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Soochippara Waterfalls
Soochippara Waterfalls ( Sentinel Rock waterfall ),Wayanad
For the adventurous ones this is the time to enjoy the wild beauty of the waterfalls in Wayanad.
Blessed with its natural beauty, Wayanad’s enchanting waterfalls attracts large number of tourists. The major waterfall where tourists are permitted by the Department of Forest are Sentinel rock waterfalls at Soochippara and the Meenmutty Waterfalls at Chitragiri.
Soochippara waterfalls is also known as Sentinel Rock waterfall. It is situated in Meppadi Panchayat, 22 km away from Kalpetta. The water falls is 3 tiered ranges height from 100 to 300 ft. This is about a 30 minute drive from Meppadi through the tea plantations to the falls. The first level of the falls is the longest and easiest to reach. Reaching the second and third ranges is a highly risky affair and the forest dept has banned trekking to those destinations after a series of landslips in those areas during the monsoon. These three falls lie in Meenmutty, Soochippara and Kanthanpara. Finally they combine and then fall into the Chaliyar River.
The pool below the waterfalls is ideal for water rafting, swimming, bathing etc… The tree top huts constructed at Soochippara give a unique view of the valleys of the western ghats.
The Sentinel rock,a rock of more than 200m in height, is ideal for rock climbing. This waterfall situated in Vellarimala is surrounded by dense forests. On the way to this falls one can enjoy the beauty of the tea estates in Wayanad and one has to trek down 2ks through these dense jungle to reach the falls .
Large number of tourists mainly from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu visit this spot during weekend. District Tourism Promotion Council has constructed a 900 mtr granite pavement from the soochippara junction to the waterfall and the forest department gas erected bamboo benches on either side of the pavements to further tap the potential of thr destination.
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