Nelliyampathy Trip

Here i would like to share my experience of nalliyampathy trip.It was in August 2015 me and my friends planned a weekend trip to Nelliyampathy. We started Early morning from aluva, it’s about 9 hours of driving via aluva, thrissur and Nenmara. Had lunch from palakkadu and moved towards Neliyampathy hills, on the way visited Pothundi Dam. The Pothundy Dam is a picturesque locale with facilities for boating and is a nice option as a scenary place. As the Ghat road winds its way up to Nelliyampathy, at certain places there are viewpoints from where the vast stretches of Palakkad district are visible with its extensive paddy fields forming a verdant carpet. It also offers a splendid view of the Palakkad Gap, which is a geographical phenomenon in the Western Ghats 8formation in this region, bringing into view, parts of the adjoining State of Tamilnadu.

The height of the hills ranges from 467 m to 1572 m. To reach Nelliyampathy, one has to take the road starting from Nenmara that proceeds to the Pothundy Dam. There are about 10 hairpin bends that have to be negotiated on the way to Nelliyampathy. On the way up, we can see vast expanses of tea estates managed by different plantation companies.

Reached Nelliyapathy around 4PM, the road was full of mist and the forest and natural springs keep us energetic.  The hills of Nelliyampathy are also well known for its orange cultivation. Privately owned hotels and resorts are located at various points, as one goes up the hills of Nelliyampathy.

Room was booked at one of the home stays, In Nelliyamapthy lot of home stays and few resorts are available. After a small fresh up and tea, moved towards the Govt farm near Nelliayampathy town which is at walk able distance from our stay. Climate was excellent, full of mist everywhere and temperature about 18-20c.

After that visited the tea estates nearby, in Nelliyampathy you can see many Tea estates. By evening reached at room by the time food was ready & we closed the programs on day 1.



Day 2, we started with breakfast and headed towards green valley farm, visited farm house and Setharkundu view points., where one can have a fantastic valley view, and a 100 m high waterfall providing an added attraction.

Another location we visited is Kesavan Para near AVT estate.

One can trek or go by jeep to reach Mampara; another breathtaking vantage point at Nelliyampathy. Currenly some restrictions are there to visit Mampara. The area in and around Palagapandy estate has tea, cardamom and coffee plantations with adjoining hills allowing one to catch a glimpse of the wildlife in the form of Indian gaur, elephants, leopards, giant squirrel etc. and is also a paradise for birdwatchers.

By 12 noon we started return and reached back at aluva around 9PM, via Nenamra Alathur, angamali