Kuttikkanam, the land of lush green tea plantations, lofty peaks and gushing streams, lies in the Peermade village of Idukki district, Kerala, in southern India, 3,500 feet (1,100 m) above the sea level. Clouds gently touch the peaks that flank the verdant slops of Kuttikkanam. Indeed, the streams silvering down from the top hill peaks will fill your hearts with warm feelings.
Situated near Peerumedu is also a plantation town where most of the area’s Resorts located. Peerumedu Development Society-run Sahyadri Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Factory and Treatment Centre are located here. Here treatment with accommodation is available. The Ayurvedic Factory, a Km away from Treatment Centre, is open to visitors to have a close look at multi-staged processing of ingredients into medicinal concoction and decoction. Watching the process is informative and interesting.
The place had been the destination of the 'glitterati' from the times of imperial sway. It served as the summer sojourn for the Travancore Kings and as a home away from home for the English.
The seamless mingle of sky and land lends a heavenly aura to Kuttikkanam. Here all the amenities a well-groomed person seeks for are within a hands reach. The place has a golf course, some of the finest Multi-Cuisine restaurants, an Ayurvedic rejuvenation center & many a modern facility that would make one's holiday a time worth remembering. Acres of green meadows on which cattle grazes, an endless carpet of tea plantations, serene places where wind whispers, rocky patches and nimble waterfalls the list is endless.
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