Agasthyamala trek season cancelled
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Off-season package, accommodating small groups, will be available
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Off-season package, accommodating small groups, will be available
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Forest Department to cancel the annual trekking season to Agasthyarkoodam (or Agasthyamala) and extend its off-season package in a bid to prevent crowding.
A 1,868-metre-tall peak that forms part of the Western Ghats, the biodiversity-rich Agasthyarkoodam is widely regarded a trekkers’ haven with many eagerly awaiting for the annual trekking season that usually commences on the day of the Makaravilakku festival in Sabarimala and continues until Sivarathri. While hundred entry passes are usually issued for each day of the trek, the daily trekkers’ list usually go up to 150 with more trekkers managing to gain entry.