Inside Kerala : a Tourism Guide
by Mythili Kannan on 21/09/09 at 11:09 am
God’s Own Country.
Kerala, the southern state of India is one of the most beautiful places in this world. It is also known as “God’s Own Country”. It attracts more tourists to India. The beauty of backwaters and long beaches are breath taking. The tourist spots of Kerala can be classified as Hill Stations, Beaches, Backwaters, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Architectures.
I would like to take you through each and every piece of beauties of these places.
Hill Stations
Munnar: This mind blowing beauty is at an altitude of 6000 feet in Idukki district. It is situated at the confluence of three mountain streams called Kundala, Nallathanni and Mudrapuzha.
Munnar has the highest peak in South India called Anamudi, which is approximately of height 2700 meters, a best place for trekking and camps. Apart from the varieties of flowers found here, Neelakurinji is a flower which adds to the popularity of Munnar. This blue color flower blooms once in twelve years only.
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Nelliampathi: It is located 60kms from Palakkad. It is famous for Tea and Coffee plantations. The excellent weather condition and Pothundi dam of Nelliampathi attracts more tourists every year. The hairpin turns of Nelliampathi gives the thrilling effects to its visitors.
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The small mountain streams are breath taking.
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Ponmudi: The name Ponmudi means “Golden Crown”. It is located near to the beaches of Trivandrum.

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It is one of the best places for trekking and hiking. This region is rich with plantations of rubber, tea, cardamom, pepper, etc…

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Heart Throbbing Ponmudi. Don’t miss it.

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Don’t miss the Beaches and Backwaters of Kerala.
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2 Comments
Uma Shankari
Sep 21st, 2009
Wow, Mythili, my whole-hearted congratulations for this wonderfully presented article with breath-taking photgarphs. I am going to stumble it. If you can, insert the links of part 2 and 3 in this article.
Mythili Kannan
Sep 22nd, 2009
Thanks for the very useful tips dear Uma.. I inserted the links
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