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Elappara, 8 km from Kuttikanam, is a small hamlet in Peermedu taluk of Idukki district with beautiful tea plantation, houses on hill slope. Elappara is on the Kuttikanam - Kattapana road. Vagamon hill station is 14 km away via Bonami and Kolahalamedu.

Elappara has basic food and accommodation facilities and good bus connections to Kumily, Kottayam, Kattapana, Thiruvananthapuram, Vagamon etc.

[madeleine]

Travelling abroad is an experience most people would look forward to do. But, just like anything else, it comes bundled with lot of pleasure and surprises, some of which can be not so pleasant. The best you can do in such a case is to insure yourself against all risks.

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Munnar

NH 49 (Kochi - Madurai) : Vytila - Kolenchery - Muvattupuzha (1 h) - Kothamangalam (10 km, 20 min) - Neriyamangalam - Cheappara falls - Valara falls (2 km from Cheappara) - Adimaly (1.5 hour) - Koombanpara - Iruttukanam junction - Thokupara - Ambazhachal - Anachal - Chithirapuram - Pallivasal - Munnar (30 km, 1 hour).

Adimaly (6 am) - Kallar (6.30 h, falls, 16 km to Mankulam) junction- Pallivasal (6.50 h) - Munnar (7.10 h).
Attukad falls is 2.5 km from Pallivasal.
Janatha Tourist Home, Adimaly. Ph: 9447231681, 9526915253.

Devikulam (7 km from Munnar) : This hill station has velvet lawns, exotic flora and fauna and the cool air is a rare experience. The Sita Devi lake is a picnic spot on the route.

Devikulam - Lockhart Gap tea estate - Gap - Kurissumala & Robber's cave (3 km) - Theni. Munnar has regular bus service to Theni and Udumalpet. Madurai bus via Theni at 1430 h .

Lockhart Gap (13 km from Munnar/5 km from Devikulam) : This scenic tea plantation worth the long walk to the Gap. The fresh mountain air, mist clad mountains, view of the kurissumala hill make it a worthy visit. Following the Gap road one can visit the Robber's cave - a rock shelter.





Mattupetty (12 km from Munnar on the Top Station road) : Located at 1700 m, Mattupetty has a scenic dam, lake for boating and a highly specialised dairy farm - the Indo - Swiss livestock project. Visitors are allowed to the tourism area (9am to 11 am, 2 pm to 3.30 pm, Entry Rs 5).

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Echo point is 4.5 km from Mattupetty dam on the banks of Mattupetty lake on the Top Station road (15 km from Munnar).





Kundala : The picturesque tea plantations and the artificial dam are worth a visit. Located 20 km from Munnar on the Top Station road.

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Top Station view point (1,880 m) is located at the Kerala - Tamil Nadu border in Theni district of Tamil Nadu, 32 km from Munnar ( 1 hour by bus from Munnar via scenic tea plantation). There is Periyar Residency and few other tea shops provides very basic food and accommodation. The highest point of the Kodai road is 6.6 km from Top station at 2,260 m.

Top station view point has panoramic view of the Western Ghat and the distant Theni plains. The view point is owned by Private personnel and there is an entry fee of Rs 15. The area is famous for the Neelakurinji flower which blooms once in 12 years ( 2018 ) .

Top Station was a transshipment point for delivery of tea from Munnar in British era. Tea was transported from Kundala to Top station by Monorail (10 km) and then to Kottagudi by ropeway. Then by cart to Bodynayakannur (15 km) and then to other parts of India by rail and to England.

Munnar - Top Station (34 km) - Vattavada (42 km)
Ernakulam - Munnar - Top Station - Koviloor bus arrives Adimaly at 6.30 am, Mattupetty : 8.20 h, Top station 9.20 h.

[isaacoomber]

Hello everyone,

Amazing Places! Awesome photo’s and awesome location. Such a really very good information you are sharing...


Thanks,
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[rohan31]

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[melvin]

I visit Machu Picchu, I am Peruvian and was incredible.
Machu Picchu was constructed around 1450, at the height of the Inca empire, and was abandoned less than 100 years later, as the empire collapsed under Spanish conquest. Although the citadel is located only about 50 miles from Cusco, the Inca capital, it was never found and destroyed by the Spanish, as were many other Inca sites. Over the centuries, the surrounding jungle grew to enshroud the site, and few knew of its existence. It wasn’t until 1911 that Yale historian and explorer Hiram Bingham brought the “lost” city to the world’s attention. Bingham and others hypothesized that the citadel was the traditional birthplace of the Inca people or the spiritual center of the “virgins of the sun,” while curators of a recent exhibit have speculated that Machu Picchu was a royal retreat. Regardless, the presence of numerous temples and ritual structures proves that Machu Picchu held spiritual significance for the Inca.

[melvin]

More about Machu Picchu.... it is located in Cuzco, Peru.
All visits to Machu Picchu at some point leave from Cusco, which can be reached via a domestic flight from Lima, or international flight from La Paz, in Bolivia. Taking the tourist train from Cusco (which takes 3.5 hours to get to Machu Picchu), you have several options.
The most common way is to take the train to Machu Picchu in the morning, explore the ruins for a few hours and return to Cusco in the afternoon. The train terminates at Puente Ruinas station, where buses take tourists up the mountain to Machu Picchu. Strangely, Machu Picchu station is at Aguas Calientes (2km before Puente Ruinas station) but is not the station used by tourists on a day trip.

[melvin]

Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage site. As Peru’s most visited tourist attraction and major revenue generator, it is continually threatened by economic and commercial forces. In the late 1990s, the Peruvian government granted concessions to allow the construction of a cable car to the ruins and development of a luxury hotel, including a tourist complex with boutiques and restaurants. These plans were met with protests from scientists, academics and the Peruvian public, nearly half of which is indigenous. Critics worried that the proposed facilities would not only destroy the beauty of the site but would enable far greater numbers of visitors, which would pose tremendous physical burdens on the ruins.