Thittuvilai is a beautiful and peaceful village of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is sorrounded by many hills & paddy, The streets are elegantly arranged in such a manner that all the streets ends in the Balamore road. The nearby town in the south is Nagercoil.Thittuvilai earns a good foreign money through its globally spread out community.
Nice spots near to Thittuvilai
Mukkadal dam is built across the Vambaru River in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India, 10 km from town of Nagercoil. It is a scenic place, favored as a picnic location among local residents. It was built by Sree Chitra Thirunal in 1645, the King of Thiruvancore. The dam is constructed of clay and granite stones. The depth of water behind the dam is approximately 50 feet. The reservoir supplies water for the town of Nagercoil, but ironically, not the people living near the dam.The forest consist of soaring and lofty trees of Mesua ferrea, Bischofia javanica, Vitex Altissima to smaller trees of Dillini a species of festooning climber, shrubs, valuable herbs, variety of orchids, two types of canes and many indigenous palms and cycads. The important timbers are teak, Rosewood, Vengai and this place worth mentioning here for the easy availability and quality of above timbers. various types of forest products like bamboos, reeds,canes, soft wood tamarind, lemon grass, rubber, coconut, Areca nut, Kadukai, cinnamon bark, Nelli, Cardamom, mango, lemon varieties, Supari, jack fruit, and many medicinal plants of high value which are harvested here.From tourism angle, the forest are highly enhancing with pleasant sholas, hill top forests, beautiful grasslands, panoramic valleys, top hillocks, singing streams, vast stretches of rubber plantations, valuable Teak plantationsand excellent climate. Nobody should miss seeing the enchanted view of this place.The dam and reservoir are surrounded by hills on three sides. The people in the above villages and near by villages mainly depend on this beginning point of the Western Ghats. They do mountain agriculture.The dam can be reached through 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4G, 4H, 318 buses from Nagercoil to Thuvarancaud or Thittuvilai; followed by a short ride in an auto rickshaw to the dam.
Kalikesam
Kalikesam, is a remote forest spot in the Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, India which is famous for its thick forest and rubber plantations. There is a rocky river with crystal clear water. It is a nice place for people who love peace and nature.
Facilities
Being a remote place which attracts less crowd, there are no facilities available in this place. All the facilities should be taken care of by the traveller himselfThis place is excellent for trekking and bird watching.
How to Reach
This place is 15 km north of Nagercoil district and 35 km north of Kanyakumari distirct in tamilnadu state of india. There are buses from Nagercoil to this place but the frequency is low, and the buses may stop without notice. The best way to visit here is with your own transportation.
Route: Nagercoil -----> Puthery -----> Thittuvilai ----->Alagiyapandiapuram -----> Thadikarankonam ----->Keeriparai ------> Kalikesam
Cross the bridge in keeriparain ,we will find ourselves at the 'V' junction of two roadsLeft leads to Kalikesam , the right leads to Vattaparai and Balamore Estate.Take the left one and travel (about 2 Km) till the end of the road.
Kalikesam Welcomes us.
The common travellers stops here. From here the real adventure trekking can be started.There is a road that goes thru the think greenish forest with loads of elephants , leopards n python.
This place is full of beautiful birds , butterflies , rare plants / trees.If u r a risk driven trekker , go by yourself.Otherwise try to find the help of local tribal people whom you may ( or maynot ) find on your travel.There is no restrictions to enter the forest.
The forest path goes parallel to a big river , which in hot climate is more good for trekking people ..because there are loads of small/big swimming pool :) in between the rocks of the river.If raining , it's big challenge to swim on this river.I feel this place is excellent for water rafting , when river is having loads of water.
At any place of the path, you can find small paths that leads you to the river from the from the forest road.Also in hot climate you can trekk thru the river since there are big stones in river which helps you to walk and the flow of water is not strong
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