Jayashankar Bhupalpally/Mulugu: The Forest Department’s efforts to sell ecotourism yield top effects. While Laknavaram and Bogatha waterfalls are attracting travelers from other States, the centers offered and sports taken up at Tadvai huts make Tadvai every different traveler enchantment.
After six AC cottages and the center of a surrounding got here up at Tadvai, tourists create a beeline for the region, a part of the Eturunagram Wildlife Sanctuary, spreading over an area of 806 sqkm in Jayashankar Bhupalpally and Mulugu districts. While five cottages are for traffic, one is for officers. Two adults can stay in every place, for which Rs 2,000 is charged for twenty-four hours. The package also consists of lunch, dinner, and breakfast.
Rooms online,” Ecotourism Coordinator Kalyanapu Suman instructed ‘Telangana Today.’ “If there’s a toddler aged around ten years, Rs 1,000 is charged for him/her,” he said.
Visitors (nature enthusiasts, journey lovers, trekkers, and birders) can visit the Environmental Education Centre (EEC) set up at the Tadvai huts. They can learn about the plant life and fauna of the flora and fauna sanctuary in the center. “And here within the museum, you can find facts about the tribal lifestyle of the place, cultural, historical past, reptile range, flying treasure, stunning squirrels, massive animals, largest deer, digital camera traps, and so forth,” Suman brought.
The Eturunagaram Wildlife Sanctuary incorporates predominantly wood species, including teak (Tectona grandis) and Nallamaddi (Terminalia alata). It is the habitat of both herbivorous and carnivorous fauna, besides harboring a spread of avian fauna. The keystone species in the sanctuary are massive squirrels and Indian Gour.
While the tribal shrine of Sammakka-Sarakka of Medaram is located in the sanctuary’s dense forests approximately 20 km away from Tadvai, those curious about the records can visit the Dameravai megalithic burials, also known as dolmens, believed to be five,000 years old. People can also journey a 21-velocity mountain motorbike deep into the forest alongside a specially organized five-km-long course. Viewing locations had been prepped along this path for Sambar and another natural world. Those who walked the trail are loving it. “Cycling inside a forest became a fabulous experience, and I agree, this has become a must-go-to vicinity for any nature lover,” said Aravind Arya, a nature lover and adventure fanatic.
While biking and path-walking facilities are already attracting vacationers, the officers also offer paraphernalia for camping in the forest, specifically on Blackberry Island, positioned approximately 12 km away from the cottages at Tadvai.
Visitors can also have a panoramic view of the wooded area and the Jampanna vague (move) from the Kondeti standpoint, positioned 23 km away from the cottage (hut-modeled ones).
“As of now, we’re receiving ok bookings for the cottages,” Suman stated, adding that they were making plans to introduce jungle safari cars quickly. “Since Tadvai is positioned on National Highway 163 (Hyderabad to Bhopalpatnam), which leads to Bogatha waterfalls in Wazeedu, the travelers who come from Hyderabad may additionally live for a night at the cottages of the Tadvai either on their manner to the falls or at some stage in the go back adventure,” he introduced.
