Wagamon,often known as the Scotland of Asia, is a hill station located about 64 km from Kottayam and 65km from Idukki in Kerala. Situated at an elevation of about 1100 meter above the sea level, with a warm and friendly place with cool climate as the temperature between 10 and 23 degree Celsius during a summer midday. It is famous as a trekker's paradise. A tourist spot surrounded by the greenery of tea gardens, beautiful meadows and valleys it provides its visitors a unique experience. Hills beautifully covered with green grasses, velvet lawns and the cool mountain air make Wagamon a perfect holiday retreat. Wagamon comprises of stunningly beautiful series of gentle hills, valleys, waterfalls and green slopes and truly a scenic spot for tourists.
You can enjoy trekking and climbing this 1100m high hill. The chain of three hills - Thangal Hill, Murugan Hill and Kurisumala - makes Wagamon a place worth visiting. The place is also famous for its unique rock formations at Thangal Para. A chain of three hills - Thangal hill, Murugan hill and Kurishumala - represents the three major religions and stand as lasting monuments of religious harmony. The dairy farm managed by the Kurisumala monks is worth a visit.
Wagamon provides you unlimited holidaying fantasies all the year, except the monsoons when rains are very heavy here. A perfect place for tourists if you ever desired to rejuvenate yourself and you would always cherish the memories of this enchantingly beautiful land.
You can enjoy activities like boating and walking in and along the banks of numerous beautiful lakes around Wagamon. The area abounds in with numerous exotic and beautiful waterfalls hanging from the steep and sloppy hills. Wagamon hills in Kerala, South India offer adventure enthusiasts and nature lovers endless opportunities for pure fun filled and pleasure tours.
One of the prime attractions of the tourist visiting Wagamon is its famous Kurisumala Ashram located in the heart of the Sahyadri Mountains, which run parallel to India's south west coast. You can enjoy here a cool and soft breeze, which blows across the valley leaving an imprint on your soul, a perfect place to meditate. If you are willing to experience peace of mind then Wagamon provides you the perfect conditions
Kurisumala is also known for milk and honey it produces, the means by which the monks make their livelihood. Honey is found in the rocky clefts of this mountain, where bees make their hives. The place where the monks have been deeply involved in meditation is situated on highest part of the land, called "Resurrection Garden".
Wagamon hills in Kerala, South India are dotted with delightfully attractive meadows, tropical forests, It is a very ideal tourist spot surrounded by the greenery of tea gardens, beautiful meadows, deep puzzling valleys and dales. The enchanting hill station dotted with tea gardens will soon be one of India's foremost eco-tourism projects. If you have not been to Wagamon you have not seen God's Own Country.
Trekking and Paragliding at Wagamon
Do you want to fly like an eagle without any gasoline?
All the trekking enthusiasts will enjoy climbing this 1100 metres tall hill. Vagamon is an emerging international paragliding destination. A venue to bring in the paragliding enthusiasts in India and abroad was very much the need of the hour and Wagamon was obviously the ideal choice. With its 10 km long ridge and over 3,000 feet in height from top to bottom and carpet take-off from anywhere in the ridge make Wagamon the gem of Para Summits in India.
Want to be like a bird and fly into the clouds? If you are the kind that cannot see the point in running off a slope and be held up to a canopy-like thing with some strings, this is not for you. But, if you have ever wondered what it feels like to be a bird up in the sky buoyed by air, unfettered by man-made contraptions, you will discover, paragliding is just your kind of thing. Imagine the wind on your face, the adrenalin rush while taking off into the air and soaring into the skies. Dangerous as it sounds, it might be a tad safer than driving on potholed roads. Take that walk in the clouds, a glide in the sky...
The nearest to this experience is paragliding and Wagamon is the ideal place to do it. Wagamon is the only place in Kerala where paragliding facility is available. With an altitude of 3000 metres above sea level,
Adventure-sports enthusiasts from across the country will get a chance to paraglide or "pillion ride" a paraglider at the international paragliding festival to be held at Wagamon. Youth will get attracted to the sport, once the fear element is removed. Power gliders too will be made available. Although there are several paragliding spots in Himachal Pradesh, Wagamon is one of the few in south India. For the moment Vagamon is the only paragliding spot in Kerala.
Paragliding made its official debut in Kerala with the International Paragliding Festival, which was held in the verdant hills of Wagamon, at Kolahalamedu, 4 kms from Wagamon. The festival, organised by the Adventure Sports and Sustainable Tourism Academy (ASSTA) and the Department of Tourism, drew a lot of attention from Indian and foreign paragliding enthusiasts.
The official paragliding Festival of Kerala is Done Every year at Wagamon. So many paragliding enthusiasts come from all over India to Kerala for the International Paragliding Festival in Kerala. The International Paragliding Festival is held mostly in Wagamon. Situated at the border of Kottayam and Idukki districts, Wagamon is a hill station which has green valleys and mountains dotted with tea plantations. On these hilly regions of Wagamon, the International Paragliding Festival is held. International Paragliding Festival in Kerala attracts a number of adventure tourists to Kerala during this time.
The place is more known as a spot for adventure tourism. If you get time, you can trek down the valley or the Mundakayam Ghat. The place called Mundakayam Ghat 4 Kilometers away from Wagamon town gives a breathtaking view of the sunset and the surrounding Hills.
This Article is published in.
Aag Arrow webzine Tourism.
March 2008 issue.
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