PALKULAMMEDU HILL (PALKULAMEDU HILL) | IDUKKI

A exiting hill called palkulamedu or palkullammedu near Idukki with shola covering on one side and grassland on other side. The small perennial poolmakes the hill very special.

About Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu)

Palkulamedu is one of the few lesser known high peaks of Idukki from where you can have an exciting view of the Idukki Arch dam and its backwaters. This hill is visible from almost all the town near Idukki. He hill extends further north from its peak making its way through the Idukki wildlife sanctuary.

From the top of the hill you can have a beautiful scene of the Periyar River gorge. Another exiting view is the sunset and sunrise view, very spectacular

Wild Fruits on the trees on the way	Grass Flowers on the way, This grass covers one side of the hill	The Palkulamedu Hill in green just a week after the summer burnings
The Palkulamedu Hill near Idukki Kerala in green
The Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )Hill in green	A vuew if the Plakulamedu (Palkulamedu )hill from halfway..so lovely
A view if the Plakulam medu hill from halfway..so lovely	A tree and the beautiful back drop from Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).
View of the trees and the flat grasslands on half way of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )
The Shola forest on one side the medu	The peak of the palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ) from the road by KSEB.	Monkey on Tree- Jibil John
The Palkulam medu Hill, Idukki	The Palkulam medu Hill, Idukki	The grasshill of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )facing south. And the patches of shola forest.
The slopes of the Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).
The slopes of the Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).	The Cheruthony dam viewed far away from Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).
The meadows of palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )	The slopes of the Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).
The slopes of the Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).
The slopes of the Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).	Under the Shola Patch	The slopes of the Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ).
The distant Hill Peaks.	The Palkulam on the top of the hill.	A Chamelion
A Bafellow
A Lone tree on the grass hill.
Looking towards the hill.	Looking towards the hill.
The Peak of palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )
	At half trek of the Hills --looking side	At half trek of the Hills
The Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ) Medu	The Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu ) Medu	The Magnificient shola Patch.
The Grass Hills of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )
The Grass Hills of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )	The Grass Hills of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )
The Grass Hills of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )	The Grass Hills of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )
The Grass Hills of Palkulammedu (Palkulamedu )

How to reach

There is a jeep road upto the final peak of the hill. This road starts from A place called Churali (8 Kms along the Adimaly road from Cheruthony). From Churali move along the tarred road seen to the hill. The road has a steep ascent to the hill. You may feel as if the road is moving away from the hill but don’t get confused, your path is right.

The only town on the way is Alparai, a small town with a few shops. After moving for about 6 kms you will reach a junction. Make a left turn from this junction (The road is a steep ascent) and, the other road goes down the hill. Our road is a tarred one with a few houses Cashew nut plantations on either side , which morphs to a untarred jeep road after 3 kilometers. Move further along the untarred road, crossing a few very steep hairpin bends and the high tension electric lines. At last you will reach a flat plateau and from there you can see the peak in front of you, covered with patch of shola and grassland. You can easily make up your way to the top of the peak along the grassland.

From the top you can have a very spectacular view of the Idukki district

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