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The main eco-tourism hub in Wayanad district, Chembra Peak will open on Monday. Passenger entry will be subject to covid restrictions. The Trekking hours will be from 7 am to 12 pm and visitation times are from 7 am to 3 p.m. Meppadi Range Forest Officer M.K. Samir said. Visitors should follow the instructions of forest rangers and V.S.S guides. It was closed in 2018 following a Supreme Court ruling. Chembra is the highest peak in the Wayanad district and lives up to its billing of being a picturesque location. It has managed to maintain its pristine nature over the ... Read more

If you want to see and learn about the oldest human settlements ever discovered in the country, then head to Edakkal Caves in Wayanad district. Located at about 10 km from Sulthan Bathery, Edakkal Caves have pictorial writings on the walls dating back to at least 6,000 BCE, in Stone Age. The caves were first discovered by the then Superintendent of Police of Malabar District, Fred Fawcett in 1895 during one of his hunting trips. Fawcett found that the caves were the habitat of Neolithic people, and his discovery drew the attention of archaeologists and historians across the world. Perched ... Read more

The Kerala government has announced a statewide lockdown as the number of covid patients in the state has increased. After this, most of the professionals started working from home. Work from home has been a major headache for some. There are also many people who are unable to travel due to workload. But Indian Railways is introducing a new way to get rid of all this. Those who are tired of working from home can now work in hotels or resorts in major tourist destinations. IRCTC has come up with this project. The five-night work-from-resort package costs Rs 10,126. This ... Read more

Hills, mountains, forests, waterfalls, and the unavoidable fog and cold … There are more places in Wayanad waiting to climb the tourist map than places where tourists set foot. Cheengeri Hill is a new destination for the tourists of Wayanad who are looking forward to a new look at every sight. Not only in form and appearance, but even the views from the top of the mountain are now more evident. Cheengeri Hill is becoming an adventure tourist destination. Cheengeri Hill is located at an elevation of 2600 ft above sea level in Wayanad. Situated close to the Ambalavayal, this ... Read more

Verdant green landscapes, misty mountains, romantic waterfalls, scores of folk art forms… the picturesque district of Wayanad is all this and much more. But if you are a true adventure lover, you may enjoy yourself at Karlad Lake in Wayanad, Kerala, India. The Wayanad Adventure Camp (WAC), the first of its kind in south India, run by the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) Wayanad, is an ideal place for adrenaline junkies. Karlad Lake is perfect for adventurous activities. The DTPC offers a smorgasbord of adventure sports in this pretty place. It is the best place for those who love to ... Read more

Seeking to keep prime tourism destinations across Kerala plastic and garbage free, Hon. Minister for Tourism, Co-operation and Devaswom Kadakampally Surendran today launched the “Clean Kerala Initiative,” piloted by Responsible Tourism Mission with the co-operation of the stake-holders in the tourism sector. Flagging off the project and a two-day workshop at Chaithram Hotel here, Surendran lauded the role of Responsible Tourism (RT) Mission in rejuvenating the tourism sector by promoting good practices like the “Green Code of Conduct.” “Responsible Tourism Mission (RT) is not just a propaganda tool of the government but it is an integral component of the tourism ... Read more

The four-day Wayanad Splash 2019, organised in association with the State Tourism Department and Wayanad Tourism Organisation to showcase the numerous tourist attractions and activities in Wayanad, has concluded. Arab bloggers at Contour Island Resort & Spa, Wayanad As many as 396 stakeholders, including 116 sellers and 280 buyers including international tour operators took part in the business meet. Close to 110 stakeholders from Malabar region and neighbouring districts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu put up stalls at the venue to showcase their properties. Inaugurating the concluding ceremony of the B2B meet, Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said the government has earmarked ... Read more

