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| Kerala Mountains |
Kerala offers memorable holidays
on the cool and misty High ranges that form its eastern
boundary all through. Munnar, a tea outpost founded by
the British, where your eyes can roam over a seemingly
endless carpet of lush green tea, broken by little rivulets.
Verdant rain forests with imposing mountain peaks as majestic
backdrops, placid lakes and reservoirs make Munnar the
most scenic mountain resort in Kerala.
Located in central Kerala, is a popular hill station and
a wildlife centre. This town, which is an important plantation
centre, conjures up images of elephants, unending chains
of hills and spice scented plantations.
In the Periyar Forest of Thekkadi is one of the finest
wildlife reserves of India and spread across the entire
district are picturesque plantations and hill towns that
hold immense opportunities for treks and mountain walks.
The Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary offers a fairly good chance
of seeing the great Indian tiger in its natural habitat.
Wyand situated at a height of 700 to
2,100 meters above sea level has unique geographical position.
It is surrounded by Nilgiries and bounded by Tamil Nadu
and Karnataka About 14 km west of Kalpetta lies CHEMBRA
PEAK situated at 2100 meters above sea level and is ideal
for trekking. POOKOT LAKE, is the beautiful natural fresh
water lake surrounded by evergreen forests and wooded
hills.LAKKADI is a place of great scenic beauty with picturesque
hills, streams and luxuriant vegetation, one of the highest
location in Wynad and gets the second highest degree of
rainfall in the world. Three km from here is Pookate lake,
the natural fresh water lake, very deep and wide, and
is one of the rare reservoirs of water in Wynad, surrounded
on all sides by meadows and hills. |
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