Wayanad / Tholpetty, Kabini River, Nagarhole National Park_08-MAY-2015

 

Wayanad / Tholpetty, Kabini River, Nagarhole National Park, Trip Organized by TREE Club at 08th to 11th May 2015

 

We started our Journey early morning at  05:15 am from Trivandrum and we reached alleppey  at  08:00 am for Breakfast , we had delicious food from Kuttanadu Restaurant and we reached Wayanad, Tholpetty  SAJ Home Stay around 08:30pm and had dinner. SAJ Home Stay treated us with homely food.

 

2nd day we started our Journey at 05:00 am  to Kabini . During our drive we took  Photos of animals such as Spotted Deer's, Elephants, Monkeys, Bisons and many other small creatures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better be there well before time. Tickets are limited. Roads are good enough to travel. Way to our journey we had a splendid view of several animals and birds which gives a best space for photography. The road is a bit long which takes time.

 

3rd day early morning we started our Journey at 05:30am to Kabini river area for Next Safari .Kabani river area had a plenty kinds of animals such as Elephant, Wild dogs etc. We expected to see leopard and tiger over there. But unfortunately we could not see them. So we were not able to take photos of them as we expected.

after noon we reached Irpu  Water Falls and we spend 2 hrs there, after that we reached Nagarhole National Park, and we rate it as one of the best forests. The place has the highest density of tigers. A fabulous place to spot tigers and leopards. A best place to see a plenty of elephants, tigers and leopards. We cannot prefer rainy season for safari.

 

It was cold rainy evening. when we were riding through the Nagarhole National Park sanctuary, we found a leopard sitting on the top of the Tree, we were very excited and started taking photos. It was our lifetime achievement to see such a dangerous wild animal sitting calm and posing to our camera. That moment  was really special for us. then we went back to our rooms.

 

4th day early morning we started @ 07:30am our safari  to Tholpetty wild life sanctuary, it was not really a good safari, we were expecting to see some Tigers, Leopards but we couldn't find and we left to Thirunelly Temple. after we reached there we got a call form our guide Mr. Irshad, they found a Tiger in same place in their second safari , it made us unhappy and we completed our trip and returned back to Trivandrum. on the way, we were heading towards Kattikulam  in our car from Thirunelly Temple, we saw a Tusker on road side. it was a dangerous one and we took photos of that one within fraction of a second before he was charging towards us. we had a wonderful trip never before. we are still in the pleasure and planning to go again and again.

 

 

Agasthyakoodam Trekking

2014-November 8 to 10^th  Agasthyakoodam Trekking organized by Tree Club for 3 days. It was an Adventure trip with an experienced team of 7 people with 2 local guides.

About Agasthyakoodam

Part of the Sahyadri ranges (Western Ghats) of mountains, Agasthyakoodam, at a height of 1,890 m above sea level, is the second highest peak in Kerala. Teeming with wildlife, the forests of Agasthyakoodam abound in rare medicinal herbs and plants, and brilliantly hued orchids. A bird watcher’s paradise, this legendary mountain is accessible by foot from Kotoor, near Neyyar Dam and also from Bonakkad. Trekking to Agasthyakoodam is believed to be healthy, the very air here is supposed to have healing properties. It is believed that sage Agasthya, the mythological character lived here

We Started Trekking at 7:30 AM from Bonacaude – 36 kms  to  Agasthyamala. It was very hard trekking, on the way we found several waterfalls and different kinds of Snakes and Wild animals. We were stayed in Athirumala 2 nights. During the trekking we took several kind of photos of butterflies, flowers, animals, landscapes.

 

 

 

We have reached Athirumala evening 04:00 hrs, our guides start preparing foods, we stayed Two nights, the huts are already available and we fixed our tents, it was wonderful nights, the weather was so cold, we were shivering the whole night.

2^nd Day we start trekking to Top Station, it was little hard tracking in my life, the weather was very pleasant and top station was clouded with fog. During our trekking we saw some wild animals, but we are not prepared for Photography because it was hard trekking and we are climbing steep mountains

Evening we reached Athirumala and we had our Lunch, our guides were prepared an excellent lunch, after that we went Putharikandam, “Wheat filed” The olden days British people were cultivating wheat, the area was completely leaches and they baited our complete body, finally we run away from there.
 

3^rd day Morning we start return form Athurmala after the breakfast,  we reached evening 04:00 hrs Bonacude Tea Estate, during our returning time we saw some bison’s, and we took Photos.

 

 

 

Ultimately the  trip was really remarkable Trekking, the whole credits goes to TREE Club.