Ponmudi

This hill station of Ponmudi is at a distance of 61 kms from Thiruvananthapuram. The enchanting bounty of nature can be witnessed here in the quiet surroundings. Perched at an altitude of over 100 m above sea level on the Western Ghats, the shimmering green waters of the winding streams and verdant woods of Ponmudi do not spare anybody. Trekking is a passion with the visitors to Ponmudi, lying within easy driving distance from Thiruvananthapuram. It is a hill resort with narrow winding pathways and cool, green environment. Ponmudi offers excellent opportunities for trekking. There are tea estates and mist covered valleys and the drive to Ponmudi takes you through thick tropical forest and rivulets. This hill station offers a spectacular sweep of the hill ranges, tea-estates and the mist-covered valleys, peppered with little toy-like stone cottages painted a pretty violet, pink, or white with pointed and peaked roofs. It is a pretty picnic spot, endowed with natural springs a little further down the hill. A scenic viewpoint is the Golden Valley. On the way to Ponmudi, the thick tropical forest greets one at the foot of the Ponmudi hill range. The road passes under a canopy of thickly matted foliage. The forest recedes gradually giving way to neatly clipped tea bushes.

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