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Idukki, Peerumedu, Thekkady

Tours to Idukki, India

Idukki can be rightfully termed as the Hilly District of Kerala and has emerged, as a prominent Hill Station in India with the foci of attention being on wildlife, as a thriving Wildlife Sanctuary agog with life, is located within its confines. A tour to Kerala has all allurements of the order of sleepy backwaters, the mystical Boatmen and the picturesque tropical forests in their right order. Only that Idukki as a Hill Station in India is in a genre apart from the rest of the places will become evident to the tourist in a tour to Idukki.

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Peerumedu is a small hill station, snuggled at an altitude of 914 m above sea level, on way to Thekkady. The famous plantation town takes its name from Peer Mohammad, a Sufi saint and close associate of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore. 

Clouds drop gently on the peaks that flank the verdant slopes of Peerumedu. Rich with mile upon mile of plantations falling away in precise steps. 

Coffee, tea, pepper, cardamom and rubber flourish in what is the most fertile part of the Western Ghats. Broken only by spectacular waterfalls in the distance and wide open grasslands in places. 

On a fairly warm day, the mercury reads between five and ten degrees celsius. Little wonder then, that the former Rajas of Travancore sought this tiny hill station out as their summer resort. 

Thekkady (Idukki district) is the location of the Periyar National Park, which is an important tourist attraction in theKerala state of India.

Situated in kerala, close to the Kerala - Tamil Nadu border town - Kumily, it is located about 257 km (160 miles) fromTrivandrum, 114 km from Madurai Airport, 185 km from Cochin International Airport and 114 km from Kottayam railway station. The sanctuary is famous for its dense evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests and savanna grass lands. It is home to herds of elephants, sambar, tigers, gaur, lion-tailed Macaques and Nilgiri Langurs.

The Periyar Wildlife sanctuary is spread across 777 km² (300 sq. miles), of which 360 km² (139 sq. miles) is thick evergreen forest. The Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1978. The splendid artificial lake formed by the Mullaperiyar Dam across the Periyar River adds to the charm of the park. The greatest attraction of Periyar are the herds of wild elephants that come down to play in the lake.

Thekkady is considered a heaven for natural spices such as black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon and clove.

Chief Attractions

Idukki as a Hill Station in India, is much sought after for its wildlife treasure keenly followed by other attractions like tea plantations, rides on Elephants and a repository of rich spices, too. India Travel Destinations organizes tours to Idukki to let the interested souls decipher its beauty and discreet wilderness.

The Myth About Idukki

Idukki has a bit of history attached to it too. The name Idukki is derived from "Idukku" which refers to a narrow gorge in Malayalam. Then, the district is host to Periyar River, which flows through two massive rocks in the region, which again have mythological connotations attached to them.

Idukki- A Treasure Trove of Wildlife

Idukki as a prominent Hill Station in India is home to the largest wild life Sanctuary in India, which has an expanse of approx. 777Km in the district's forested land. Animal life of the order of Deer, Giant, and Malabar Squirrel abound in plenty in this scenic Hill Station in India.A tour to Idukki would reveal the selfsame.

India Travel Destinations, the tour guide, incorporates all the needed information about tour packages to Idukki with its facilities of on -line booking at the command of the wiling traveler.