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Dawn to dusk range hiking
When the cool breeze takes your hair
and the ripples
sweep through the lake,
Where the dead trees of forgotten
valley
emerge like ghosts from the water stretch,
It’s fun
to paddle in bamboo rafts
to see a small Elephant run behind
its mother safe,
It’s thrilling,
if you are there to meet a
Leopard in it’s den,
To remould yourself …
To run away from
your destiny …
...far into the rain forests
…..
The programme
This is a dawn to
dusk range hiking and rafting programme through some of the richest
forest tracts of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Starting at 8 am from the
boat landing, a mosaic of habitats will be traversed before the
party gets into rafts made of bamboos.
The forests are rich in bird life and arboreal animals like giant
squirrel and Nilgiri langur. The rafting is for about three hours
and one gets a panoramic view of forest-clad hills reflected on the
lake. Animals like elephant, gaur and sambar are sighted keeping
close to the edges of the lake.
The team hitchhikes back to the boat landing by about 5 pm. An
armed guard and 4 guides will accompany a maximum of 10 tourists.
Tea, snacks and packed lunch will be served enroute.
Tariff
Maximum No of persons
10 persons per day |
