The butterfly park of
Thumboormuzhi which is located at a distance of around 55 km from the endemic
brilliance of Thrissur carves it ways around the cascades of Athirapally
waterfalls and Thumboormuzhi dam.
Nestled around the estuary
of Chalakudy River it is amongst the most fascinated tourist destinations of
the city. The dam of Thumboormuzhi which is built across the flows of Chalakudy
River along with the butterfly park constitutes the nucleus of tourism here and
the streams that splits its way from the Chalakudy is used by the local people
to serve their irrigation purpose.
The water that flows at
the point of dam splits and forms two canals namely Edathukara canal and
Valathukara canal and traveler must understand that these two canals are
trusted to meet the expectation of local villagers.
Beside the potential call
of Thumboormuzhi dam the butterfly park which is home to more than 180 species
of colored species winged insects at present has become a centre of attraction
to nature lovers and butterfly enthusiast.
Owing to its importance
and significant call government and tourism sectors are trying their best to
preserve the course of butterflies that flies around the mystique valley of
Western Ghats. A walk here would allow traveler to understand the conversation
between flowers and butterflies because during the peak season you would witness
numbers and numbers of butterflies soaking the radiance of blossoms.
More of all, looking at
the importance of this park Government and the Tourism Department are on the
way to protect and conserve the butterfly park which is beautifully located at
the foothills of the Western Ghats near Chalakudy Falls. The park has also been
selected by the major research institute of Japan a National Institute of
Agro-biological sciences for research work and to conduct detail study on the
presence of the various species of butterflies in India. This park has been
home to more than 180 different species of butterflies which is spread over an
area of 10 acres.
With this the importance
of Thumburmuzhi butterfly garden will increase and catch the attention of more
scientist and butterfly research enthusiasts from across the world, Sebastian
Said.
If you will walk here
during the morning time than you would stand astounded to witness various size
of butterflies and each of the vivid flying insects are infallible in nature. To
understand their behavior and character, National Institute of Agro-biological
Sciences of Japan have chosen Thumboormuzhi Butterfly Park to carry out their
research work.
Inoue Thakashi, one of the
senior scientist and colleague of an above mentioned research institute will
work here to understand the nature and origin of butterflies and have assured
to lend technical assistance to increase the numbers by planting host plants.
Some of the renowned species
of butterflies which are to be found here is lemon butterfly, southern
birdwing, common rose, light blue tiger and dark blue tiger. Endemic plants
that you will witness around like Pagoda flower, rattlepods, Mexican heather
Rubiaceae, flame lily are the favorites of butterflies and you will see them
circling around to taste the sweetness of these flowers.
Beside butterfly view the
park has an affluent environment from where one can look to view the glory of
surrounding river, unpolluted forest, sprawling garden and many more.
The butterfly park of Thumboormuzhi which is
sprawled over 10 acres of land provides all the basic amenities to researchers
to perform their task and an alluring atmosphere of it that overlooks the glory
of Athirapally waterfalls would allow scientist to interact with affluence of
nature.
Entrance
Fee
Adult traveler would
require paying RS 10 and the children would be allow to enter the arena of park
after paying nominal amount of RS 5 as an entrance fee.
How
to Reach
By air- the nearest
airport is Nedumbassery International Airport which is located at a distance of
around 50 km from the park.
By Rail: The nearest
railway station is Thrissur Central Railway Station
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