Make a Day of Jumbos
Kodanad and Kottur await to give you jumbo memories. Sounds like a trip you have been waiting for, right?!
Visit Kodanad Elephant Training Centre in Ernakulam to watch the playful giants up close. You can go for an elephant safari as well. The mahouts would assist you throughout your journey.
The Elephant Rehabilitation Centre at Kappukad in Thiruvananthapuram let you watch aged elephants and young ones alike, dwelling in peace in a haven designed especially for them. The ideal time to visit the centre is between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. If you reach around 10.30 hours, you get to watch the elephants being fed by their handlers.
Contact
Thiruvananthapuram
Getting there
Thiruvonamahotsavam at Thrikkakkara Vamana Moorthy Temple
The temple is considered the epicentre of Onam celebrations across Kerala.
Feast of Vallarpadathamma
Annually the church witnesses the participation of a large number of people from around the globe.
Malayattoor Perunnal
Thousands of devotees immersed in prayers carrying wooden crosses of different sizes and ambling up a hill; a whole village getting decked up and readying itself to welcome these pilgrims.
Aranmula Thiruvonathoni
Once a year, the River Pamba gets enlivened as an elaborately decorated snake boat glides across its placid waters bearing the provisions for a grand feast
Triprayar Pooram Purappadu & Uthram Vilakku
Pooram Purappadu, Uthram Vilakku and Vrischika Ekadasi are the popular festivals
Vrischikam Festival at Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple
Discover the thrills & chills of festivities here!
Elephant Rehabilitation Centre, Kottur- For Jumbo Memories
For those enamoured by elephants, a patch of wilderness awaits you in the outskirts of Trivandrum. Far away from the humdrum of city life, there exists a green paradise, where one gets to experience the wild like no other. It is the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre at Kottur in Trivandrum, which is a care centre for baby elephants rescued from the wild. The centre lies in the Agasthyavanam Biological Park Range. Apart from being in the company of elephants, one also gets to engage in a host of activities here.
Ecotourism programmes at Kottur in Kerala
Kottur elephant rehabilitation centre, nestled in the foothills of the Western Ghats, retains its serenity. Spread over 56 kilometers, the elephant centre in Kottur is surrounded by trenches on all side checking those surprise intrusions from the wild out there.
Kottur - elephant rehabilitation Centre Thiruvananthapuram
Trek and get to the top of the Watch tower at Kottur in Thiruvananthapuram you can see magnificent views of places as far as Kathirumundi, Thottumpara, Agasthyakoodam, Ponmudi and Pandipathu. The trek to Kathirumudi from Chonanpara with the permission of the forest department is perhaps one of the best trails of Kottur, to see the wild up close. Kottur and trekking to Neyyar Sanctuary outskirts is the most popular trekking here.
