Sidhik keloth Watanad
The corporation plans to provide a 60-km night safari to tourists at a cost of ₹300 per traveller
The budget cell of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is gearing up to launch a night jungle safari in Wayanad, a first-time initiative of the corporation in the State. It aims at utilising the untapped potential of night-time tourism in the hill district.
Though the hill district, gifted with a lush green canopy of forest, wildlife, waterfalls, lakes and mountains, has emerged as a major tourism destination in the State by wooing tourists during the daytime, there is a lack of adequate facilities for tourists during night hours.
The vehicle would return to Sulthan Bathery through the Moolankavu, Karipur, Valluvadi and Vadakkanad hamlets on the fringes of the sanctuary. After a little break, the journey would continue till Irulam through the Kurichyad and Kurichayad forest ranges of the sanctuary. The 60-km safari would end at Sulthan Batehry around 11.30 p.m. We expect it would provide a rare wildlife experience to a visitor, Two customised buses have been set up for the purpose and the final touches to the vehicles are being given at the depot, he added.
already customised four air-conditioned sleeper buses, including a bus reserved for women , at the KSRTC depot for the tourists to stay at nominal cost, Mr. Joshy said.
Deluxe rooms and dormitory facilities are available on those buses with prior booking. The buses can accommodate as many as 38 persons at a time. The KSRTC is charging ₹160 and ₹860 a day for each bed and deluxe room respectively, he added.
The safari would be available only for the tourists staying in sleeper coaches and to those who travel from faraway places to Wayanad on KSRTC buses,
