Best Places to Visit in Wayanad as a Tourist

What is the magic of Wayanad that attracts thousands of tourists every month and throughout the year? What is the specialty of this place that attracts them to come back year after year? The answers can be discovered for yourself when you visit Wayanad.

The beauty of Wayanad is breathtaking. The truth is that when we talk about Wayanad, we are talking about a whole district in Northern Kerala in India. This is a forested hilly region of which many areas have high altitude. Many of the scenic locations, hotels, and resorts are high up on the mountains, giving you a majestic view of hills, valleys, forested lands, and waterfalls.

When you are in Wayanad, you will feel close to nature because the beauty of nature is all around you. You can hear the songs of the birds as you wake up in the early misty mornings. The weather is salubrious with intermittent rains during the two rainy seasons. Otherwise, it is like nature has put on temperature control and set it to a comfortable cool.

Wayanad, being a rather rustic region and having dense forests, is also home to the Asiatic elephants, tigers, leopards, foxes, wild boars, deer… and more wild animals. The habited regions of Wayanad are scenic with coffee plantations, the endless soft green of rice paddy fields, tall eucalyptuses trees, ginger and cardamom tracts, bamboo groves and more.

Just being here and enjoying the beauty, the fresh air and witnessing the rush of the waters as it gurgles in the streams and waterfalls are in itself therapy for all the stress of modern life. But as an avid tourist, you would love to see places and yes there are many interesting tourist spots to visit and enjoy a veritable experience.

From the moment you enter the Wayanad town which is a mixture of the most modern with banks, petrol bunks, offices, government offices, and virtually everything you would need including international fast-food restaurants await you. But there is also an older and quainter part of the city as you visit the markets and the by-lanes. The River Kabini flows through the city and you can perhaps start your journey of discovery from its serene banks.

Before you set off on your journey of discovery of Wayanad, it is always nice to have a place where you are comfortable and can enjoy visiting places. The best thing to do would be to book the best-rated leisure hotel in Wayanad – The Wayanad Gate and confirm your booking there well in advance. As the hotel is centrally located, coming to the hotel and setting off to various tourist destinations would become completely easy.

The hotel is well located at Lakkidi on the Calicut- Mysore national highway and hence it is difficult to miss. Now you have a choice of 32 excellent rooms with six air-conditioned deluxe rooms and the same number of suites. The hotel offers you all the facilities you would require like multi-cuisine restaurants and a roof-top restaurant, swimming pool, health club and more.

The Wayanad district has three major towns – Mananthavady in the northwest, Kalpetta in the south and Sultan Bathery in the east. It would be easy to set off on your journey of discovery of tourist places making any one of these as the base point for the places near it. The must-visit places in Wayanad are –

Banasura Dam, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Edakkal Caves, Thirunelli Temple, Chembra Peak, Kuruva Island, Pookat Lake and the Soochipara Falls, Uravu Bamboo art, Kalladi Forest for trekking and more.