The "Southern Kashmir" - Kanthalloor

Kanthalloor is the largest escarpment in southern India.The fascinating beauty of purplish blue flower Storbilanthes Kunthiana or Kurinji or Neelakurinji flowers blossom only once in 12 years in the forest of western ghats.

The culture and the habits of the people living in the village is a mixture of Tamil and Malayalam Dravidian ethnolinguistic group. A central trend is formed from two different habits of people just like two streams come together to form a river. Acres of land stretching across kanthalloor village is famous for the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, crops and it rejuvenates the love of nature. Summer is seen only during the month of February, March, and May whereas cloudy, breezy, and winter climate is seen in the rest of the months.

From cochin international airport to kanthalloor the only route is the roadway through NH85, approximately 175.5 km and the estimated time to reach the destination is 5 hr 18 min. From Coimbatore international airport to kanthalloor the only route is road way through NH83 (130.8 km) and estimated time to reach the destiny is 3 hour 26 mins.

Galib Al Nasser

Kanthalloor has magnificent looking 7 nation parks, 3 waterfalls ,3 dams, and more than 10 shooting spots to visit. Most importantly ancient paleolithic rock paintings in caves are the most attracted tourist spots. On the whole, kanthalloor is a breathtaking mixture of marvelous mountains, fragrant flowers, treasured trees, precious plants, charming culture and beautiful shooting spots, etc. .

The Apple Land

Kanthaloor is famous for its wide variety of crops which are not seen in the other parts of Kerala. During the winter season some vegetables like beans, carrots, cabbage, garlic, green chili, tomato, red onion, sweet potatoes are cultivated and yielded in good quantity. Kanthalloor is the only place in South India where apples are grown and tourists reaches there to taste the real essence of apples from the courtyard. There is no season in kanthalloor without a ripened fruit available and it includes strawberry, blackberry, orange, plum, peach, passion fruit, tree tomato, sabarchil, sugar apple, guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana are also cultivated.