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Enjoy the best of nature and wild life that Nilambur has in store
for the tourist and manifested in a variety of ways in its extensive
forests teeming with bamboos, teak, rosewood, venteak, choropin,
mahagoni, etc.
This
beautiful town on the bank of the Chaliyar River is at a distance
of 70 km from Calicut , 100 km from Ooty (Uddagamandalam) and
40 km from Malappuram town. Located in the eastern side of Malappuram
district, Kerala, this small sleepy town has a surprise in store
for its visitors.
Renowned for the oldest teak plantation in the world -'The Conolly's
Plot'- is just 2 km from Nilambur town. The place is noted for
its tribal settlements, the world's first Teak Museum, vast rain
forests, waterfalls and ancient residences of maharajas called
as kovilakoms. It is an important halting place for tourist enroute
to Ooty. Presently Nilambur taluk comprises 19 villages. |
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