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Thekkady · Munnar · Allapuzha · Varkala
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Found Palikkallu through Knnow before our Munnar trip. No one we knew had heard of it. We trekked there on a Tuesday morning — just the four of us, a massive flat rock, and views we still talk about. Didn't see a single other tourist the whole time.
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Rahul M.
Traveller · visited Munnar

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"I'm from Thekkady. Most tourists leave having visited the same 5 places everyone visits. There's so much more — they just never find it."
— Aarsh Thadathil, Founder
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