NILAMBUR-Canolly's plot.
      One of the tourist destinations in north kerala. it is world famous for its teak plantations. these were planted by the british, when they are ruling india. nilambur have the world's first teak plantations in world, known as Canolly's plot- named after the name of malabar collector at that time. nilambur had its own natural teak forests. it was used by british for making ships. it was calculated that around 850 fully grown teak trees were needed to make a single war ship at that time. so natural forests of nilambur started disappearing in a short span of time. british government decided to plant teak plants in all the areas were the forests are destroyed, for their future use. they made a railway line connecting nilambur to shoranur which is still used and a beautiful railway line to travel.

part of canolly's plot is still preserved by the forest department of kerala.This was planted in 1846. there is a beautiful hanging brige across river chaliyar to connect to the canolly's plot.

HOW TO REACH; 40 kilometres from calicut international airport by car or bus
                              65 kilometres from kozhikode city
                              By train from shoranur- one and half hours

NILAMBUR-NEDUMKAYAM;
          Nedumkayam is 12 kilometres away from Nilambur. Nedumkayam is a hillstation. there is karimbuzha river at nedumkayam and a forest banglaw nearby. this banglaw was made by a british- dawson who was the DFO of nilambur forest division when british was ruling india. he cant leave this place even after his retirement from service. he was so mentally attached to that place by that time. He made two bridges of cast iron there, which is still used after many decades. He used to jump into the river from this bridge. one day he drowned in the same river which he loved the most. he was burried near the river itself and a monument is still preserved there. after that many people died at the same place with crystal clear water.
there is an elephant training centre nearby, which is not used now. it was used previously for training elephants caught from forest to train for shifting wood in forest. Now it is banned in kerala.

NILAMBUR-TEAK MUSEUM;
               Teak museum is located 1 kilometre from nilambur town. its the world's first of its kind. there is a beautiful botanical garden also attached to the teak museum. very useful for students and those who are interested in plantations. it is maintained by KFRI. monday is holiday. there is a wide variety of bamboos from different parts of world. Monday holiday.

NILAMBUR-Adyanpara water falls.
           Its located 8 kilometres from nilambur town. beautiful waterfalls best in novemberand december. Now planning for a minor electricity project here. be careful while playing in the streams.

NILAMBUR- Chaliyar mukku.
                 Beautiful sight of chaliyar river. nearly 5 kilometres from nilambur town. get permission from forest department nilambur office before going there.