Ponmudi Hill Station

Ponmudi is situated at a distance of 61 km from Thiruvanathpuram. This is one of the magnificent hill stations and is a fantastic place to enjoy the bounty of nature.

Ponmudi has an extensive area of spice and tea plantations, fertile hills and mist covered valleys.

Ponmudi offers verdant surroundings while trekking and is an indication to unearth the depth of it.

Ponmudi bestows with a memorable vacation worth lifetime. Different types of birds reverberate amidst the valleys and the aroma of the tea plantations and spice are the best to delve into and to comprehend this enthralling hill station.

Ponmudi gives its visitors a wonderful opportunity to cleanse off mental and body exhaustion. Even simply strolling through Ponmudi enlightens your whole day. There are numerous stalls selling multitudes of things right from Kashmiri goods to crafts from Rajasthan.

However, the spice shops are filled with varieties of spices. The name Ponmudi means Golden Crown and is befitting as it beautifies the God’s country. This is expressed so because it is a gem studded in a kings temple. It is situated at a height of 3200 feet above sea level. Ponmudi bestows with experience of enveloped hills, plains and clouds that rejuvenates your cells.

Ponmudi is dotted with a surfeit of sight seeing places, though it does not have significant tourist landmarks. The colorful butterflies and the tweeting birds can be seen at the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary.

It is believed that Pygmy Elephants are spotted here. These are one of the rare elephant species found only in Africa. Ponmudi makes an ideal place for trekkers.

Ponmudi has a Deer Park and was referred previously as the Upper Sanatorium, while the narrow deflections leading to Ponmudi were referred to as the Lower Sanatorium. The lower sanatorium is an ideal place for tourist activity as it embraces various tourist lodges, guest resort and KTDC beer as well as food shops.