Nelliyampathy- Little Ooty

Nelliyampathy is an enchanting hill station positioned at a distance of 60 km from Palakkad in Gods own Country
Kerala in South India and is situated at an altitude of 1585 meters above the sea level on the Western Ghats. This hill station is blessed with coffee, tea and cardamom plantation, sublime scenery, diversed floras and faunas (elephant, hill squirrel, bison etc.) and a pleasant climate making it a wonderful place to visit for the people residing in the summer areas.

Prime magnetisms:

Seetharkundu: According to a legend, once Rama, Sita and Lakshman used to live here and the name was thus given.

Positioned within the Karuna Plantations, Seetharkundu magnetizes numerous tourists with the drive from Nelliyampathy which offers a remarkable vision of the plains, as far as Palakkad town and its surrounding sites. Beside the beautiful 100 meter waterfalls is a gnarled tree, which is a major attraction of this place.

Mampara Grasslands: It is rambling grassland which can be reached through perfidious road, but the striking view of Palakkad range thick forests, collage of flourishing paddy fields and luxuriant slopes that one can view from this location is truly beyond imagination.

Orange and Vegetable Plantation: This plantation farm was set up by the then State of Cochin to provide foods for the British troops and resolve the crisis that aroused in the land. About 237 acres of land are re-planted with orange trees. The fruit preservation unit in Pulayanpara is also open to the tourists.   

Palagapandi Estate: It contains a bungalow of British era that has now been transformed to a resort. Even the estate is enclosed with plantations of tea, coffee and cardamom one can also sight a lot of wildlife here if fortunate.

Pothundy: Located on the way to Nelliyampathy nearer to the pictorial village of Nemmara, Pothundy is a pleasing reservoir constructed transversely the streams of the Meenachadypuzha, Padipuzha and the Ayalar River.

Trekking: One can also relish various trekking trails along the mountain ranges of this place which ranges from 500-1600 meters. Kaikkaty serves as an idyllic base camp for trekking and other diversed facilities.

Apart from these magnetisms one can also visit to the various wildlife sanctuaries of Parambikulam, Anamalai and Peechi-Vazhani which are located close to this hill station. The Nelliyampathy Range comprising of fetter of points divided by valleys that flourish in emerald forests teeming with wildlife was once possessed by the Maharajas of Kochi and Kollengode but now is part of the Nemmara Forest Division.

How to Reach: The nearest railheads are at Palakkad 52 km from Nelliyampathy, Coimbatore and Thrissur. If you are coming via air then you have to reach Thrissur or Palakkad from the nearest airport at Cochin/Coimbatore to reach Nemmara from where you can get buses/taxi to reach Nelliyampathy. One has to depend on the taxi/jeeps while in Nelliyampathy. 

 

Accommodations: At, Kaikkaty (first town of Nelliampathy) one can stay at the government run guest houses which will provide you with both vegetarian and non vegetarian foods. You can also stay at varied privately owned houses at Nelliyampathy itself.