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Explore Periyar I
Duration : 2 nights and 3 days



Day 1
Arrive at Thekkady for lunch. Meet your hosts from the local community. Get a briefing on today’s programme. The programme starts with a trek at 4 pm. You reach Jungle Inn, a forest cottage after a one hour trek. Jungle Inn is on the edge of a meadow. You may see wildlife later in the evening. your dinner is cooked and served by your hosts. Talk to your hosts. They are experts in jungle crafts and local lores. Spend the night listening to night sounds of a tropical jungle

Day 2
Wake up early with tea and snacks and trek back to Thekkady. This is a great time for birding. Check in at Bamboo Grove Ecolodge run by local communities. After break fast go for a spice garden tour for two hours followed by shopping for spice and souvenir at Kumily and Thekkady. Visit Turtle Shop run by local communities. In the evening go on a Tribal Heritage and Village Tour to the Mannan Village. The museum run by them features artifacts, costumes, traditional agriculture implements, vessels, musical instruments etc. Back at Bamboo Grove, attend an audiovisual presentation by the ecologist/ education officer of PTR. Discuss over dinner. Overnight at Bamboo Grove.

Day 3
After breakfast check out.

Explore Periyar II
4 Days and 3 Nights

Day1
Arrive at Periyar by noon and check into Bamboo Grove Ecolodge. Bamboo Grove is arguably the only ecolodge in India run by local communities. After lunch, visit the tribal heritage Museum followed by a walk through the Mannan village. The museum is a veritable treasure trove of artifacts from their traditional agricultural practices, marriage ceremony, rituals, costumes, arts and crafts. On display are fishing gear, weaponry, indigenous medicine, vessels, cereals, medicinal herbs, musical instruments, bamboo furniture etc. At 4 pm go for a boat cruise in Lake Periyar to spot wildlife. Back in Bamboo grove after the cruise, attend an audiovisual presentation on Periyar Tiger Reserve followed by discussion with the Ecologist/Education officer. Dinner, Overnight stay

Day2
After breakfast, go for a day long bamboo raft ride, the most popular Ecotourism activity in Periyar. Your hosts are poachers turned protector of PTR. You trek for a few kilometer and then ride a bamboo raft that seats 6 visitors. Packed lunch, Tea/ coffee and snacks are served by your hosts. You can explore some remote inlets of Periyar lake with your hosts and an armed park guard. You have good chances of spotting wildlife. The raft ride ends at 5 pm and you trek back to Thekkady . Overnight Stay.

Day 3
Wake up early with Tea and snacks and go for an early morning trek. After breakfast visit a spice plantation. Have lunch and go for shopping for spice, artifacts, souvenirs, in Kumily and Thekkady . After an early dinner go shepherding the night (7pm-10pm). Unique night trek through the jungle with a patrolling party designed to protect the eco development zone of PTR from illegal activities. While you get a fair chance to spot nocturnal animals and birds. Overnight in Bamboo grove.

Day 4
After breakfast check out of Bamboo grove.