Thenmala houses the first ever eco tourism project

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   Thenmala "Then + Mala". "Then" in malayalam means honey and "Mala" means hillock. The honey collected from Thenmala forest region is of good quality and of high medicinal value because of the unique floristic composition of the forests.
Thenmala is a small village at the foothills of Western Ghats and predominantly a forest area. Thenmala is Located about 72kms from Thiruvananthapuram city and 16 km from Palaruvi Falls.
Thenmala is nowadays a tourist destination on the world map.
Thenmala houses the first ever eco tourism project in India.
The famous Shenduruney Wildlife Sanctuary is the most important ecotourism resource of Thenmala Ecotourism. This Wildlife Sanctuary is of about 100 sq. km. and harbors large varieties of flora and fauna.
The Thenmala dam was built across Kallada River. Thenmala is also a fauvorite places for movie makers. Lots of Malayalam and Tamil movies has been made at various locations of Thenmala.
Thenmala attracts foreign and domestic tourists with a host of attractions.
Boating on the lake, a rope bridge, trekking, mountaineering, biking and a musical fountain.
The waterfall called Palaruvi is a prime attraction nearby.
Also nearby is a deer rehabilitation center where visitors can see deer in a forest setting and have a peep into a traditional tree house used by forest dwellers to escape harm from wild animals.
Other places near Thenmala are Kulathupuzha, Anchal, Punalur, Kamukumchery and Shenkottah Tirunelveli Dist(Tamil Nadu).

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agnisharman Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Admin Group Simply Malayalee Joined: 01 - September - 2007 Location: Chennai Online Status: Offline Posts: 1713	Quote Reply Topic: Thenmala houses the first ever eco tourism project Posted: 15 - June - 2008 at 20:32
	Thenmala "Then + Mala". "Then" in malayalam means honey and "Mala" means hillock. The honey collected from Thenmala forest region is of good quality and of high medicinal value because of the unique floristic composition of the forests. Thenmala is a small village at the foothills of Western Ghats and predominantly a forest area. Thenmala is Located about 72kms from Thiruvananthapuram city and 16 km from Palaruvi Falls. Thenmala is nowadays a tourist destination on the world map. Thenmala houses the first ever eco tourism project in India. The famous Shenduruney Wildlife Sanctuary is the most important ecotourism resource of Thenmala Ecotourism. This Wildlife Sanctuary is of about 100 sq. km. and harbors large varieties of flora and fauna. The Thenmala dam was built across Kallada River. Thenmala is also a fauvorite places for movie makers. Lots of Malayalam and Tamil movies has been made at various locations of Thenmala. Thenmala attracts foreign and domestic tourists with a host of attractions. Boating on the lake, a rope bridge, trekking, mountaineering, biking and a musical fountain. The waterfall called Palaruvi is a prime attraction nearby. Also nearby is a deer rehabilitation center where visitors can see deer in a forest setting and have a peep into a traditional tree house used by forest dwellers to escape harm from wild animals. Other places near Thenmala are Kulathupuzha, Anchal, Punalur, Kamukumchery and Shenkottah Tirunelveli Dist(Tamil Nadu).
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agnisharman Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Admin Group Simply Malayalee Joined: 01 - September - 2007 Location: Chennai Online Status: Offline Posts: 1713	Quote Reply Posted: 28 - January - 2009 at 02:33
	"Finally, wondering whether to kill the Yaathra magazine writer, bomb the Thenmala ecotourism society, or sue Kerala tourism authority for what they'd done, we were on our way home faster than we hoped to be. And that signpost. Theres one that will still leave me in splits of laughter and anger together." This is how Hari Vishnu had ended his article on his experience with Thenmala Trekking. Evidently un-happy Hari Vishnu gives his version of how disappointed he was visiting Thenmala Eco-Tourism spot, after reading what he calls a "much hyped" tourist destination by a "Yathra magazine" Mahesh Mahadevan commented "Next time, try finding a spot that is yet untouched by the spoiling hands of tourism. There's a place that junta from IITM would have gone to at least once during B.Tech (I haven't, but hey, that's me) - it's called Tada falls, and it is pretty isolated. Even though we guys have done our fair share of spoiling it by dumping tons of trash and bottles of liquor, it is well worth a day's hiking to get there. I am pretty sure there are such places in Kerala that you or some of your relatives might know of. When you're without the crowd or the commercialization, that's the true adventure" Read Hari Vuishnu's entire article and see the pictures he had clicked at his blog (http://college-memories.blogspot.com/2009/01/misadventures-at-thenmala_27.html)
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amiraggarwal Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Senior Member Joined: 12 - May - 2010 Location: New Delhi Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Quote Reply Posted: 21 - May - 2010 at 08:03
	wow... dis is really nice....
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