📍 Cave📍 Heritage📍 Trek

Edakkal Caves

Sulthan Bathery, Kerala, India

4.6 (0)

Overview

The cleft-boulder galleries of 8,000-year petroglyphs high on Ambukuthi hill — South India's most important prehistoric art.

Why visit: Climb into the Stone Age, view across half of Wayanad.

Things to do

›Petroglyph chambers
›Ambukuthi climb
›Valley viewpoints
›Nearby heritage museum

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Travel Information

Best time

Sep–May (closed Mon)

Entry fee

₹40–100

Est. budget

₹200–500

Duration

Half day

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