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Accommodation
Designed to provide complete relaxation and convenience, you find thoughtful amenities throughout our guest rooms. Our responsive team is always ready to provide personalized service should you or your guests need anything at all.
We have multiple room options that can accommodate your every need.
- Family suite – A perfect choice for families! Fully air conditioned, spacious and convenient rooms that can accommodate up to 5 people
- Executive rooms – The air-conditioned executive rooms are well furnished and spacious and are ideal for double occupancy
- Deluxe rooms – The air-conditioned deluxe rooms are well appointed and large and are ideal for double occupancy
- Standard rooms – The air-conditioned deluxe rooms are large, well equipped and are ideal for double occupancy
- Dormitories – There are two spacious, convenient dormitories that can accommodate 30 people each
Recreation
The resort is an ideal place to unwind. Just relax in the resort and gaze at peacocks as they dance around.
Nestled in the Western Ghats, Courtallam has exquisite surroundings. Explore charming hillocks, vibrant cascades and religious places in and around Courtallam. Some of the hillocks offer excellent trekking routes
Courtallam has nine waterfalls. The three major waterfalls reachable by road are the Main Falls, Five Falls, and Old Courtallam Falls. Other waterfalls like Shenbaga Devi Falls and Honey Falls are reachable only by trekking on the mountain.
BWDA Hill Spray Resort - View Places
- Peraruvi (main falls) the biggest falls in Courtallam, is about 60m high
- Chitraruvi (small falls) is an offshoot of the Main falls located to its side. It is very small and completely safe to enjoy a shower here.
- Shenbagadevi falls, is located upstream and as part of the cascade that forms the Main falls. You can reach Shenbagadevi only by trekking for about 30 minutes.
- Thenaruvi (honey falls), 40m high and cascading between two large stones. This is the first cascade in a series of waterfalls, and considered the most pure. Admirably, it is least crowded, as you have to trek for more the 2 hours to reach this falls.
- Aintharuvi (five falls) is one where one thoroughly enjoys five separate cascades
- Pazhathotta Aruvi, the ‘VIP falls’
- Pazhaya Courtalla Aruvi (Old Courtallam falls)
- The artificial Puli Aruvi (Tiger Falls)
- There is another small falls inside the Government Horticulture Park above Five Falls, but it is off limits to the public.
Another must see place is the Karayar Dam located in Podhigai hills. It takes about 1 hour from Courtallam to Karayar dam. There is a giant waterfall inside the dam that takes about 15 minutes by boat from the shore of the dam. It is an awesome place to shower and unwind in the laps of nature.
Courtallam is not just waterfalls; its temples too attract visitors. The most important among these is the Chitra Sabha, one of the five sabhas with Nataraja, Shiva in the dancing posture as the main deity. The paintings at the Chitra Sabha were renovated about 100 years ago. The others are the Rathna Sabha at Thiruvalangadu, the Kanaka Sabha at Chidambaram, and the Velli Sabha at Madurai and the Thamira Sabha at Tirunelveli). The temple at the foot of the hill is conch-shaped which has special significance in Hindu tradition. The Tamil poet Thirukudarasappa Kavirayar sang about the beauty of this place in his “Kutraala Kuravanji” standing on its highest point at 1565m.
Hirukutraalanaadhar Kovil in Main falls. During the Thamizh month of Chithirai a ten-day festival is arranged which ends in a special prayer on Pournami (Full Moon Day).
Some of the other temples are:
- Thirumalai Kovil in Panpoli, 8 km from Kutraalam.
- Kumaran Kovil in Ilanji, 3 km from Kutraalam.
- Kasivishuwanathar Kovil in Tenkasi, 6 km from Kutraalam.
- Dhakshinamoorthy Kovil in Puliyarai, 12 km from Kutraalam.
- Papanasam Ulagaambihai & Sivan Kovil in Papanasam, 35 km from Kutraalam.
- Ariyankavu Iyappan Kovil in Kerala, 35 km from Kutraalam.
Few other places that can be visited are:
- Therkumalai Estate can be reached from Honey falls in 1 hour, which is roughly at 2000 ft altitude.
- Boat Houses near the Five Falls and Old Courtallam Falls.
- Snake Park nears to the Main Falls
- Aquarium near the Main Falls.
- Children’s Park
