Located within a short driving distance of Thiruvananthapuram, Ponmudi is an enchanting hill station with narrow winding pathways and cool, green environs at an altitude of 1100m above sea level. It is located 56 km north-east of Trivandrum city. It is a part of the Western Ghats mountain range that runs parallel to the Arabian Sea. Along with a beautiful array of mountain flowers, exotic butterflies and small rivulets, Ponmudi offers excellent opportunities for trekking.
Ponmudi is blessed with scenic splendor and natural beauty and has a carpet of thick tropical forest that rolls down to the foot of the hill range. The landscape of Ponmudi is an interspersing of valleys and hills with forestland and plantations. Ponmudi is having an extensive importance of biodiversity, which plays a major role in maintaining the ecological balance of the area.
Ponmudi is host to 283 species of birds, 332 species of butterflies and many species of reptiles and amphibians, including the highly endangered Travancore tortoise, the Malabar flying frog and the Malabar tree toad. Ponmudi is also abode of the Nilgiri Tahr which is a stocky goat with short, coarse fur and a bristly mane.
Getting there
Nearest railway station: Thiruvananthapuram, about 61 km away
Nearest airport: Trivandrum International Airport, about 67 km away
Location
Lattitude:8.760902, Longitude: 77.110863
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