Kanjirakolli waterfalls

       Kanjirakolli is one of the emerging tourism centre in malabar ,Here the main attraction is  the  waterfall.it is also known as 'Alakapuri waterfalls'.It is situated around 67km far from kannur and the nearest towns are iritty,manikkadvu and Thaliparamba .The monsoon scenes of Alakapuri waterfall is extremely attractive.This waterfall contains three stages first one is known as Elappara waterfall and the second one is the Alakapuri waterfalls and the last and third one is the biggest it carries more water in the monsoon.And the second stage contains seven steps of ledge of hard rocks.The origin or the starting point of waterfall is from Karnatakaand then its flowing through Kerala.Sometimes the surrounded area is blossomed by the rare  blue flower called "Neelakurinji".It is a wildflower which blossomed  at every 8 years in the area.

                   The second attraction of kanjirakolly is sasipara,Its a big ancient rock, From the top of the sasipara we can see the coorg forest karnataka and the kanjirakolly valley.View from sasipara is really wonderful and it is at height of 4000ft from sea level.so its interesting those who are like water and waterfall...

How to reach:
By Bus   : Iritty -ulikkal-manikadavu
                Thaliparamba-payyanur-padankavala
                Thaliparamba- payyavoor-kanjirakolli
By Train : Nearest Railway stations are Kannur and Payyanur.

By Air    :Calicut International Airport and Mangalore international Airport are the nearest 

                  Air ports
Nearest Attractions : Aralam Wildlife sanctuary,Aralam farm, pithalmala,Parrasinikadavu snake park, vismaya water theme park,etc

Hotels and Resorts : K K residency payyanur,iritty
                                    Falcon Plaza, iritty
                                    Dream tourist Home,Thaliparamba,etc..
For More details of kanjirakolli visit : http://kanjirakolli.blogspot.in/

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"Pithalmala" one of the best place for trekking

   

  Paithalmala or vithalmala is one of the most beautiful hill station in kannur district.
Which is situated in the western Ghats near kerala-karnataka border. This immaculate

hill station has derived its name from two words in malayalam (pithal and mala) 

meaning is infant hill.

Its at a height of 1370m above from sea level.The starting point of  trekking is kudiyanmala

and the target point is about 6km far from the valley. paithalmala is the highest peak in kannur and the hiker have to walk around 4km through dense forest to reach the top.but 

the path is not so easy to cover you have to protect your legs using boots or shoes because 

a lot of blood sucking leeches are there for attacking you.

  The highest attraction is the observatory tower made by the tourism department

at the top.The view of valley from the tower is mind-blowing, from there you  can

see half of the area of kannur city and wonderful scenery of coorg forest.it is better 

to carry food and a small tent also because night sleep in the top of pithalmala is 
awesome because of the cool climate.so its time to pack your bags and head here 
for an exciting vacation.

How to reach:
 By Bus : 58 km far from kannur and the nearest bus station is pottanplav (several KSRTC 
                   buses  running pottanpalav to kannur).

 By Train : payyanur and kannur railway stations are the nearest railway stations.
 By Air    : Calicut International Airport and Mangalore international Airport are the nearest 

                  Air ports
 Nearest Attractions : Aralam Wildlife sanctuary,Aralam farm, kanjirakolly                              waterfalls,Parrasinikadavu snake park, vismaya water theme park,etc

 Hotels and Resorts : Kerala Tourism Development corporation(KTDC) Hotels & Resorts.With  12 room for accommodation,pithalmala
  
  Reference   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paithalmala

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