Holidaying At Kodaikanal Hills Is Good Throughout The Year

Kodaikanal is a spectacular Hill station in Tamilnadu, perfect place for holidaying and spending time with family with a well maintained township, good shopping malls and a number of hotels and guest houses to accommodate visitors of all budget ranges and it can be reached 3 hours drive from Madurai, the temple city of Tamilnadu, which is the nearest Airport for Kodaikanal travel. Kodaikanal hills are 2100 meters high, with well-maintained mountain section road, meandering round the hills, with the beautiful valley and a few Water falls in sight, the hill drive itself will be a pleasure for the traveler, and for the low budget travelers there are plenty of buses plying from nearby Towns for Kodaikanal travel, which include Batlagundu, Dindigul, Madurai or Tiruchirappalli. Kodaikanal Road is the nearest Railway Station for Kodaikanal travel from Chennai where superfast trains stop and there are prepaid taxi services available at Kodaikanal Road for travelers to reach Kodaikanal. Among the Kodaikanal tourism locations, the following are the predominant ones: •Kodaikanal Lake, covering an area of 24 hectares, beautifully landscaped and in the form of Star Shape, giving good scope for enjoyable boat ride, which one can have rowing by oneself or through a motor boat drive. •Bryant Park, very close to the Lake nurturing multi variety of flowers and plants, touring which single spot itself will take one’s half a day time. •Coaker’s Walk, a mountain edge walk area for the tourist to sit and relax or having a pleasant walk watching the deep valley by the side, unless one wants to go to the telescope tower available at the entrance to have a view of the entire valley, if not the nearby cities. •Kurinji Andavar Temple, an architectural beauty and a shrine at the top of the hills, which area is also known for a rare flower specimen called Kurinji which flowers once in 12 years. •Fairy falls, is the welcoming location during Kodaikanal travel, water cascading from a great height, giving enormous thrill and excitement to watch or to take bath in its forcefull fall. •Astrophysical Observatory at the highest point of the Kodaikanal hills, established in 1889, doing research in meteorology and solar physics. Kodaikanal tourism will be best between April and June, called Season and again there is a second season in September, however, Kodaikanal travel is quite suitable throughout the year with hotels offering concessional tariff during off season, while Kodaikanal tourism during off season would equally be a pleasant experience.