Chembra peak: A Perfect place to purchase second home

Wayanad can be thought of an ideal place for adventure and to buy a vacasion home. Chembra peak, the highest peak in Wayanad is the natural choice for most of the visitors. It is an ideal spot for trekking and mountaineering. Trekking to top of the chembra peak is a day long experience. It is one of the most beautiful spot close to Western Ghats. It gives you a bird’s eye view of Wayanad, from top of the peak

Chembra peak is one of the most thrilling place in Wayanad, is located 14 kms west of Kalpetta on the way to Ooty road. Located amidst panoramic surroundings, the peak is at an altitude of 2100 meters above sea level. You can access meppady hills and chembra peak from kalpetta. It has the entire surrounding quite with tea plantation, flora and fauna, beautiful birds and some wild life.

It is a perfect destination for trekkers as well as nature lovers, some tourists stay one or two days at the top of the peak in temporary camps. The temperature really falls down at the top of the peak. To climb the peak, you need to get permits from forest department office at Meppady village. District Tourism Promotion Council provides guides, sleeping bags, canvass huts trekking implements on hire charges to the tourists. To reach Chembra, take the Kozhikode road from Kalpetta and turn left just after the town. You will hit Meppady village after a short drive where you can get your necessary permits, ask for directions to just confirm and proceed. Start early, since the trek up and back will take six hours or more.

At 2100 meters Chembra stands taller than the next biggest peak Mullayangiri, the tallest in Karnataka.

If you are the kind who love destination than the journey then for you Chembra is nourished with a heart shaped lake at the top of the peak. This lake is named hrudaya sarass (hrudaya means heart and sarass means lake). This lake which awaits you at the top of the peak never dries up even in very dry summer. It looks like a miracle for nature lovers.

Camping in the night with campfire, and the whispering of the flowing springs leaves an ever lasting memories in mind of visitors and rejuvenate you. If you want to buy a second home or vacation home in this area, there are companies like holidayhangouts.com who sell plots and construct houses ideally suited and designed for holiday homes for very low prices.