Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
then Kodai's District Forest Office MAP ( 240287; Muthaliarpuram; 10am-5.45pm Mon-Fri) . Kodai's
tourist office ( Click here ) and accommodation places such as Greenlands Youth Hostel
( Click here ) can put you in touch with local guides who may be able to offer interesting
off-road local routes for ?1000 to ?1500 per full day.
WORTH A TRIP
VATTAKANAL WALK
This is a lovely walk of about 4.5km (each way) from the centre of town, on which you might, if lucky, spot gaur
(bison) or giant squirrels in the forested bits. Follow St Mary's Rd west then southwest from the south end of
Coaker's Walk, passing La Saleth Church after 1.2km. At a fork 400m after the church, go left downhill on what
quickly becomes an unpaved track passing through part of the Pambar Shola forest. After 450m you emerge on a
road by a bridge above some falls. Across the bridge you'll find snack stalls selling fruit, tea, coffee, bread om-
elettes, and roasted corn with lime and masala - all yummy! Follow the road 1km downhill, with panoramas
opening up as you go, to Vattakanal village. Take the path down past Altaf's Cafe and in about 15 minutes you'll
reach the Dolphin's Nose, a rock lookout overhanging a precipitous drop.
Boating, Cycling & Horse Riding
If you're sappy in love like a bad Bollywood song, the thing to do in Kodai is rent a pedal
boat (?50 per half-hour for two people), rowboat (?90 including boatman) or Kashmiri
shikara , aka 'honeymoon boat' (?260 including boatman) from the Kodaikanal Boat & Rowing
Club
9am-5.30pm) or Tamil Nadu Tourist Development Corporation
9am-5.30pm) ;
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screechy crooning is strictly optional.
Around the lake are a few bicycle-rental (?20/200 per hour/day) and horse-riding stands (?60
per 500m, or ?300 per hour).
Sleeping
Some hotel prices rise by up to 100% during the high season (April to June). There are
some lovely heritage places, and some good-value midrange options if you can live
without colonial-era ambience. Most hotels have a 9am or 10am checkout time in high
season, but the rest of the year it's usually 24 hours.
Hotel Cokkers Tower
MAP
( 240374; cokkers.tower@yahoo.com ; Woodville Rd; dm/d ?110/825) A straightforward hotel with
simple, very clean, light-coloured rooms (no colonial wood here). The dorm has narrow
HOTEL $
 
 
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