Topslip, is one of the forest areas of
the state rich in biological diversity, opened its quiet interior forests for
students and tourists to experience trekking.
Anamalai Tiger Reserve, four
places of the mountain chain in the hiking trails Topslip Ulandy and two in the
area of Valparai and Manomboly had identified for the program.
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In Ulandy area
Kariyansolai a walk was soft, for high school students. Another option,
Kozhumanmalai was also relatively easy route. The other two, and Pandaravarai
Vengolimalai in area were thought for practiced hikers and nature lovers.
Similarly, the Topslip trekking routes in Manomboly
and Valparai Ranges were difficult - between Akkamalai and Konalar; Manomboly
and mandhirimattam; Sheikalmudi and Manomboly;
And the curve 36 hairpin Kadambarai.
The soft running time 2
hours would only be organized if there were at least five people in a group.
The authorities had
trained five tribe youths trained, who knew the terrain have visitors.
An important feature of
the program was that the tourists along the rare plants to see elephants, Monkeys, Buffalo Indians, Tigers and Panther and many birds come.
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We arrived in Topslip at morning and were immediately
ready to go to the last Karianshola.
The weather was cloudy and cold. After breakfast in the canteen. We all went to
the forest. Boars, nilgiri langur and could be spotted spotted stags near the
information center. Our guide who have a good knowledge of the birds. As we
crossed the boundaries noticed some bird species like Malabar parakeet, Flame
back common, woodpeckers, black crested Flame back, the forest of posters, dark
boards, hill mynah, emerald dove and treepies white belly. Walk a few meters
leads to a common vine snake, which is still on the way of the hike. He held
his head from one side swinging to side at a very slow pace. We have plenty of
time for all of our pictures. Then we went through the forest evergreen shola
Karola and bird activity was sporadic. We found the huge wheel nets giant spade
wood on the road.
Topslip, the center of
tourist activities in the Wildlife Sanctuary and the Indira Gandhi National
Park in the hills of Anamalai, is the gateway to several hiking trails in the
forest. You need a guide and always stay cautious. The Topslip Karianshola Pandaravarai Trail
12 km Long Topslip is initially a gentle ascent through dense forest with
meadows in between. Other tracks begin and end in Akkamalai Ranger
quarterfinals. This is a fairly strict cover 30km of tropical forests,
temperate and subtropical forests west of Nilgiri. Anyone looking for a simple
option can wander to the Niagara monkeys in the deciduous forest. The move to
the next level Pollachi and to the nearest airport Coimbatore.
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Ooty, this mountain
station in the Nilgiri (Blue Mountain)
offers different levels of hiking trails. Ghat western hills are easily
accessible from the base camp Parson Valley. You can follow the path
Parson-Mukurthi Valley Lake then either go along Pandiar Hills Mudumalai Sanctuary Falls Pykara or
Western Feeding Bangitappal and Bhavani-Superior. You can enter
Parson-Portimund Valley-Emerald-Avalanchi-Kolaribetta western catchment area
and Mukurthi peak ascent and then return to Ooty from Mukurthi Dam and Pykara.
The hills are covered with shola forest and the home of Nilgiri Tahr and other
wildlife. Anglers can try their skills in the various lakes here, though with
permission from the fishing department. Check with the local service during the
tourism usually takes place between March and May.
