Padavayal, India
Bangi Thabal Guest House Rd
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Good for kids
Native hill tribe communities including the Toda people have harvested firewood from the sholas and grazed their animals including the hill buffalo for centuries. Indiscriminate felling of the sholas started with the establishment of British settlements in Ootacamund, Coonoor and Wellington in the early 19th century. Beginning in 1841 authorities issued contracts to bidders to fell wood from specific sholas in a 'timber conservancy' program. In 1868 James Breeds, commissioner of the Hills, wrote: "...unless conservancy is taken in hand and organized under some efficient system under the control of an experienced officer, the destruction of the sholas is but a question of time." Bangitappal (Cannabis tableland), at the southwest end of the park at the confluence of two streams at the head of the Sispara Pass, used to be a halting place on the old Sispara ghat road from Kozhikode to Ooty, constructed in 1832. This pass provided a short land route for postal runners from Ooty to the west coast in the 19th century and was used for smuggling of cannabis, tobacco and later salt. A forest rest house and a trekkers shed built there in 1930 are now used by park staff and visiting researchers.
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I love to spend time in park...
It's so good. everyone don't forget to go to this place seriously it's heavenly
Can see the animals by driving mostly in the evening
Good place for weekend picnic
There is a small temple in the top of the hill called mookuthi Amman .beautiful restricted forest. we get permission to go there from forest office .strictly plastic and fire restricted
Brilliant trekking place with no plastics i would rate this place as the best trekking place in south india. However you need to get permission from the forrest dept. There is a small bungalow called fishing hut constructed during the british times. We stayed at this place . It has to be cleaned before you can stay there. We took a cook from ooty and bought some groceries for cooking from ooty. you need firewood so we brought that as well. It was a 3.5 hours trek to the fishing hut from the gates of the national park. We stayed overnight and next day morning started for the trek. it took us about 4 hours to reach the peak . On return we bathed in the river below in the valley. It is difficult to get permission. if you manage to get one dont miss this trek.
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