1. WAYANAD THE ECO-TOURISM ZONE Presentation Muhammed abdul jamiah.m mail2jamia@gmail.com 1 2. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE NATURE AND WANTED TO EXPLORE NATURE BY BEING PART OF IT mail2jamia@gmail.com 2 3. WHAT IS ECO-TORISM? THEYRE GREEN VERY SMALL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HIKING CANOEING / KAYAKING BIRD WATCHING SNORKELING BIKING ENERGY EFFICIENT Education for the guests about the area Keeping the tourists money local Protecting flora and fauna Immersion in local culture Involves travel to natural destinations Conserves resources mail2jamia@gmail.com 3 4. Monsoon Tourism Pilgrim tourism Historic tourism Heritage tourism Adventure Tourism Recreational Tourism It small district situated in northern kerala. Wayanad has a salubrious climate. The average rain fall is 2322 mm. High altitude regions experience severe cold. All seasons are favorable. mail2jamia@gmail.com 4 5. RECREATIONAL TOURISM CENTRES KURUVA ISLAND (KURUVA DWEEP) BANASURA SAGAR DAM KARAPUZHA DAM POOKOT LAKE KARALAD LAKE NEELIMALA VIEW POINT SUNRISE VALLEY SENTINAL ROCK WATERFALLS KANTHAN PARA WATERFALLS PAZHASSI PARK PAZHASSI TOURIST RESORT LAKKIDI GHAT PASS mail2jamia@gmail.com 5 6. ADVENTURE TOURISM PAKSHIPATHALA M, CHEMBRA PEAK, MEENMUTTY WATERFALLS mail2jamia@gmail.com 6 7. HERITAGE TRAILS WAYANAD HERITAGE MUSEUM MUNIYARA CHAIN TREE PAZHASSI RAJAS TOMB URAVU mail2jamia@gmail.com 7 8. HISTORIC TOURISM EDAKKAL CAVES PAZHASSI MEMORIAL JAIN TEMPLES AT PANAMARAM SULTHAN BATHERY JAIN TEMPLEmail2jamia@gmail.com 8 9. PILGRIMS THIRUNELLY TEMPLE PAPANASINI AT THIRUNELLI THRISSILERY SHIVA TEMPLE SEETHA-LAVA-KUSHA TEMPLE VALLIYOORKAV TEMPLE PULIYAR MALA JAIN TEMPLE PALLIKUNNU CHURCH VARAMBETTA MOSQUE mail2jamia@gmail.com 9 10. ECO TOURISM PROGRAM Elephant Camp Visit Muthanga Jeep Safari Muthanga & Tholpetty Interpretation centre visit Muthanga & Tholpetty Trekking (2 hrs, 6 hrs, 12 hrs) Muthanga & Tholpetty Bird watching (7 am. to 10 am) Muthanga & Tholpetty Paid nature camp (3 days) Muthanga Medicinal garden visit Muthanga Watch tower stay Muthanga & Tholpetty (offing) Accommodation Ceramby (2 double rooms) Muthanga & Tholpetty Dormitory (30 beds) Muthanga Eco-huts (6 Nos) Muthanga Forest rest house (2 double rooms) Other private Resorts and villas Chethalayam Entry time Daily - 7 to 10 am & 3 to 4.30 pm Duration of visit 1.30 hours (maximum) Best Season August to February February 11 to April mail2jamia@gmail.com 10 11. IMPORTANT TOURIST PLACES IN WAYANAD DISTRICT AND DISTANCES Places How they Differ Distance from Kalpetta Nearest Town Wildlife Sanctuary - Muthanga Wild Animals, Habitat 42 kms Sulthan Bathery Wildlife Sanctuary - Tholpetty Wild Animals, Habitat 59 kms Kartikulam Chembra Peak Highest Peak in Wayanad 17 kms Meppadi Neelimala View Point Site Seeing 27 kms Vaduvanchal Meenmutty Falls Trekking 29 kms. Vaduvanchal Pakshipathalam Rare speceis of birds 71 kms. Mananthavady Banasura Sagar Dam Largest Earth Dam 24 kms. Padijnarathara Jain Temple Mournment 24 kms. Sulthan Bathery Edakkal Caves Heritage 28 kms. Ambalavayal Wayanad Heritage Museum Heritage 25 kms. Ambalavayal Muniyara Heritage 27 kms. Ambalavayal Uravu Heritage 12 kms. Muttil mail2jamia@gmail.com 11 12. Pallikkunnu Church Pilgrim 19 kms. Kabalakkad Korome Mosque Pilgrim 47 kms. Padijnarathara Paingatteri Agraharam Cultural 28 kms. Mananthavady Pazhassi Raja's Tomb Historic Mournment 35 kms. Mananthavady Valliyoorkav Bhagavathi Temple Worship 24 kms Mananthavady Seetha Lava-Kusha Temple Worship 50 kms. Pulpally Thrissilery Shiva Temple Worship 50 kms Kartikulam Thirunelli Temple Worship 64 kms. Mananthavady Papanasini, Thirunelli Worship 64 kms. Kartikulam mail2jamia@gmail.com 12 13. FLORA AND FAUNA THE ECO-SYSTEM OF WAYANAD Wayanad is rich in diversity of flora and fauna with many endangered, threatened and rare species. It is a constituent of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and also Elephant Reserve No.7, harboring the worlds largest recorded population of Asiatic elephant. mail2jamia@gmail.com 13 14. KURICHIYAN S KURUMAS OORALIS ADIYAS OORALI KURUMAS MAJOR RACES mail2jamia@gmail.com 14 15. MAMMAL S mail2jamia@gmail.com 15 16. AMPHIBIAN S mail2jamia@gmail.com 16 17. DRAGONFLIE S mail2jamia@gmail.com 17 18. BUTTERFLIES mail2jamia@gmail.com 18 19. BIRDS mail2jamia@gmail.com 19 20. FISHES mail2jamia@gmail.com 20 21. HOW TO REACH WAYANAD mail2jamia@gmail.com 21 22. CONTACT INFORMATION Assistant Wild life Warden Kurichiyat , Chethalayam. (post), Wayanad District, Kerala, Pin: 673 592 Mobile : 9447008122 Assistant Wild life Warden Tholpetty, Karatikulam. (post), Mananthavadi (via), Wayanad District, Kerala, Pin: 670 645 Phone : 0493 5250853 Mobile : 9048098374 The Wild life Warden Wayanad Wildlife Division, Sulthan Bathery (post), Wayanad District, Kerala, Pin: 673 592 Phone : 0493 6220454 Mobile : 9447979105 Email : ww- wayanad@forest.kerala.gov.in Assistant Wild life Warden Sulthan Bathery Range, Sulthan Bathery Wayanad District, Kerala, Pin: 673 592 Mobile : 9539492535 Assistant Wild life Warden Muthanga Range, Muthanga (post), Wayanad District, Kerala, Pin: 673 592 mail2jamia@gmail.com 22 23. Dont miss Heaven. The wayanad Thank you mail2jamia@gmail.com 23