Thenmala eco tourism project is situated around Thenmala dam site near Punalur town, Kollam district in Kerala. Thenmala is famous for being the shooting location in Malayalam and Tamil movies. You must have seen a lot of frames of this beautiful site in various Tamil and Malayalam movies. Thenmala is ocated about 72kms from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. It is a small village at the footing of Western Ghat and the dam is built across Kallada River. . You can reach here by bus or cab via Kottarakkara, Punalur. From Tamilnadu one can reach here by Aryankavu check post. There are many hill resorts and points of attraction around this place. Palaruvi, only 16 km away, the deer rehabilitation center and the traditional tree house etc attracts the tourists. Other places near Thenmala are Kulathupuzha, Anchal, Punalur, Kamukumchery and Shenkottah. Few years back the meter gauge train journey was an exciting event for the visitors. The first eco tourism project in India is located at Thenmala.
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