2014-November 8 to 10th Agasthyakoodam Trekking organized by Tree Club for 3 days. It was an Adventure trip with an experienced team of 7 people with 2 local guides. We Started Trekking at 7:30 AM from Bonacaude – 36 kms to Agasthyamala. It was very hard trekking, on the way we found several waterfalls and different kinds of snakes and wild animals. We were stayed in Athirumala 2 nights. During the trekking we took several kind of phots of butterflies, flowers, animals, landscapes.
About Agasthyakoodam
Part of the Sahyadri ranges (Western Ghats) of mountains, Agasthyakoodam, at a height of 1,890 m above sea level, is the second highest peak in Kerala. Teeming with wildlife, the forests of Agasthyakoodam abound in rare medicinal herbs and plants, and brilliantly hued orchids. A bird watcher’s paradise, this legendary mountain is accessible by foot from Kotoor, near Neyyar Dam and also from Bonakkad. Trekking to Agasthyakoodam is believed to be healthy, the very air here is supposed to have healing properties. It is believed that sage Agasthya, the mythological character lived here.
