Kollam Tourism
Kollam is a
beautiful place in Kerala that is in the Southern part of India.There are many
scienic places in Kollam.It should have a very good position in the tourism
map. In Kollam many adventure zones, lakes, beach, nature parks, sightseeing,
etc .Here going to specify 5 best tourist locations in Kollam.
Jatayu Earth
centre
This is one of the best nature park in
Kollam.It is in Chadayamangalam, Kollam, Kerala. That is 50 kilometer distance
from Trivandrum air port. A large bird sculpture is here. This is considering
as the world’s largest bird sculpture.This is the sculture of the bird Jatayu
from the epic Ramayana. This sculpture is made on the top of a big rock. This
is 1200 feet above the sea level .Here arranged adventure zone, health centre,
helicopter riding facility.This place is locating in the side of MC road. This
place will give a very good experience for the tourists.
Thenmala eco
tourism.
This is one of
the best eco friendly tourism location. This place is 66 kilometer from
Kollam.This place is located in the Kollam Schencotta road. Nearest railway
station is Schencotta. Thenmala dam is there. This dam has a height of 280
foot. It is used for hydropower. It was opened in the year 1986. Will get a beautiful
view fro the top of the dam.. A leisure zone is here. Leisure zone is the part of the forest and
contains a sculpture garden. An adventure zone arranged here. A deer park is
here.A butterfly park is here. It contains 100 varieties of butterflies .A fish
aquarium is here which contains a variety of fish..A view point, laser show, boating
etc are the other facilities arranged here.
Kollam beach
Kollam beach
is a beach at Kollam city. It is known as Mahatma Gandhi Beach. This beach is
4km from Kollam city. Nearest air port is Trivandrum and nearest railway
station is Kollam. It is one of the best wedding destinations. This beach
contains a park.This is Mahatma Gandhi park.This beach has a life guard out
post. Kollam is famous cashew trading location. In the beach a light house is
present which has a height of 45m.It is said as Thangasseri light house. From
the beach will get a very beautiful view of the Arabian sea. It is possible to
watch sun set from here. This beach is use to play football and badminton. This
is a very good location for photographic.
Kottukkal cave
temple
Kottukkal is a
place in Kollam district. This place is in the ittiva in Chadayamangalam. A
rock cut cave is here. A "cave temple" is here. The hill looks like a sitting elephant. This rock cut
has two caves. These caves are facing towards the east. The cave temple is for
to Lord Shiva.One of the cave contain a mukha mandapam with pillars.The other
cave will opened towards a sanctum. There is a well is there in the cave
temple,the water in the well will not dried out.This is a very beautiful
place.40 kilometer distance from Kollam. Nearest railway station is
Kottarakkara and nearest air port is Trivandrum.
Palaruvi waterfalls
This is one of the beautiful waterfalls in Kollam
district Kerala. Palaruvi water fall is in the 32 nd position on the basis of
height compared with the other water falls in India. Palaruvi waterfalls
are coming from a height of 300 feet. This is situated at Aryankavu in the
Kollam district in Kerala State. Freshness of water is a specialty here .For
families it is really a good place to visit. Large number of tourists is
visiting here and takes bath under the water. From Aryankavu the tourism
department is providing van facility to travel to this place. The journey is
through the forest and it will give a very good experience. The nearest railway
station is Aryankavu. One train named as Palaruvi express is running between
Aryankavu and Palakkad.
The above places will give an awesome experience for the tourists.
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