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Wagamon |
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Wagamon
64 km. from Kottayam and 34 km. from Pala, situated at an
elevation of 1100 metres above sea level is a trekker's
paradise. It is a very ideal tourist spot surrounded by the
greenery of tea gardens, beautiful meadows, valleys and dales.
Other attractions: Thangal para, lndo-swiss project, Kurisumala
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A place of great scenic beauty
with picturesque hills, streams and luxuriant vegetation,
Pookode Lake, the natural fresh water lake. |
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Peermade |
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Peermade is
a small hill station on the way to Thekkady The summer
palace of the erstwhile Rajas of Travancore is an important
monument here. |
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Devikulam |
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Devikulam is a dainty town,
sixteen kilometers southwest of Munnar. 'Devikulam'(meaning the
lake of the goddess). |
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Munnar |
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Munnar was the
summer resort of the British Government in the south. The town
is situated on the confluence of three mountain streams, Muthirappuzha ( Kannimalayar), Nallathanni and Kundala. Munnar
has some of the biggest tea plantations in the world. This hill
station more than 5000 feet above sea level with its mist and
flowers, has very good potential to be developed into a tourist
spot. |
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Nelliyampathy |
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South of Nenmara is this cool hill resort. The
height of the hills ranges from 467 metres to 1572. The Nelliyampathy hills are extremely fascinating and offer an easy
escape from the scorching summer of Palakkad. You have to
negotiate at least 10 hair-pin curves on the Ghat road passing
though breath-taking evergreen forests of the Sahya Ranges.
Nelliyampathy had immense trekking potential. |
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Ponmudi |
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About 56 Kms.
north east of Thiruvananthapuram city is Ponmudi, one of the
important hill stations in Kerala. It has a height of over 900 metres above sea level countless varieties of butterflies lend a
strange magic to Ponmudi. |
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Wayanad |
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Plantations of
coffee, tea, cardamom, pepper and rubber, stretch over the hills
of Wayanad. |
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Thusharagiri |
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Thusharagiri
means misty mountain and this beautiful spot snuggled cosily in
the Western Ghats is sure to have a revitalizing and
spellbinding effect on any visitor. Thusharagiri waterfalls
consist of three separate waterfalls in Chalippuzha River. |
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