KOTTAYAM

Kottayam district is famous for its rich heritage and literary tradition. It is renowned for its spice and rubber trade. Cradled by the backwaters and the Western Ghats, it is epitomised by its stretches of vast greenery, paddy fields and huge rubber plantations.

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  • Illikkal Kallu

    Illikkal Kallu is a monolith located on top of the Illickal Malaa in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India.The distance from kottayam railway station to illikal kallu is 57km. Situated at around 3400 feet above sea level, Illickal Kallu is a major tourist attraction in Moonnilavu and Thalanadu village of Meenachil taluk

  • Kumarakam

    Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is situated at Kumarakom in Kottayam taluk of Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala, on the banks of Vembanad Lake. Set in the Kerala Backwaters, the bird sanctuary is a favourite haunt of migratory birds.

  • Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls

    Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls are loved for the natural beauty they possess along with the quaint charm of the surrounding rubber plantations. The trails surrounding the area along with the cool water falling from over 100 ft. make it a picnicker’s paradise. Families are regularly seen camping in this wonderful spot in Kottayam. One gets the distinct feeling of being hugged directly by nature when you stand here. The cool breeze and affable climate make this among the best picnic spots in the district. St. Mary's Church at the top of the waterfalls is another added incentive to visit the place.

  • Marayoor Munnar

    Sandalwood in Kerala is synonymous with Marayoor. The reason is simple - it is the only place in God’s Own Country that has a natural growth of Sandalwood Trees. Its legendary product is famous across the country and has competed on equal terms with other areas with larger pockets of Sandalwood Forests, especially in Southern India. Today its caves (muniyaras) with murals and relics from the New Stone Age Civilisation, a gigantic Children’s Park and a Sandalwood Factory run by the Forest Department form the core of the attractions here. People also throng to visit the ancient Dolmenoid Cists (Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone) in Muniyara.

  • Mahathma Waterfalls

    Marmala Waterfall is a waterfall which is located a few kilometres away from Erattupetta, in Kottayam district, Kerala, India, It is exactly 8 km from Teekoy. The road from Mangalagiri to Marmala Waterfall is currently under construction. One has to trek through the middle of an estate, over the slippery rocky path, in order to reach the waterfalls.