Nilgiri Tahr

Nilgiri Tahr
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Sunday, March 9, 2008

A Trip to Karaiyar Dam

Karaiyar Dam





Karaiyar Dam or Tambraparani dam is around 20 km from the Town of Papanasam in Tirunelvely district of Tamil Nadu.The dam is inside the Kalakkad-Mundamthurai Tiger reserve.But spotting tigers is very remote as many vehicles ply in this route including State Transport buses everyday.


Karayar Dam and Surroundings
But a trip to this place is very invigorating as you pass thru beautiful landscapes,waterfalls and rivers.One may not spot the magnificient Indian cat,the tiger but Nilgiri Lnagurs,Lion tailed macaques,Deers and numerous birds are sure sightings.The Agastyar Falls and the more famous Banatheertham falls can be accessed from this route.



Serene....The dam is upstream


To reach Bana falls you have to catch a boat from the Karaiyar dam and an half an hour cruise will take you there.Depending on the water level you have to trek uphill to have a refreshing bath in the falls.



Quite and Beautiful.... Trees on the river...


The Agastya mountains can be trekked from here with prior permission from the Forest Department.


Relaxing.......




Kalakkad-Mundamthurai Tiger Reserve



Iron Bridge on way to Karaiyar Dam




Sure Sightings






Kids can have a nice time..



The Board says it...But difficult to sight


Boats at Karaiyar Dam...



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sankar

nice writeup but the images do not popup in large size even if I click on them.

Regards

Rakesh (INW Member)

V S Sankar said...

Hello Rakesh,

I have edited the blog so that popups of images can be viwed in a new window now.It took a while for me to understand how to do it!!

Regards

Shareef S M A said...

i guess you missed Thalayanai.. water from agathiyar falls reaches there... from there you can walk to agathiyar falls through the jungle..