Alappuzha beach

The Alappuzha beach which is also called as Alleppey beach lies in between the Arabian Sea and the Punnamada backwaters. The Alappuzha beach is an attractive one and was a busiest coast of south India in the earlier times. It is a beautiful beach with scarlet sunsets with silver sands and palm trees. The canals and backwaters here helped in the transportation of goods from the Western Ghats to the sea. There is an old light house and a pier that is around 1000 ft long. It was built in the year 1862, by Captain Hugh Crawford. This pier was helpful for trade purposes and provided shelter to the boats that reached there.

 Alappuzha beach has facilities for adventurous water sport activities like surfing, parasailing, riding water scooters, high speed boats etc. It is considered to have one of the best water sport facilities. The tourists also can take a dip in the sea and enjoy swimming in the clear waters.

The beach is beautified by a garden where you can take a walk and roam about. There are two parks near to the beach namely the Vijaya Park and the Sea View Park. There are facilities for boating, toy trains for kids etc. available in these parks that attracts the children and they can have a great time here. There is also a swimming pool in the Vijaya Park.

How to Reach

Nearest Railway Station:Alappuzha railway station

Nearest Airport:Cochin International Airport

The Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary

The Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary is located on 345 square kilometers of densely forested land.This is an ideal destination to watch herds of elephants, the sanctuary is contiguous with the protected area of the Nagarhole National Park and the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in neighbouring Karnataka and Mudumalai of Tamil Nadu.

The Muthanga National Park is a popular wildlife sanctuary located on the Kerala hills and offers a natural habitat to a large number of wild animals including Gaur, sloth bears, sambhar, elephants, reptiles, tigers, spotted deer, monkeys, panthers, jungle cats, civet cats, wild dogs, bison, lizards, bears, wild pigs, leopards  etc

Birds at the Muthanga National Park promise to enchant you and keep you thoroughly entertained as you course the nature trails and look to spot wildlife on your holiday tours to this part of Kerala, South India. Among the commonly spotted birds at the Muthanga national Park in Kerala, South India some which deserve a special mention are the Malabar Grey Hornbill, peacocks, owls, woodpeckers, cuckoos, jungle fowl, babblers, herons, egrets, water ducks, bulbuls, peafowl, shrikes, eagles, cormorants, wagtails, rollers, pheasants, snipes and a large variety of other birds. Be amazed at the colorful assembly of good-looking birds at the Muthanga National Park in Kerala, South India and enjoy the singing of these birds as you spot and identify them to your delight with the help of a bird watching guide.

The vegetation at the Muthanga National Park in Kerala, South India is simply exotic. A profusion of herbal and medicinal vegetation grows wild all over the Muthanga national Park that is an integral part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. 

The perfect time to go on wildlife tours to the flourishing Muthanga National Park in Kerala, South India is during the months of June to October. There can be few experiences so gratifying as to take a tour to Muthanga National Park, where you can spot tigers very frequently. The sanctuary has one of the largest populations of elephants in India.

How to Reach:

Nearest Railway Station : Kozhikode, about 97 kms by road from Sulthan Bathery

Nearest Airport : Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode, nearly 120 kms from Sulthan Bathery