 55 km east of Kozhikode and is 700 m above sea level. Lakkidi: is also known as the gateway to Wayanad. Waynad is the region where one has the opportunity of visiting the Malleswari Peak and a famous Shiva Lingam of India. The main tribes inhabiting the Waynad region are Irulas and Mudugars.
Lakkidi hill station has popularity also since it receives the second highest degree of rainfall worldwide. This hill station takes pride in tempting tourist to its rain soaked profile. Thus a tour to this hill station offers a chance to relish the rain dripping woods which add a magical touch to the ambianceof Lakkidi.

DEVIKULAM HILL STATION

 DEVIKULAM HILL STATION

A dainty little town sixteen kilometers south west of Munnar, a perfect picture of fairytale enchantment - irresistible green slopes moving up to the sky at a thousand meters, a lovely little hidden lake within the rolling hills, this is what Devikulam is like. Devikulam hill station is one of the most enchanting hill resorts of Kerala, God's own country. Its lush green vegetation, the chirping birds, the wild wild flowers, is what Devikulam has to offer to its visitors.

Hidden within the rolling hills is a clear water lake, with which a Hindu Mythological legend is associated. The legend goes something like this: The Hindu deity lord Rama's wife Sita once came to this place and bathed in the lake. Since then, this hill resort is known as Devikulam (the lake of Goddess). The most significant thing about the lake is that it has a fountain spring that gives healthy mineral water.
The Devikulam Hill Station gives its visitors varied adventure options like hiking, nature trekking, and mountaineering. Devikulam hill station is an ideal hill station for the peace seekers to idle away their time in the lap of green.
To the north of Devikulam at about one hour drive sprawls the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. With the rare sandalwood forest, it makes a thorny rain-shadowed scrub jungle found nowhere else in Kerala. It is in this sanctuary that you would find the highly engendered species

CHITHIRAPURAM HILL STATION

 CHITHIRAPURAM HILL STATION

If you are looking for a perfect vacation, or rather a rejuvenating vacation. Then the Kerala tour offers its Chithirapuram hill tour that is a perfect way to wash away all your fatigue and monotony. Only at a distance of 10 Kms from Munnar, this sleepy little hill town is a paradisiacal retreat that offers you the best of nature and its beauty. In fact there is such an enchanting old worldly charm about Chithirapuram that no one remains immune to its magical charm.
Chithirapuram has partly remained undiscovered over the years since tourists always go in for the more famous hill stations of Kerala. But on the other hand this has turned out to be a real boon to the hill station of Chithirapuram as it allows you to merge into the unspoiled beauty of the place without huge crowds diverting you. Nowhere else will you be able to indulge in such a deep and soulful communion with nature.

CHEMBRA PEAK

CHEMBRA PEAK 

Our God's own Country'is what we say for Kerala, The most beautiful, exotic and picaresque state of India. Kerala abounds in the most exotic and beautiful Hill stations. Among them the Wayanad hill station is the most scenic and the most adventure filled. The Chembra peak is the highest peak in Wayanad at 2100m. above the sea level.
It's the hills, rocks, valleys which add to the very unique character of Wayanad and thus adds more of thrill to adventure tourism. Trekking to the Chembra peak is a really risky mountaineering endeavor. Trekking to the top of this peak is almost a full day's work. The District Tourism Promotion Council provides guides, sleeping bags, canvass huts and other required trekking implements on hire charges to the tourists. So tourists willing to spend a day or two can very well do so.