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Welcome to Thekkady Directory Services. Let us guide you through the various
facilities at Thekkady including Home Stay, Tourist Information Centers, Tour
Operators, Travels Agents, Banks, Foreign Exchange, Book Shops, Courier
Services, Spices, Places to Visit etc etc.
Thekkady is an important tourist place of kerala located at an altitude of 900
to 1800 meters above sea level. Main tourist attractions of Thekkady are
Periyar National Park, Thekkady Lake, Boating, The evergreen forests, Wild
animals etc.
Periyar wildlife sanctuary is very dense evergreen forest spread 777 squire kms
area declared as Tiger reserve in 1978. Periyar wildlife sanctuary is famous
for its evergreen forests, savannah grass lands and wild animals elephants,
sambar, gaur, Nilgiri langurs, tigers, wild boars, lion tailed macaques....
The sanctuary is situated around an artificial lake formed by Mullaperiyar Dam
accross the Periyar River.
Thekkady is also known for plantations of various natural spices like black
pepper,clove,cardamom,cinnamon,chilly,tamarind etc.
Forest department,Kerala tourism development corporation(KTDC) and many private
agencies offers many programs to promote adventure tourism in Thekkady.
Nearest railway station: Kottayam (114 km)
Nearest airport : Madhurai (140 km), Kochi (180 km)
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