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Deep inside the isolated forests of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Periyar Tiger Trail is the best forest stay program available in Kerala or even in India? Please do comment if you know any better forest stay than the Tiger trail, after watching the full video.
Tiger trail is the best deep forest stay i have ever gone. Periyar Tiger Trail is undoubtedly the best forest stay and trekking program offered by the Periyar Tiger Reserve Thekkady, arguably the best in India.
Periyar tiger trail is available in two packages one night and two night. One night costs 6000 Rupeese per head and two night costs 8400 Rupeese per head. Maximum 6 persons can attend this program and minimum two persons needed. Two night program is conducted only once in a week that is on every Saturday and one night program twice a week that is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Booking can be done only online through the periyartigerreserve.org website.
Periyar Tiger Trail program starts with the check in at Ex-Vayana office near the thekkady check post around 9 AM. You have to fill a form there and wear the leech sox provided by them. Trekking will start around 9:30 AM, the first stretch is 3km till the Thekkady boating starting point. Four guides(including people to cook) and an armed guard. You can take a small break at the forest office, then cross the lake in a bamboo raft to start the main trekking to the tiger trail camp site. It is around 5-6KM wildlife trekking through the deep forests of Periyar tiger reserve, where you have high possibility of sighting different wild animals.(Couple of these guides going ahead of us to cook the food for us).
Tiger trail camp site is located in an island, you have to take another bamboo raft to reach there. Your wlecome drink (lime tea) will be ready by the time you reach there. Your lunch also will be ready, it is a light lunch (mostly upma). You will get some time to take rest or see the campsite and surroundings, then around 3PM another trekking will start further deep into the forest. This is a real wildlife trekking, takes some 3 hours.
Once you back after the trekking, you can have a bath in the periya lake, which is some 100+ feet deep in that area (avoid this if you dont know swimming). For the first day dinner you will have a vegetarian feast 😊 Thanks to the guides, they are excellent chefs as well. Only vegetarian food is available in Tiger trail program. Sleeping bags will be provided and you can go back to your tent for a tight sleep.
Watch the Periyar Tiger Trail part-2 video for the second day activities.
There is one more deep forest stay program available in Periyar Tiger Reserve, called Edappalayam Watch Tower or Thekkady Watch Tower. Watch the video from the channel for more details.
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