SERVICES

At El Paradiso, we offer assistance in all eco tourism and other programs in and around Periyar Tiger Reserve. We also conduct traditional Indian cooking demonstration classes.

 

BOATING
Boats of different capacities are maintained by the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) and the Kerala Forest Department. Boats can be hired for a 2 hour cruise, the easy option for sighting wildlife.

Boat Timing : 7.00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM

TREKKING
a.
The group day trekking with guide is 3 hour long trekking through the jungle. Trekking starts from 7 am. A maximum of 5 tourists are allowed for trekking at a time.
b. INDIVIDUAL TREKKING (TTEDC)
This is a Sponsored trekking. The trekking starts at 7 am & 3 pm. Each trekking group will be accompanied by a trained guide. Rate depends upon sponsors.

ELEPHANT RIDE
The Elephant ride is conducted by the forest department
Timings - 10 am to 4 pm
Duration - 30 minutes

NIGHT TREKKING
Only physically and mentally strong persons to develop / sharpen their power of observation to sense the unseen animals and birds during dark nights.
Rs. 500 per head

JUNGLE SAFARI
Full Day Programme.
Duration : 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
Jungle Safari by jeep (40km) Breakfast, Trekking, Sighting animals, Mountaineering, Lunch, Peddle Boating, Tea and returns by 6:30 pm.

THE PERIYAR TIGER TRAIL
(Adventure trekking and camping)
The programmes are 1 night / 2 days and 2 nights / 3 days. The first day's trek starts at 12 noon and ends by noon in the second or third day. The team consist of a maximum of 5 visitors, 5 guides and 2 forest officials.  Here one may chance to encounter much indigenous wild like like giant squirrel, Nilgiri langaar, elephants and who knows even tiger.  Tented camping and vegetarian meals is providing for the team and accompanied with armed forest guards with good communication equipments.  Visitors should be serious nature lovers and who are medically fit and aged between 15 - 65 are advised to take the Tiger trail.

BAMBOO RAFTING
Starting at 8 am from the boat landing and teams back to the boat landing around 6 pm. Only two groups are allowed per day. One group can have maximum of 5 members. From the boat landing two hour trekking and have  breakfast and starts rafting and trekking again. A team will escort the tourist for rafting. Food and mineral water is provided.

 
AYURVEDA
The Encyclopedia describes massage as "A systematic and scientific manipulation of body tissues performed with hands for therapeutic effect on the nervous and mascular system through systematic circulation"