Nelliyampathy – an exotic destionation in God’s own country ( Jun ’10)
During my visit to Coimbatore, planned to touch Kerala as I don’t want to miss a chance to visit God’s own country. But I didn’t had much time so couldn’t venutre out more as I would have loved to. So, searched for the nearest destination in Kerala from Coimbatore and got the info about the place – Nelliyampathy.
The image put up in Kerala Tourism website was so inviting and hence decided to visit Nelliampathy. We started from Coimbatore on Saturday night and reached Palakkad and checked into the Srichakra International hotel. Food served by them was amazing and really loved the Fish Curry served there.
We started our journey to Nelliampathy at 6 AM the next day. The destination is located around 55km from Palakkad and half of the distance was uphill drive and one has to negotiate 10-12 hairpin bends. The drive in itself was an amazing experience with clouds traversed in touching distance with beautiful landscape.
View of Pothundy Dam during uphill drive was amazing and sunrise was simply superb. It took 2.30 hrs to reach Nelliampathy, as we were still fresh started to visit the main view points. Vallew view from Seethakundu & Kesavanpara was lovely. Couldn’t visit Mampara due to time constraint and also advised to take local jeep which I didn’t like. After 3 hrs of sightseeing returned back to Palakkad. Wish I could have spent more time on this place.
Major Attractions:
Seethakundu
Mampara
Kesavanpara
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- River enroute to Nelliampathy
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- Inviting Roads
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- Beautiful Landscape
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- Sunrise @ Pothundy Dam
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- Uphill road to Nelliampathy
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- Tea Plantations
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- View from Seethakundu
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- Shot of the Trip
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- Manalaroo Tea Estate
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- View from Kesavanpara
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- Lotus Pond
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- Near Kesavanpara
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