Thekkady Trip

On the way to Thekkady  we came across many spice gardens and here also you need entry tickets i.e INR 200 per head. There were so many types of spices growing.... cardamon, black pepper, nutmeg,coffee beans......

                                                                     spice garden

                                                                          cardamom

                                                                  Black pepper

we had never been to any spice garden before so it was  interesting.There was a shop near to the garden from where you can buy spices ,but these spices are also easily available in the local markets where you can get spices as well as home made chocolates and fragrant home made soaps.

 Thekkady is also called Periyar and Thekkady is where Wildlife Sanctuary is located.

Thekkady is situated 170 kms from Cochin and it takes approximately 5 hours to reach there. For most of the package trips, we go to Thekkady after Munnar which is 110km away or from Alleppey which is about 140km away. The route is a combination of hills as well as normal roads.

Thekkady is famous for the wildlife sanctuary located here. There is boating facility at Thekkady where the boat will take you around the Wildlife Sanctuary through the Periyar Lake. One can see wild animals during this boat ride but need to be very quiet. Mullapperiyar dam can also be seen during this boat ride. Note that, Mullapperiyar dam and Periyar wildlife sanctuary can be seen during this boating  and cannot be accessed by road.Ticket availability depends on the rush on that particular day. Advance booking is possible through KTDC .

Boat timing and charges are given above

Before it one have to take entrace ticket  to enter into the periyar tiger reserve.Here the entrace ticket is INR 25.Once you enter into Tiger reserve, you can see a temple and moving forward will take you to the boating area. This travel is through lot of greenery.There are three hotels inside this reserve; KTDC Lake Palace, KTDC Aranya Nivas and a budget hotel KTDC Periyar House. If your stay is in any of these hotels, make sure you reach hotel before 5PM as entrance will be closed after this.Once you reach boating area, if you do not have pre-booked ticket, be in the queue and purchase tickets for boating