Devikulam - Rajamala - Marayoor -Wagamon hill stations
DEVIKULAM (15 kms from Munnar)
This idyllic hill station with its velvet lawns , exotic flora and
fauna and the cool mountain air offers a rare experience to visitors.
The Sita Devi lake with its mineral waters and picturesque surroundings
is a good picnic spot. The lake is also ideal trout fishing.
RAJAMALA (15 m from Munnar)
The natural habitat of the Niligiri tahr , Rajamala is 2695 m above
sea level. Half the world's population of the rare mountain goat
or tahr (hemitragas hylocres) which is fast becoming extinct, is
now found here.The Niligiri tahr in Rajamala are now to be found
in small herds found in Eravikulam-Rajamala region. The total number
of Niligiri Tahrs in Rajamala is estimated to be over 1300.
MARAYOOR (40 kms from Munnar)
This is the only place in Kerala that has a natural growth of sandalwood
trees. The sandalwood factory of the forest department, the caves(muniyaras)
with the murals and relics from the New stone age civilization and
the children's park spread across a hectare of land under the canopy
of a single banyan tree, are of great interest to tourists.
WAGAMON (65 kms from Idukki town)
Situated at an elevation of 1100 m above sea level, this hill station
is a trekker's delight. Wagamon delight, Wagamon is surrounded by
beautiful meadows , valleys and tea gardens.
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Other hill stations of kerala
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Devikulam - Rajamala
- Marayoor -Wagamon hill stations
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-Lakkidi -pookot lake
Mattupetty
Munnar
Peermade - nelliyampathy
- Attapadi
Peppara
Dhoni - peruvannamuzhi
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