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Kodaikanal is my Husband's all-time favorite spots. He has a long time desire to go to his favorite place with his Girl and so it happened last year. We both share the habit of Travelling and calmly enjoy the aesthetics of nature.
On one fine evening, we were discussing going out for some two or three days for vacation because of a stressful month at that time. The beautiful place that reminded us was Kodaikanal (because it is our favorite place). Do you know Kodaikanal is also known as the "PRINCESS OF HILL STATIONS" and it is very true.
Best Time To Visit
September-November and April-May
Places visited
Mannavannur View, Mannavanur to Kodaikanal Road, Tamil Nadu, India
My husband is a morning person and irrespective of holiday, weekend, vacation, and weekdays his wakeup time is usually at 6 am in the morning. When we are out for any hill station, he loves enjoying morning climate there, so we decided to go nature walking around the Kodaikanal Lake, and it was really a nice experience by hearing birds chirping sounds, fog formation, had morning tea(it is must-have in that climate) etc..Actually we can enjoy the nature inch by inch very peacefully and pleasantly. Then we return to the hotel room at 7.30 am in the morning and got refreshments to explore other places.
As usual, we had breakfast at the hotel nearby and we went to Mannavanur Lake. On the way to Lake, we visited Poombarai Village view. It was two hours of journey to Mannavanur and I can say that two hours is worth the travel because it was such a beautiful place to spend time nicely. There was a huge area of a lake surrounded by trees, grasses, etc.. The grass view of the entire place is a gift to an eye. The statement "Nature is a gift of God" is true here and I realized the same. This is the perfect place for any kind of photo-shoot. The entry fee for Mannavanur is INR 30, we did Boating (Coracle/Parisal). The boating cost is separate i.e., INR 30. It was 20 mins journey. Aww! It was such a nice experience for the first time doing Parisal boating in my life. We heard that Tamil movie: I (Vikram), Perenabu (Mammuti) movie house they all shot in that place. There is a tea/snacks shop at the entrance where you can have some refreshments. I can really say that it was a wonderful experience and I personally like this place and also recommend you to this place when you visit kodaikanal(I am sure you will have a nice time there). We had lunch on the way and started to explore other usual places in Kodaikanal.
Shooting Spot in Manavannur Lake
Kodaikanal Pine Forest, Lake Road, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
As the name suggests that the place has a lot of long pine trees and gives an experience as we were in the middle of the forest. Here the speed horse riding is available and don't miss it as it gives a real horse riding experience without the rider.
Liril Falls, Golf Links Road, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
This is the place where Lyril Soap advertisement was shot and hence the name.
Kodaikanal Lake, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
We went to Botanical garden nearby and during the summer season they will arrange for a flower show (don't miss this during the summer season)but we missed this time because we went during the winter season. There's a huge grass landscape play areas for small children and other groups of children were playing volleyball and some stuff etc., and very small children were playing hide and seek, see-saw, slider, etc. we spent some good quality time there and after that decided to roam around the shops nearby Kodai Lake. There are many chocolate shops and other gift items shops, usually at tourist places the cost of every item in the shop will be higher comparatively(we all know that but couldn't resist buying) so please bargain as much as possible, if you are willing to buy something from the shops. We bought some home-made chocolates for us and our relatives, then we bought some fresh fruits for our dinner (we would like to eat fruits because it is a must try where different fruits will be available there then what we eat in our town).
Botanical Garden,Kodaikanal
Hartley College Museum, Kodaikanal
Museum has a wonderful collection of snakes, coins, stones, animals preserved. Butterflies collection was awesome. It would be a feast for zoological students, especially those who are doing research in butterflies. Some of the exhibits were rare and not to be found in other larger museums too. It takes around 20-60 minutes depending on your interest and cost you some time. It has a geographical representation of Kodai city, which is a must to watch in that museum.
Transportation
We went to Trichy / Dindukal the day before the travel by Air / Train from Chennai because of an easier commute to other cities in Tamilnadu. From Trichy, we hired a cab to Kodaikanal which is four hours of Journey from Trichy.
Places to Visit and the plan (can be customized):
| Day | Activity | Date | Time | Location |
| Day 1 | Climbing of Palani hill for Dharshan(optional) | Customize | 7.30 AM | Palani |
| Day 1 | Breakfast | Customize | 9.30 AM | Palani |
| Day 1 | Silver Falls view | Customize | 1.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 1 | Check-in Hotel at Kodaikanal and Lunch | Customize | 2.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 1 | Rest | Customize | 3.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 1 | Bottanical Garden visit & Boating | Customize | 4.00 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 1 | Dinner | Customize | 7.15 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Morning Walk around Kodai Lake | Customize | 5.30 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Breakfast | Customize | 9.00 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Poombarai Village View | Customize | 10.30 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Manavanur Lake - a nature's paradise | Customize | 11.00 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Manavanur Lake - Boating and photo shoot | Customize | 12.00 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Lunch | Customize | 2.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Visit to Moir Point, Pine forest, , Guna cave, Piller rock view & Silent valley view | Customize | 3.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Rest | Customize | 5.00 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Shopping and Cycling around Kodai lake | Customize | 6.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 2 | Dinner | Customize | 8.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Morning Walk around Kodai Lake | Customize | 5.30 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Breakfast | Customize | 9.00 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Vattakanal Lake and Dolphin Nose Point (Trekking) | Customize | 10.00 AM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Lyril falls &Wax museum | Customize | 2.00 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Lunch | Customize | 2.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Checkout Hotel | Customize | 3.30 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Hartley college museum | Customize | 4.00 PM | Kodaikanal |
| Day 3 | Return to Trichy / Dindukal | Customize | 6.30-7.00 PM | Trichy |