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Eravikulam national park

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This national park, located in Munnar, is known for its neelkurinji flower and tahr(an animal). We reached the parking lot of the national park, from where we need to purchase bus tickets. The route has steep hills with tea plantation all through. The bus starts from the parking lot and takes the visitors uphill. From there, it's a trek of around a kilometre. The bus journey had beautiful scenes to look at, which mostly comprised of beautiful tea gardens. As we started to trek, we got to know there's nothing to see at the top. We were with kids and the weather was quite humid to trek uphill for no good reason. So we walked for sometime and then planned to return back. At the bus station, there's a refreshment centre and washrooms are also available. There's a shop where people might want to buy souvenirs, and another room which tells the history of the national park and the various species that live in that habitat. Our visit to the national park wasn't worth the ti...