God's Own Country: Kollam

Wednesday, 23 December 2015

JATAYU PARK

Jatayu Nature Park is a park and tourism centre under construction at Chadayamangalam in Kollam district of Kerala. This rock-theme adventure park is about 38 km away from Kollam city and 28 km away from Paravur. It is the first PPP tourism initiative in the state of Kerala under the BOT model. When open, Jatayu Nature Park will hold the distinction of having the world’s largest bird sculpture (200 feet long, 150 feet broad, 70 feet in height and having 15,000 square foot of floor area) of the great mythical bird

The 100 crore worth initial phase of Jatayu Nature Park will open in the first quarter of 2016 with an adventure zone having three kilometer radius. On 29 November 2015, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce's Director of stakeholder relations, Majid Al Marri visited the under construction Jatayu Nature Park along with the Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. Oommen Chandy and he got amazed by the project. They wish to build a similar structure in Dubai. They will be coming back in February 2016 for taking more pictures of Jatayu Nature Park project.

FACILITIES :
6D theatre
Cable car
Digital Museum
Adventure zone (with 20 games)
Facility for Bird’s eye view
Ayurvedic and Siddha cave resort

ACCESS :
Chadayamangalam Town - 4.5 km
Paravur railway station - 27.5 km
Kollam Junction railway station - 38.7 km
Kollam KSRTC Bus Station - 40.4 km
Kollam Port - 41.3 km
Kollam Helipad - 40 km
Kottarakara railway station - 23.1 km
Trivandrum International Airport - 53.4 km

Thursday, 3 April 2014

THENMALA

Thenmala is a tourist place near Punalur town, Kollam district in Kerala. Thenmala: "Then + Mala" , ie in local parlance "Then" means "honey" and "mala" means hillhock, ie it means Honey Hills. It is about 160 m above sea leval and is first planned Eco-tourism destination in India. Thenmala attracts foreign and domestic tourist with a host of attraction, boating on the lake, trekking, mountaineering, biking and a musical fountain.

Thenmala is a small village at foothills of Western Ghat's and predominantly a forest area. the famous Shenduruney Wildlife Sanctuary is most important eco-tourism resource in Thenmala Eco tourism.The wildlife sanctuary is about 100 sq. km. and harbors large varieties of flora and fauna. The honey collected from Thenmala is of good quality and of high medicinal value because of the unique floristic composition of the forest.

Culture Zone :
These zone accommodates various activities, which favors Ecofriendly General Tourism. Restaurant, Shop court, Amphitheater etc helps the tourist understand the Kerala cuisines, Crafts,natural wealth, art, culture etc. An open air musical dancing fountain which is considered as "Natural dancing" is another major attraction here.

Nakshtravanam :
A garden comprising of 27 trees associated with 27 birth stars. You will be blessed to see all the 27 trees planed in the garden.

Butterfly Safari :
An abode of Butterflies in an open ambiance. A garden of host plants for butterfly has been created enabling the large number of butterfly species of the region to thrive. A guided walk along the nature trail of the garden will provide the visitors an opportunity to site the butterfly and to learn about butterfly.

Musical Dancing Fountain :
The synchronized rhythmic ballet of water, sound and light located in the natural surroundings. Such a natural ambiance is very rare and hence provide unique and authentic experience.