Trip around Pollachi !

Day 2 :: Pollachi - Monkey falls - Aliyaar dam - Maasani Amman Temple - Top Slip

Day 3 :: Top Slip - Coimbatore - Chennai

Day 1, after taking the morning break at a relative's house we started towards Pollachi and booked rooms at Nivetha Inn - clean and convenient rooms above Hotel Gowrikrishna (get one of the tastiest food here). We drove towards Thirumoorthi dam and falls. This is 50 kms from Pollachi and around 23 kms from Udumalapet. A simple trek of 900m (not recommended for elders) from the Thirumoorthi temple leads to the falls. A short but rapid falls is an excellent place to take bath ! We did pack our lunch from the Gowrikrishna hotel as there are no good places around to eat. We could not have the food at the falls as there were too many monkeys around. We trekked back and had the packed lunch near the vehicle and came down to the banks of Thirumoorthi dam. The breeze was quite nice for children to play in water for some time. Then, we drive to Amaravathi dam - 25 Kms from Thirumoorthy Dam.

Day 2, we decided to start early to Monkey falls. We packed the breakfast from the hotel and started around 7 AM. 24 kms from Pollachi is monkey falls. Luckily, we were the first on the morning and the water was sufficient for few people to take bath. 20 mins of shower on the cold and fresh water was awesome. Drove back by few kms, we reached Aaliyaar dam. Climbed to the top and took few photos around.

After visiting Maasani Amman temple, 20 kms from Aliyaar dam, we drove uphill to Topslip. We got a decent cottage for undisclosed amount (:-)) around 12:15 PM. We had a decent lunch there in the canteen and drove with our vehicle to the Kerala - Parambikulam check post. Took few photos there and drove back to the cottage. We then drove to the Elephant camp by 5 PM. We witnessed the elephant being fed and allowed to take photographs with the elephants. Not too many animals were sighted during the drive and night stay at Topslip this time ! Few deer, lone Bison and peacock and lots of Wild Boars.