Showing posts with label neyyar dam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neyyar dam. Show all posts
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Neyyar Dam Revisited
Last month, we got to know of one more facet of the place which we had missed earlier.
This was a boat ride cum lion safari. Snaps of the boat ride here.
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| The steps going down to the boat jetty |
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| The boat jetty |
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| All settled . . . |
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| The boat leaves after leaving us at the Crocodile Research Centre |
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| At the jetty where the lion safari starts |
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| Bringing back memories . . . |
Friday, June 14, 2013
Neyyar Dam Aquarium - 2
More snaps of the Neyyar Dam Aquarium . . .
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| GIANT GOURAMI (left also) |
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| RED TILAPIA |
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| ALLIGATOR GAR |
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| CAT FISH |
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| TIGER SHARK |
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| FIRE RED OSCAR |
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| TINFOIL BARB |
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| ELECTRIC BLUE CHICHLID |
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| ARAPAIMA GIGAS |
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| KOI CARP |
Neyyar Dam Aquarium - 1
We were quite surprised to find a new aquarium within the Neyyar Dam premises. It's quite a well maintained facility. And after the boat ride, it gave us quite an feast to the eyes. Much better than the Vizhinjam aquarium.
Below is the first set of snaps taken there -
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| Entrance to the aquarium |
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| Goldfish in the pond outside the building |
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| Black Ghost Fish |
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| Snow White Cichlid |
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| Banana Chichlid |
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| Rusty Chichlid |
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| Parrot Fish |
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| Denison's Barb |
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| Flower Horn |
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| Discus |
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| Albino Peacock |
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Boat ride in the Neyyar Dam
Of course, the highlight of our trip to Neyyar Dam today was the boat ride on the Neyyar reservoir.
For all our 3 kids, it was the first time they were on a boat.
The charge was 600 INR for a 30 minute ride. The maximum number of people whom we could accommodate was 8. But, considering it was off season and raining heavily, there was nobody else to share our ride.
So, we had the boat all for ourselves.
Although we were unlucky to have the Lion Safari trip cancelled due to a fallen tree on the road to the safari, we saw a lion as we drove up the reservoir. I could not take a snap as my camera is not one of those high quality ones.
But, oh my, the sceneries were really breathtaking . . .
We could not take snaps of the Steve Irwin Crocodile Park as the rains played spoilsport. But, the newly built Fresh Water Aquarium was a treat to everybody.
We've promised ourselves that we're coming down for a long visit coming October.
Monsoon, from Neyyar Dam
After the ride to the Shankhumugham beach and the Veli Tourist Village yesterday, today, we went on a ride towards the east of Trivandrum City. First, we reached the Aruvikkara Dam. However, it was raining heavily. So, we decided to go further to Neyyar Dam and see the Aruvikkara Dam on the return journey.
Neyyar Dam was no different. It was just raining heavily.
However, I got to get few snaps of the Neyyar Dam. The scenery looks quite dull and depressing with the on and showers and the cloudy sky.
But, we were in for a surprise as we had clear skies for about an hour after lunch. And the kids had their first boat ride. That would be in the next post.
Friday, May 31, 2013
God's Own Country
Snaps of a place I think is the one of the most beautiful in Kerala. Any guesses . . .
I'm sure that very few of you got this right. This is Neyyar Dam, which is about 20 miles from Trivandrum. You can very well see that these snaps were taken in 2006.
Next week, I'm planning to once more go to this place. Shall definitely post the snaps .. .. ..
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