Dates :: Republic day weekend - Jan 26, 27 and 28 2012
Trip :: Coimbatore - Pollachi - Udumalapet - Pollachi - Top Slip - Coimbatore
Day 1 :: Coimbatore - Pollachi - Thirumoorthi falls - Thirumoorthi dam - Amaravathy Dam - Crocodile park - Pollachi
Day 2 :: Pollachi - Monkey falls - Aliyaar dam - Maasani Amman Temple - Top Slip
Day 3 :: Top Slip - Coimbatore - Chennai
Day 1, after taking the morning break at a relative's house we started towards Pollachi and booked rooms at Nivetha Inn - clean and convenient rooms above Hotel Gowrikrishna (get one of the tastiest food here). We drove towards Thirumoorthi dam and falls. This is 50 kms from Pollachi and around 23 kms from Udumalapet. A simple trek of 900m (not recommended for elders) from the Thirumoorthi temple leads to the falls. A short but rapid falls is an excellent place to take bath ! We did pack our lunch from the Gowrikrishna hotel as there are no good places around to eat. We could not have the food at the falls as there were too many monkeys around. We trekked back and had the packed lunch near the vehicle and came down to the banks of Thirumoorthi dam. The breeze was quite nice for children to play in water for some time. Then, we drive to Amaravathi dam - 25 Kms from Thirumoorthy Dam.
There is a crocodile nursery hear the dam - 60+ crocodiles are there. A short time pass is worth here and a walk around the dam ended the day. We drove back to Pollachi and stayed overnight at Nivedas after dinner at Gowrikrishna hotel.
Day 2, we decided to start early to Monkey falls. We packed the breakfast from the hotel and started around 7 AM. 24 kms from Pollachi is monkey falls. Luckily, we were the first on the morning and the water was sufficient for few people to take bath. 20 mins of shower on the cold and fresh water was awesome. Drove back by few kms, we reached Aaliyaar dam. Climbed to the top and took few photos around.
After visiting Maasani Amman temple, 20 kms from Aliyaar dam, we drove uphill to Topslip. We got a decent cottage for undisclosed amount (:-)) around 12:15 PM. We had a decent lunch there in the canteen and drove with our vehicle to the Kerala - Parambikulam check post. Took few photos there and drove back to the cottage. We then drove to the Elephant camp by 5 PM. We witnessed the elephant being fed and allowed to take photographs with the elephants. Not too many animals were sighted during the drive and night stay at Topslip this time ! Few deer, lone Bison and peacock and lots of Wild Boars.
Early morning around 7 AM, we started from Topslip reached back Coimbatore by 10:30 AM - relaxed a bit and started back to Chennai by afternoon. A nice and short trip with family.
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