It's the morning of 13th Mar 2017....woke up to a very chilling morning at Vythiri. ..with a cup of tea , I sat in our villa balcony to admire the surrounding freshness , which we miss in our city life at mumbai....Today's agenda was to go for local sightseeing around Wayanad, Sultan bathery and also visit KURUVA ISLAND, 17kms east of Mananthavady....
So had to get ready by 9.30am and head off towards BANASURA DAM , which is Asia's 2nd largest earth Dam....on our way we stop over at the tea estate for few photoshots. .....By the time we reached Banasura dam site , sun was almost on top ....Hardly did we feel like walking up to the top of the Dam ....so took paid vehicle to reach the top...it's really very beautiful. ....but didnot opt for those speedboat rides in its waters as we had a packed plan for the day ....one need to carry their sun gear aswell water & snacks....After spending sometimes there we just wanted to get back to our vehicle but my husband instead wished to walk down the Dam slopes😀😀....our driver asked if we were interested for trekking at Eddakal Caves and Chembra peak ....of which we just had no intention to do walking in the hot sun. ....Since its beginning of summer in South India , all waterfalls had dried up so we had no option rather to quit visiting those places instead we opted for KURUVA ISLAND, which is a newly added location on tourist map of Wayanad.
KURUVA ISLAND comprises of 3 islands which are uninhabited and few submergible islands covering an area of 146.01 hectares in the middle of Kabini river. The KURUVA ISLAND is a tropical evergreen forest representing unique vegetation with rich biodiversity. It's the only compact protected uninhabited island in Wayanad.
One has to cross the Kabini river by bamboo floating boat to the island and the trek around....We spend almost an hour inside the KURUVA ISLAND. ..No package water bottles or food items / packs are allowed to be taken inside the island ...one needs good pair of shoes and sun gear to walk thru the forested areas....it was almost 2pm when we crossed over to the other bank of Kabini where our vehicle was parked .. my husband asked Leela hotel driver to take us to any place where we can have authentic Kerala cuisine of this region....our driver took us to his friends place close to KURUVA, where we luckily relish awesome local homemade lunch....
Little away from where we had our lunch is the TRIBAL MUSEUM, though a small one but neatly displaced .....
We were totally exausted by the heat and humid climate there and just asked the driver to push off to the resort instead.
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