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Thenmala

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Thenmala is a tourist place near Punalur town, Kollam district in Kerala. Thenmala is the first planned eco-tourism destination in India. The Thenmala dam was built across Kallada River. Thenmala is famous for being the shooting location in Malayalam and Tamil movies.  Thenmala attracts foreign and domestic tourists with a host of attractions. Boating on the lake, a rope bridge, trekking, mountaineering, biking and amusical fountain. Thenmala is approachable both from Trivandrum and Punalur by road. The waterfall called Palaruvi is a prime attraction nearby. Also nearby is a deer rehabilitation center where visitors can see deer in a forest setting and have a peep into a traditional tree house used by forest dwellers to escape harm from wild animals. Other places near Thenmala are Kulathupuzha, Anchal, Punalur, Kamukumchery and Sengottai inTirunelveli district (Tamil ...

Jog Falls

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Joga Falls  is the second-highest  plunge waterfall  in  India  located in  Sagara taluk  in the state of  Karnataka The falls are located on the  Uttara Kannada  and  Sagara  border. Jog Falls is created by the Sharavathi River dropping 253 m (830 ft), making it the second-highest plunge waterfall in India after theNohkalikai Falls with a drop of 335 m (1100 ft) in Meghalaya Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, next to Nonabur, in theThirthahalli taluk and takes the northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. On arriving at the frontier it bends to the west, precipitates itself down the Falls of Gersoppa, and passes that village (properly Geru-Sappe), which is some 29 kilometres  distant, discharging into the sea at Honnavar in North Kanara. The Sharavati, flo...

Pichavaram

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Pichavaram  is located nearChidambaram in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, inSouth India. The nearest railway station isChidambaram from where it is accessible by road. The Pichavaram Mangrove Forest near Chidambaram, South India, by the Bay of Bengal is the world's second largest mangrove forest. Pichavaram mangrove forest is located between two prominent estuaries, the Vellar estuary in the north and Coleroon estuary in the south. The Vellar - Coleroon estuarine complex forms the Killai backwater and Pichavaram mangroves.The backwaters, interconnected by the Vellar and Coleroon river systems, offer abundant scope for water sports such as rowing, kayaking and canoeing. The Pichavaram forest not only offers waterscape and backwater cruises, but also another very rare sight. the mangrove forest trees are permanently rooted in a few feet of water. There are more than 400 water routes available for boating. Pichavaram (MadBoon) has a well-developed m...