© 2011 Thekkady Tours. All rights reserved. Bamboo Rafting at Thekkady Bamboo rafting at Thekkady is a relaxing and wonderful experience that you surely don't want to miss. All you need is to just float in the water that makes you feel that you are on top of the world. While you are doing bamboo rafting in Thekkady, you can feel the cold water splashing your face. Almost anyone having basic level of fitness can participate in bamboo rafting. There are specialized people who are also there to help you out in riding the raft and gliding it through the waters. • This is a dawn to dusk range hiking and rafting programme. This eco friendly programme takes the tourists to the thick forests on trek and then to the catchments area of the Periyar Tiger Reserve on a bamboo raft. • Starting at 8 am from the boat landing, a mosaic of habitats will be traversed before the party gets into rafts made of bamboos. • The bamboo rafting team consists of maximum 10 tourists, 5 guides and one armed guard for protection from the wild animals. • During this program the tourists have a panoramic view of the lake and forests and also are provided a rare opportunity of encountering wild animals and birds. • The forests are rich in bird life and arboreal animals like giant squirrel and Nilgiri langur. • The rafting is for about three hours and one gets a panoramic view of forest-clad hills reflected on the lake. • Animals like elephant, gaur and sambar are sighted keeping close to the edges of the lake. +91 989 567 7024 Bullock Cart Discoveries We invite you to visit the farm lands for a village hidden in the valley behind the mountains of Periyar tiger reserve on a bullock cart. The village is rich bird diversity, with vineyards, divers agricultural crops of mangoes, tamarind, onions, sunflower, jasmine and a score of other vegetables the village will take your breath away when the guides start to interpret how farming has woven delicately with the culture and the life of the natives. Services Booking Contact Gallery News About Accommodation Car Rentals Boating Tickets Spice Garden Visit Jungle Jeep Safari Elephant Safari Tea Factory Visit Spice Shopping Kadhakali Show Kalarippayatu Show Jungle Trekking Tiger Trails Click here