It's a must visit place in Wayanad. The experience is actually too good. The caved are located on top of the hill so you need to trek to reach the caves. The path till the ticket counter is steep and requires energy to reach there. After the ticket counter there are steps made to climb till the caves. The caves have beautiful carvings on them. It feels too good when you are inside the cave. It's peaceful (offcourse when there is less crowd) and so real. The stones, the structures, the carvings everything is lovely to see. The view is also amazing from the caves.. PS there are lota of monkeys so beware of your items and dont carry food in hand..

The place is closed on 1. Republic Day 2. May Day 3. Independence Day 4. Gandhi Jayanti 5. Thiruvonam 6. All Mondays Also the place is likely to be closed after 1pm because there is a rule that only 1920 (approx) people per day can visit. Even though the official closing time is 4pm. Suggestion would be to visit this place in the morning itself around 9 am to avoid crowd and get a ticket. Quite a lot of shops on the way to caves. You be charged Rs. 20 if you have a plastic bottle. Do carry cash since their internet is glitchy (obviously). The caves are interesting but there is no explanation on what exactly is written on those rocks! You may find some random guy asking for money in exchange of explanation. The stairs are well constructed, even a senior citizen can climb it.

A challenging uphill walk up to the caves. There are high stone steps followed by metal steps leading to the 2 caves. Many centuries old caves with stone carvings from patterns to what looks like a Sherman priests and what looks like a huge bird like shape. Seems like this place was more of a worship places than place to stay.

Very nice caves if you are interested in history, not very often you see things which are (claimed to be) 6000 years old! What to expect: 1. As you approach this place there is a parking fee collected, Rs.40/- for the car and they allot you a parking lot number, there are almost 10 of them. Very organised. 2. There is a very steep walk up, approx 1Km. There are shops on the way for eats and tit bits. They are very polite and don't push you much. 3. Then you reach the ticket counters & there are toilets too. Ticket is Rs.50/- per adult. 4. After this the real fun (challenge) starts. There are big steep stone steps up and steel steps down. Approx 300+ steps. 5. This place can get very crowded too, so getting there early in the day is better as the crowds are less and it is not very hot. 6. Assuming the steps can get very slippery during the rains, so exercise caution. 7. Not advisable for people above 70, pregnant women, people with heart ailments, people who don't exercise to do this walk, it'll be too strenuous. 8. Beautiful views from the top and the icing on the cake are the stone carvings, 6000 years old! Must visit for history lovers for sure!

These caves are one of famous tourist attractions of Wayanad. They have carvings from the stone age around 6000 BC. It’s good to hire a guide so that they can explained the carvings. There are two level of caves. There is a steep trek of 1 km and then climb of 400 steps to reach the upper level of caves. Only the upper level of cave has carvings. On the way back, do try some good passion fruit juice and coconut water. You can also do some souvenir shopping and spices/chocolates shopping.

Highly recommended trek/ walk and must visit places near Wayanad. The trek takes about 2.5 hrs with a 6-yr old. Takes 20mons till entry point, 40 mins for the uphill trek till the highest point and 20 mins downhill back to parking The trek is steep but has many places to take a break, with greenery all around with great views. The view from the top is beautiful and the cave drawings are must see. Take the help of a guide to understand what they mean and they also take very good pics of you. Start early by 8-9am and be done by noon. Weekends are crowded with school and college groups..quite touristy entrance and a great place to shop for things back home in the form of banana chips chocolates eucalyptus oil and spices