The filter of the forest........ Arippa Ecotourism Village

Arippa  

  

     There is no way that Arippa has walked. The forest makes an invisible view. It sounds unheard. Arippa wants to get a fresh niche for a jungle. Silence will make you smile at night. The tigers call you early in the morning. Forest Trekking School and Plant Forest Plantation brought Arippa to the outside world. But today Arippa has become known as Eco Tourism. It is a paradise for bird watchers. Nature lovers and tourists. A filter is in front of Kulathupuzha on Thiruvananthapuram-Chenkotta road. Nine kilometres away from Madathara junction. The Kerala Forest Development Corporation (KFDC) has been providing facilities for tourists here. The guesthouse's three-room guesthouse with its well-maintained "Jyothishmathi" in the middle of the jungle is known to many tourists rather than the locals. Most of them come down to see the birds of the Western Ghats. It is here that the guest house has been training the Forest School officials.
    There are two packages in KFDC. Only stay in the guest house. It has two cooled rooms and a normal room. If there is only stay,the two will be AC coaches 1500 rupees a day, for one person Rs 1000 a day in the room. Normal room 500 a day. The food is prepared in guesthouse. Food expenditure is rented out. If not, take a tour package. One person including food, accommodation and trekking is around Rs. 1500. Travellers can travel to "Idukam para", which is about 12 km away from the small trekking to the "Amayambalam pacha" forest, which is not very far away from the guesthouse, from the "Sinkiliyar". There are also indigenous guides here. During the trekking, the wild buffalos and the horns are frequent. If the four-mile walk from the guesthouse, "Miristica" can be seen swamping. These freshwater marshes are the rare types of wildlife in the world. When we get into this forest with tight roots, we are in some age of the evolution of the universe. Trees that roam in the roots like the men standing there. The great ecological significance of the "Miristica" marshes originates from these regions of the Western Ghats. It was in 1960. Even if you do not get in the car, you can see a part of the mars. The Wenkodu junction is about four inches away from the bottom line. "Sasthaamnada" will reach about five kilometers by right from here. Here you can see the roots of the roots of the roots. This is the "Sasthamnada" swamp. The journey to "Sasthaamnada" through forest land that destroyed the plantations. You will be sad when you go to this mysterious slippery swamp; Evergreen forests out of these ways. Not many travellers want to bite the filter. It is only for those who respect nature.

Location:

Arippa has about 1000 hectares of forest plantation in a compact area. Wooded highlands of the western Ghats surround this belt, offering a calm and peaceful destination for tourists amid the forest environment. Arippa is known for its divers species of bird and wildlife and is a renowned haunt for bird watchers.

How to reach: 

By Road : 52 Km from Thiruvananthapuram city along the Thiruvananthapuram-chenkotta (SH2)

Route :Thiruvananthapuram - Palode 37 Km.

            Palode - Arippa 17 Km

By Rail : thiruvananthapuram 60 km

By Air : Thiruvananthapuran 52 km

Contact:

Kerala Forest Development Corporation - 0471 2320604

KFDC Kottayam - 0481 2581204

Principal, Kerala Forest School, Arippa Office - 0474 2442001

ACF Forest Training Center, Arippa- 0474 2442354

The Principal, Arippa Forest Training School, Via Chozhiyakkode, Kulathupuzha- 0475 2442354

Stay:

KFDC Inspection Bunglow/ Thiruvananthapuram

cottage of the Arippa Forestry Training Center can be availed. The KFDC Rest House- Vanajyolsna, and the Forest Rest House of the Training Center can be availed.

Nearby Attractions:    

➤ Kulathupuzha Sastha Temple, 3 km.   

➤ Mangayam 25 km.   

➤ Palode Botanical garden 15 km.