Boat Ride In Kodaikanal Lake Will Be Life Time Pleasure
TravelFebruary 17, 2012Written by Emma D'suza595 views
Kodaikanal is a beautiful Hill station in Tamilnadu, perfect place for holidaying and spending time with family, with its immaculate climate conditions, with a spectacular lake providing the pleasure of boating as well as pony ride along its borderline road and above all such a nice gardens and forestry enthralling every visitor with its magnificent endowments of nature, enriching Kodaikanal tourism.
Kodaikanal hills are part of Palani Hills range and situated at a height of 2100 meters, with a well maintained township, good shopping malls and a number of hotels and guest houses to accommodate visitors of all budget ranges and it can be reached 3 hours drive from Madurai, the temple city of Tamilnadu, which is the nearest Airport for Kodaikanal tour.
There are quite a few Kodaikanal tourism locations, which include
•Kodaikanal Lake, covering an area of 24 hectares, beautifully landscaped and in the form of Star Shape, giving good scope for enjoyable boat ride, which one can have rowing by oneself or through a motor boat drive.
•Bryant Park, very close to the Lake nurturing multi variety of flowers and plants, touring which single spot itself will take one’s half a day time.
•Flora and Fauna Museum, which has collection of 300 varieties of orchids and several kinds of flora.
•Coaker’s Walk, a mountain edge walk area for the tourist to sit and relax or having a pleasant walk watching the deep valley by the side, unless one wants to go to the telescope tower available at the entrance to have a view of the entire valley, if not the nearby cities.
•Kurinji Andavar Temple, an architectural beauty and a shrine at the top of the hills, which area is also known for a rare flower specimen called Kurinji which flowers once in 12 years.
•Fairy falls, is the welcoming location for those who are on Kodaikanal tour, water cascading from a great height, giving enormous thrill and excitement to watch or to take bath in its forcefull fall.
•Astrophysical Observatory at the highest point of the Kodaikanal hills, established in 1889, doing research in meteorology and solar physics.
There are many other places for Kodaikanal tourism for the tourist to stay, enjoy and watch, such as steep cliffs called Pillar rocks, Kodaikanal Golf club and shopping areas.
Kodaikanal tour will be best between April and June, which they refer as Season and again there is a second season in September, however, Kodaikanal tourism is quite suitable throughout the year with hotels offering concessional tariff during off season, while Kodaikanal tour during off season would equally be a pleasant experience.
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