Bonacaud
| Bonacaud Bonakkad | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Bonacaud Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates: 8°45′25″N 77°11′20″E / 8.75694°N 77.18889°ECoordinates: 8°45′25″N 77°11′20″E / 8.75694°N 77.18889°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Talukas | Nedumangad |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 695551 |
| Telephone code | 0472 |
| Vehicle registration | KL- |
| Nearest city | Thiruvananthapuram |
Bonacaud (Kerala state, India) is the base station of the famous peak, Agasthyarkoodam in the Agasthya hills. The Agasthya hill range is famous for its abundance of rare herbs and medicinal plants.
There is a tea estate in Bonacaud, established by Britishers. The hill resort Ponmudi is near to Bonacaud. Bonacaud(natively called Bonakkad) is now used as a base camp for trekking to Agasthyakoodam. It has lots of shooting locations including the forests, waterfalls and tea estates.
It is located at 8°45′25″N 77°11′20″E / 8.75694°N 77.18889°E
The place has the famous Bona Falls a truly enthralling place with a lot of fauna. Vazuvanchola near Bona falls is also famous for its waterfalls
The estate has cardamom, coconut, pepper and tea.
The exact name of the place is Bonaccord named by british and it mean good faith. it is believed that around 1850 one estate been established on the top of the hill and near to a river named as Sooryakanthi. Due to lack of sun light, many labors fell in ill and died. later the management has changed the location and came down and established the estate in the present location. The labors been brought from South tamil nadu and their decedent are still there in the estate
Due to mismanagement and bad market condition the estate management not paid the salary on time from 1998. slowly the estate fall in to the lock out.
The estate is having lot rivers and natural beauties.
How to reach
- Nearest city : Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 61 km.
- Nearest airport : Trivandrum International airport 67 km.
- Nearest railway station : Trivandrum Central 62 km.
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