The most popular way to enjoy Periyar is from the edge of your seat on a boat during Thekkady boating.
Thekkady weather is most conducive for visit during winters.However, during summers, you may get to spot more animals as they come out more often to drink water by the lake.
If lucky, you may also get a chance to see wildlife like Elephants coming to drink from the clear waters of the Periyar River.
The placid lake, located near the Periyar National Reserves, is one of the top in the places to visit in Thekkady and is a famous tourist spot.
Cruise along the length of the lake in a tourist boat while sighting animals, birds and reptiles. It is a great idea to keep a pair of binoculars handy to spot the unusual.There are places renting out binoculars by the hour near the boat entrance (My kid was fascinated by binoculars & wanted one for the whole day 🙁 ). If you are lucky, you might get a chance to see herds of elephants bathing on the lakeside.
It was a very informative and detailed post Neelima..loved how you were so candid about your experience.
Keep writing 😀
Thanks a bunch Sagar 🙂
Very well written…looking forward to read more about other places!
Thank you Swati !
Awesome job! So happy to see you blogging…way to go Nilima 🙂
Lovely read…enjoyed going through your blog 🙂
A very beautiful and informative post! I will definitely come back to this when I’ll be planning my trip to Kerala.
That’s great to hear Mitali!
Thanks Mitali! Anytime for any info! Cheers
Good itinerary. Very informative for travellers. Keep up the good work.
Excellent write-up on Thekkady. You have incorporated even the minute details about beautiful place.
I think i missed few activities during my visit.
You are doing a goo job.
Keep writing.
Looking forward for next.
Thank you Amit bhaiya! Its always a pleasure to read your comments 🙂
Hello, I really njoyed your blog, I do like to visit Munnar again after reading the content..
& I’ll be planning my trip soon to Thekkady..Keep posting 👍👍
What a gorgeous setting to discover! I haven’t yet been to this corner of the world, but I should. I want to see elephants!! Haha.
This is a great post about Thekkady. My only concern is the Elephant Junction. Anywhere that lets you ride animals or engage in a non-natural way is typically unethical. I would really do research into whether that’s an ethical elephant experience.