Land of meadows-Vagamon

Tripoto
25th Dec 2020
Photo of Land of meadows-Vagamon by Gayathri Suresh
Day 1

We started our journey around 7 in the morning and was quite excited as we were having a trip after some time. Vagamon had been in the bucket list for some time now. We took the road via Ranni-peerumedu-Vagamon. All our roadtrips include spending some time on road too. All sights were so beautiful.

On our way.

Photo of Land of meadows-Vagamon by Gayathri Suresh

Valanjanganam waterfalls.We found the waterfalls on the route and even caught eye on the rainbow. The waterfall is seen in malayalam movie CHARLIE.

Photo of Land of meadows-Vagamon by Gayathri Suresh

The waterfalls was enroute Peerumedu. It was quite crowded when we visited. Since it is shown in the famous malayalam movie 'Charlie' we were excited.

Since some road was blocked on our route to Vagamon, we took a longer route, yet a very scenic one. Peerumedu had long stretches of tea plantations and long curvy roads.
Then, via Mundakayam and Elappara we reached our resort by around afternoon.

We booked our room just a day before arriving and since it was peak season, the rates were quite high. The location of the resort was serene and had good privacy. Since, it is not long before that the resort was set up, they are just setting up the buildings and garden. They provide wifi facility and offer restaurant service too. Our room was good with a nice washroom and a balcony.

After some time of resting and a shower, we headed to Pine Forest, Vagamon which was just a walkable distance. We spent quite a time there.

Photo of CEE CEE GRAND RESORT by Gayathri Suresh

Pine forest, Vagamon

Photo of CEE CEE GRAND RESORT by Gayathri Suresh

Vagamon shares boundary between Idukki and Kottayam districts of Kerala.

Photo of Land of meadows-Vagamon by Gayathri Suresh

The place was crowded citing to the peak season, except for masks on everyone's face.

Later we spent time on the hilly meadows of Vagamon.

Day 2

This was indeed one of the best days in my life as I witnessed the best sunrise. The resort we stayed in arranged for an Off-road trip. We were 8 people and they charged 2500 for us and it was completely worth it. We were taken to different hills on Uluppuni.

The best!

Photo of Uluppuni Viewpoint by Gayathri Suresh

The meadows are a sight to behold forever;to be felt forever.

Photo of Uluppuni Viewpoint by Gayathri Suresh

Embrace nature

Photo of Uluppuni Viewpoint by Gayathri Suresh

We visited around four different parts of the viewpoints and then visited Uluppuni waterfalls.

There was a tunnel that routed water to Idukki dam.

Photo of Land of meadows-Vagamon by Gayathri Suresh

The tunnel nearby was 3.6 kms long and is shown in the Malayalam movie 'Iyyobinte Pustakam'.
We were taken to one or two more viewpoints all of which were beautiful.

Then we checked out of the resort by 12 and visited the Orchidarium nearby before leaving Vagamon.
Our trip was short and a memory to behold forever.