Marayoor claims a rich history dating back to the Stone Age. The climate is characterised by mild wet winters and hot dry summers.The trek through the shrub forests of Chinnar Wild Life Sanctuary will take you to the Thoovanam Waterfalls on the Pambar River.

Out of the 44 rivers in Kerala, only three flow eastwards and Pambar is one of them. Pambar eventually joins the Amaravati, a tributary of Kaveri. The multipurpose dam Amaravati Reservoir Project (for irrigation, flood control and Hydro-electric power station) is built on this river. Marayoor is the only place in Kerala that has a natural growth of sandalwood trees.

The climate in Marayoor characterised by low rainfall is suitable for the growth of sandalwood trees from which oil can be extracted.It is also an important pre-historic site in Kerala, and has unique dolmens, caves, rock edicts and engravings dating back to the Stone Age. Apart from over-ground dolmens, underground burial chambers built with dressed stone slabs have also been discovered in Marayoor. All these dolmens are made from heavy granite slabs, mined using primitive technology.

So, if you are in Marayoor, you will be enthralled to see the wide variety of places like “Dolmen Caves”, “Thoovanam Waterfalls”, “Anaimudi Shola Forest”, “Sandalwood Forest”, “Strawberry farms”, “Apple Farms”, “Wild life & Bird Watching” and so on…