Ranipuram hills
You are atop one of the largest hills of North Kerala, Ranipuram, popularly considered as Kerala’s answer to Ooty. A few more steps you could reach the final challenge, a gigantic rock, some tower of a Babel, challenging the heavens, with wreathes of cloud or mist hung around its shoulders. You only have to climb that rock beyond this foggy wall somehow, with a mild sun encouraging you with its cold rays, to strike off this place, Ranipuram should be in the bucket list of heavenly places in Kerala, you’d see this lifetime.
TREKKING TRAILS
Trek to the top
The trek to Ranipuram usually begins in the morning from Panathady, where you can stay in rest houses run by DTPC, or by a few private establishments. The trek progresses through the grasslands, shola and monsoon evergreen forest vegetation of Kasaragod. Thick woods welcome you as you start off, on a good note, as you feel relieved seeing your trail lay with black stones. Climb on! An hour into the arduous trek, you emerge into rolling meadows, the shola grassland, that stretch as far as the eyes can see. A draft of cold wind hurries in from nowhere. It is a one-day 2 km trek.
Cost of the package
Rs. 30/- for Adults
Rs. 15/- for children
Getting there
By Road: 43 kms from Kanhangad Town
By Rail: 45 km from Kanhangad Railway Station
By Air: 125 Kms from Mangalore International Airport (Karnataka)
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