<span style="color: #222222;">The unique tribal eco tourism programme, being conducted in various parts of the Western Ghats in Tamilnadu, will be restarted from coming Monday.<br />''<br />'' Reservations can be made for the tour programme from Monday, according to Tourism department officials in Mettupalayam, the entrance to the famous Ghat highway to Udhagamandalam, the Queen of the Western Ghats.<br />''<br />'' The eco tourism programme is being conducted jointly by the tourism and SC/ST Welfare departments. The trekking tour also includes the excitement of a boat ride in the expansive water bodies including the Pilloor dam. Tourists are also given guided tours to the dense forests of Sathyamangalam as well as the option to take part in a lunch cum music and dance session with the forest tribes of the area.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''The tour programme, that had attracted much attention, had been temporarily suspended because of the heavy rains that had lashed the Western Ghats areas in the past few weeks. Now things are under control and the sporadic rains do not possess any problems to tourists according to meteorologists.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 30, 2019 12:14 PM
Unique tribal eco tourism programme to restart from Sep 2