Meppadi Walks

Which is the most scenic walk in Meppadi? It is difficult to answer this question as the whole village of Meppadi is like paradise ideal for healthy strolls.  Tea estates are the typical landscape features of Meppadi and other kinds of vegetation is rare to find. 

Dargah on Ooty Road, Meppadi

You can walk from Meppadi town to DM.WIMS hospital.  The hospital is built in the middle of undulating tea estates and there is a cute temple on the way.  Visitors are allowed inside the hospital complex only between 4.00 pm and 7.30 pm.  Once you are inside the hospital building, you can take the lift down to the cafeteria.  If you want only coffee, there is a smaller coffee shop somewhere on the upper floors. 

The post office road is another suitable place to walk as traffic is minimum.  After walking for ten minutes, you reach Nalam Number junction with a cute Srambia or wooden mosque to greet you.  There are no shops in this area, but only small houses of estate workers.  Going left takes you down to Thazhe Kadoor and moving right takes you to Patham Number village.  The next place is called Mele Kadoor and the Elambileri resort road begins from here.  Another one kilometre takes you to Cholamala bridge with many tourists taking bath in the rocky river down.  Crossing the river, you can enter a tea estate without permission and finish your journey at the village junction marked by a trade union flag post. 

Another walk begins from Puliyampara Vaidhya Shala, Moopanad.  Turn left to reach Mukkil Peedika village where you can find a PDS or ration shop.  Turn right and walk through tapioca cultivations and you are back in Mukkil Peedika junction on Ooty road.