Athirapally Falls - A Paradise on Earth

Athirapally water falls is a panoramic, charming and bewitching place for the tourists to relax and de-stress.Though a little off season when we visited, the falls were still thundering down with tremendous force and were fascinating to view. The crowd was thinner when we we entered Athirapally but by the time we had spent a couple of hours and we had completed our tour, crowds had swelled. Well it was a Sunday and this was only to be expected.People were still coming in hordes with toddlers in tow and babies in arms and picnic baskets full of goodies.
 To reach Athirapally (and Vazhachal) one has to first travel to Chalakudy a small town in Trissur District located around 30 Kms from Trichur on the Trichur-Ernakulam highway. From Chalakudy you need to travel around 30 Kms off highway. This is a narrow ,winding but a good well maintained road and the drive was scenic and enjoyable. You drive along the banks of the Chalakudy river(down stream) and a bit of forest area before reaching Athirapally. The pictures below are mainly pertaining to the trek to the down stream site of the falls. Pics taken at upstream will follow in the next post.

Signboard at the entrance to falls

The Bamboo Entrance gate

Walkway towards the Falls

Bamboo Bench for weary tourists

Bamboo Rest House

Green Forest Cover

Eco Shop where herbs,honey & chilled herbal drinks are sold

A Bamboo Walled Wash room with Western & Indian WC's

Walking Track leading to Downstream of Waterfall

The Magnificent View of Athirapally Falls above & below

Green Cover at Downstream of Falls - above & below

Bamboo Hut for tourists - found Locked !