Wayanad is all set to welcome travel trade professionals and travellers from across the world for the much awaited Wayanad Splash 2019. This unique festival celebrates Rain Tourism, making the most daunting and dormant period of the year more marketable. This year tour operators, media and travel experts come together at Vythiri Village between July 11 and July 14 to experience and promote the monsoon carnival. Splash, a joint venture by Kerala Tourism, Government of Kerala and the Wayanad Tourism Organisation, is a biannual calendar event held in July to showcase the numerous tourist attractions and activities in Wayanad district. ... Read more

The newly operational Kannur International airport has been changing the perspective of tourism in northern Kerala. In order to give the right direction for the development of tourism in the Malabar region and to exploit the unexplored areas, a Tourism Fraternity Meeting was held in Kannur on 7th February 2019. The event was organized by Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) and Bekal Resources Development Corporation Limited (BRDC) in association with the North Malabar Chamber of Commerce. Questions as to how to utilize the Kannur international airport for exploring the tourism potential of north Malabar and the nearby Kodagu in Karnataka, ... Read more

Kerala budget presentation begins at the Assembly. Finance Minister Thomas Issac has presented the fourth budget of the present government and the tenth of his. The finance minister, in his budget, has said that the Wayanad coffee will be branded under the name ‘Malabar’. The budget presentation also says that Wayanad will be declared as a special zone for horticulture. Issac also suggested giving bank loans for planting trees in Wayanad  in the budget.  

A R Ajayakumar, Wayanad District Collector, convened a meeting of the task force of ‘Haritha Keralam Mission’, to declare all tourism destinations in the district plastic-free. “As decided in the meeting, District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) will be directed to ban plastic in all tourism destinations in the district,” said the Collector after the meeting. In order to propagate the ban of plastic, a three-day vehicle rally would be organized from January 13 to 16 with the title ‘Haritha Yanam.’ The meeting also decided to organize two district-level workshops on January 21 and 27 with an effort to restore 16 ... Read more

Abad Hotels and Resorts Group, who have been in the hospitality industry for the past 32 years, has recently opened two new properties in Kochi and Wayanad.  Dutch Bungalow, Napier Street, Fort Kochi and Abad Brookside, Lakkidi, Wayanad are the new properties. The Dutch Bungalow, Fort Kochi Dutch Bungalow is a Heritage property located in Fort Kochi. It was built in 1668 by the Dutch East India company and named as “Crystal Palace”. The natives called it “Kannadi Malika” meaning “Palace of glass”. The British took over the building in 1796 and used it for naval purposes. It came to private possession ... Read more

The fifth edition of International Mountain Cycling Contest has concluded at Wayanad in Kerala on December 8. MTB Kerala-2018 has concluded at the Priyadarshini Tea Estate in Mananthavady. The event was organized by Kerala Tourism, in association with Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society and Wayanad District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC), is supported by Cycling Federation of India. Apart from contestants from India, cyclists from 11 foreign countries have also participated in the event. The categories include: International Cross Country Competition (Men), National Cross Country Competition (Men), and National Cross Country Competition (Women). “Fifth edition of the MTB has been the ... Read more

The fifth edition of International Mountain Cycling Contest to be held at the hilly district of Wayanad in Kerala on December 8. MTB Kerala-2018 will be held at the Priyadarshini Tea Estate in Mananthavady. The logo of the event was released by Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran by handing it over to E M Najeeb, Senior Vice-President of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO). Tourism Additional Director Raghudasan, Cycling Federation of India Treasurer Jayaprakash, Magazine editor of Tourism India, Ravi Shankar and KATPS CEO Manesh Bhaskar were also present at the event. The event organized by Kerala Tourism, in association with Kerala ... Read more

Climbing the Chembra peak in Wayanad is every traveller’s dream. But, the district authorities have closed in January due to drought in the hills. After nine long months, the peak is now open for tourists. The tourism department had reconstructed the road from Meppadi to Chembra Peak spending Rs 1.8 crore. But, a portion of the road was washed away during the monsoon and around 50 metres had to be rebuilt, the District Tourism Promotion Council said in a press release. Though the peak is now open for tourists, the forest department, the custodian of the peak, has decided to restrict the number ... Read more