Where you'll be
The Attappadi valley
On the edge of the monsoon.
Pleasant Valley
Resort
Attappadi Hills · Kerala
Experience rustic days
on the rain-swept Attappadi hills
The Attappadi valley
Wake up in the middle of it
Ridges all around, cloud on the peaks most mornings, and the nearest town a short drive down the ghat. The resort sits on the valley floor, with the Western Ghats rising on every side.
Stay
Two cottages. Four guests.
Set on a working farm. Mornings come up through the mist and the rain arrives all at once. Between the rains the nights are clear and pitch black, and in the weeks before the monsoon they fill with fireflies.
- 2cottages
- 2guests in each
- 4guests at most
- Double bed
- Air-conditioned
- Hot water
- Wi-Fi
In both cottages.
The farm
The farm runs up to the cottages.
Areca palms with banana growing under them, paths cut through, and a tank that fills when the monsoon comes.
- Areca palm
- Banana
- Coconut
- Pepper
- Mangosteen
- Timber trees
The lay of the land
A valley in the Ghats
Ringed by the Nilgiris, Silent Valley and the Anaikatti hills.
Getting here
Coimbatore →
- by road
- 57 km
- drive
- ~1 hr
- altitude
- 727 m
Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka
A weekend in the mist
Two cottages, four guests, an hour from Coimbatore.
Seasons
When to come
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Monsoon: June to September, easing through October to December.
Fireflies: May and June.
Misty mornings: January, and June to December. To confirm.
Cool and clear: January to March, and October to December.
South-west monsoon June to September, north-east showers October to December. Fireflies peak in the weeks before the monsoon. Misty mornings run through the monsoon and into winter (dashed: to confirm). Bring light woollens for winter nights.
A note about the rain
The south-west monsoon is the loud one, June to September, and it
is the reason everything here is green. The north-east showers
that follow are gentler and mostly fall at night.
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Mid-May – mid-June
The fireflies
For a fortnight or so before the rain breaks, the trees along the lower path fill with them after dark. No moon is better than a full one.
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June – September
The south-west monsoon
It arrives over the ridges to the west and it does not do things by halves. The valley runs with water, the areca goes black-green, and the tank fills.
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June – December
Misty mornings
Cloud sits in the valley overnight and lifts through the palms an hour after first light. Walk the farm before breakfast and you walk inside it.
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October – March
Cool and clear
The best months, and the reason people come twice. Low humidity, long views east over the plains, and nights cold enough for light woollens.
