Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park – Unsullied Ecstasy

Yes, NILGIRI BIOSPHERE NATURE PARK, one of the less popular trekking spots and a place that’s unconditionally rich in Flora and Fauna, is what I thought would need to take a place in one of my blog posts. It’s quite perplexing as to where the park exactly lies. Many people think that it is in Kerala, but beyond doubt, it is within the limits of Tamil Nadu border & around 6-9 kilometers from the Anaikatti- Kerala ghat road... or simply where the two states (kerala & Tamil Nadu) get divided…

Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park is located in the Thuvaipathy, a village that holds an equal blend of tribes from Tamil nadu & kerala, being predominantly IRULAS… These tribes speak Kannada, Tamil & Malayalam. The village is subject to constant poaching & illegal activities because of the lush vegetation and a healthy elephant population… You will also find a school called “Vidya Vaanam” that is being operated to educate and refine the kids of Thuvaipathy.

To get here, it takes around 45 minutes from kanuvai, the tiny land of brick factories, will lesser habitation and fair amount of forests. I once saw the bus that routes to Thuvaipathy right from Coimbatore, but I am still unsure whether it is a regular take. Don’t worry; you get to enjoy an ideal means of transport, the jeep, the best companion to ghat roads right from Anaikatti…

Back to the park, possessing a simple history though; is a home to complicated blend of vegetation & vividly exceptional wildlife… It’s an excellent place for Bird watching serving a natural gift to ornithologists & wildlife explorers… For more than 20 years, the park has been successfully managed by the Coimbatore Zoological Park Society (CZPS).

“Housing 100 species of birds, 22 species- amphibians, 20 species- reptiles, 18 species- mammals, more than 300 invertebrates ( Source : http://www.nbnaturepark.com/)”.

The park presents a trip in the nature trail measuring roughly 2 kilometers… An ecstasy to trippers, the trail or the path runs deep into the park showcasing more than 50 % of the wildlife & plant species…The park also holds the credit of featuring 85 unique species of plants that are found nowhere in INDIA, however 30 % of it is in danger of extinction … I personally promise, you will definitely enjoy tripping to NBNP…

Alright!!!!! Not the old stuff anymore… I am writing this paragraph exclusively for trekkers and travel analysts.… We routed quite an unclear way from Thuvaipathy village to Narasipuram, which is the extreme west of Coimbatore that lies parallel to Velliangiri hills & siruvani... As logically, it’s the Western Ghats being the MOTHER of such nature marvels. Narasipuram is a home to the small cascade – The Vaidehi falls named after the Blockbuster Tamil Movie “Vaidehi Kaathirundhal” shot near the falls…

On balance, GOD created remarkably stunning nature that spreads evenly throughout the west of Coimbatore... NBNP is one of those; assuring a divinely arresting visit that you will cherish forever…

Happy Trekking & Tripping…

Vaidehi Falls and Kerala

My blog is quite turning into a travelogue kind of stuff…However, Unquestionably amazing is what nature has around… With lush vegetation, astounding panoramas, extremely pleasant weather, it can take you a long way through the journey of enthralling ecstasy… Getting back to Western Ghats that spread over Coimbatore, I am now seriously zooming locations of Narasipuram yet my main focus would be over “VAIDEHI FALLS”, cascading down the Western Ghats exceptionally rich in Fauna.

Vaidehi falls locates far west to Narasipuram, a village that grounds considerably lesser population with a quieter atmosphere, nevertheless people panicking constantly on “elephant hang around”…. The falls is 37 kilometers west to the Coimbatore city, quite into the Forest department. I don’t really think officers permit access now… It’s perennial with a big YES to acute aridity in the months of summer… Thickly forested with trees, plants and what not bending towards the path you’ll take uphill… It can look finely narrow on a distant view… Tell you what; the cascade has promisingly a lot of undiscovered routes with each of these reasonably formed…

Yeah back to my adventuring… It was once when we took the hill route from Vaidehi Falls towards Kerala, latently it’s again the inter-state barrier…. But, the back side is equally forested with a lot more wild animal frequenting than what you’d possibly notice on the other side of the hill….Kerala was just two hills away from Vaidehi falls… It could be quite scary; you should need an undaunted spirit that would effectively drive you uphill… So the back side locates Sholayoor amidst estates and forests….. It’s conventionally less visited getting to be a big wildlife territory… Sholayoor houses few people, majority of them tribes… The hill routes can map to Sholayoor if on a viably safer trek… On the steep right to Sholayoor, the spot that enters your eyes would be “NBNP” or the “Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park”… With an interestingly diverse species of birds and butterflies, the NBNP hosts ecological wonders… Should be termed one of the best preserved assets of Tamil Nadu with unadulterated water, denser forest covers and thriving wildlife… Well once through the NBNP you’re almost into Thuvaipathy, the foothills… Sources traced nature news stating NBNP found countless butterfly species and cooler monsoons significantly nurturing the reproductive processes in butterflies…

Deciding to adventure here, all you need to be doing is take the forest officer’s permission; cos the falls is closed most of the months…you’ll for sure have a tough time on getting a permit… Sorry, but yes, truth hurts…Wow, if things turn out positive, its going to be your own adventuring… the forests and you on a big time trek… Well, there are lots of points to think over… To us it took around a complete 5 hours on trek, with a good luck though… You really need to monitor your routes and an obsessive tenacity pushing you through times of confidence drops…

Every trek is always a combo of luck, courage, fascination and a pinch of healthier prudence… Best of luck!!!! Have a safe trek ahead…!!!!