We
offer a host of visitor services an information centre,
camping facilities and cottage accommodation. Other
facilities include a little restaurant that serves traditional
Malayali cuisine, a shop of souvenirs and books, and
an open-air theatre for cultural and heritage events.
We also organize trips to other interesting places in
and around Wayanad like the Muthanga wild life sanctuary,
nature reserves, water falls, historic relics and ancient
temples.
Edakkal
Located at 11°12’N latitude 76°15’E
longitude.
About 446 carved motifs.
Toberimala
Located at 11°12’N latitude 77°13’E
longitude.
About 84 carved motifs.
Situated in the Tea Estate of Harrison Malayalam Ltd,
some 14 kms to the east of Ambalawayal. (Visitors should
seek permission from the estate owners. The shelter
is hidden in dense forest about two kilometres from
the estate office, and is accessible only on foot).
Edakkalmala is on the west, and is clearly visible –
though it is difficult to know for certain that this
would have been the case before the area was deforested
in the late 19th century. The Toberimala site is not
a cave as such, but a west-facing rock shelter with
a prominent overhanging roof. There are thin linear
engravings inscribed in the rough grained ceiling (which
slants at an angle of some 45 degrees) and in the northern
wall, also 13 small cup-marks on one of nine boulders
lying inside the shelter, and cross-hatched marks on
the outer wall which may be an identification mark for
the shelter. Unfortunately the rock surfaces have been
badly damaged by recent visitors, whose engravings sadly
lack the sophistication of their prehistoric forebears
Location
of the hotel
The
Edakkal caves are situated on the western side of Ambukuthimala,
hill twelve kilometres south-west of the town of Sultan’s
Battery, and about six kilometres east of Ambalawayal
in the Wayanad District of Kerala. General elevation
of the ground is some 1200 metres above the mean sea
level, and the peak of Ambukuthimala at over 500 metres
above the surrounding area is easily identifiable from
a considerable distance. It is known to lie on an ancient
route connecting the high ranges of Mysore to the ports
of Malabar.
Room
Rates of the hotel
Tree House
Rs. 3800/-.
Cottage
Rs. 3300/-.
Facilities
in the hotel
We
offer a host of visitor services an information centre,
camping facilities and cottage accommodation. Other
facilities include a little restaurant that serves traditional
Malayali cuisine, a shop of souvenirs and books, and
an open-air theatre for cultural and heritage events.
We also organize
trips to other interesting places in and around Wayanad
like the Muthanga wild life sanctuary, nature reserves,
water falls, historic relics and ancient temples.
Our conference
facilities reflect an understanding of space and attention
to facilities which is so important in today’s
business world.
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