Well, not all the same… Unleashing views of the siruvani forest reserves from Kerala; the other richly forested side could be a lot more interesting and apprehensible to trekkers and travel analysts… With years of preserving nature, the Singappara forest area tending to Siruvani cascade and that finally transforms into a river and serves water to the entire Coimbatore city; developing with a keen rationality to technology and science…
So, from Kerala things are altogether different… You get to enjoy the beauty of Mother Nature with Nilgiri Biosphere reserves on a panorama… It can be breath taking with all rights to go trekking with less strenuous paths and farther ideas to move towards reserves that house some of the best medicinal herbs and plants… animals you can see are literally lots…besides it’s the rarest spot which has the vastest species for bird watching… I bet it’s a treat and could serve a great sphere for ornithologists…. Sources say that there are no larger groups of trekkers and analysts flooding the locative mapping by tagging it the richest ground for bird discoveries with lesser nature lovers accessing it every year… You’ll find records telling you there are around 44 new birds discovered until now… Remember one important line… It isn’t that easy if you want to go deep down the forests to camp or trek… Huh… Yeah… you should get procedures done which aren’t simpler but YES with a lot more possible access to what needs to be operated on over the Tamil Nadu side… I’ve told you already … Siruvani in Tamil Nadu is a drinking water supply… So you can’t get in with all ease… It’s a core protected spot…
Further east, when you head from Mannarkad to Palakkayam, all you’ll find are the hills with thick vegetation on two sides with a narrower road in between… It could be quite intimidating if its summer because you’ll halt with a brake on notice of a semi wild animal… contrary to what happens in hill areas it isn’t a BIG danger if you see a lone male elephant on the roads walking towards you… however they depend largely on hill slopes and not roads furthermore a keen sense to humans that come nearby so that they move way…
So you’ll reach Singappara Forest reserves once heading miles east from Mannarkad… driving through the thick forests, you should be getting a letter signed from the forest officials if you want to stay overnight.. The forest officials would direct you to the Pattiyar Bungalow… It does look like a Cottage and quite don’t except things to be luxurious and a more of a RESORT… just a small three roomed cottage with power for strictly three hours a day; chief dependence on solar power… So if its summer, things are favorable... if not, it could be quite not OKAY… Nevertheless, there are always winds blowing towards the cottage and this should keep the place cooler and nature near…
Once you decide to visit the Siruvani Dam, make it earlier in the morning so that you don’t miss the conveyance that comes until a restricted area… For now, I’ve heard people saying that the cottage is closed because there are ideas for renovation… Even then, its OKAY… taking a one day trip is all the more prudent and fine if you want to visit the dam and less forested areas… I’m not sure what possibly applies on a procedure for trekking inside the forest for three or four days… Procedures are changed for now… Lot of reasons; truly for ensuring lesser exploiting of forests and also to maintain a richer reserve is what tops the list…
Anyways don’t forget one major view… From the Siruvani dam, if there’s no much mist, you’ll get a spectacular look at the Coimbatore City...
