The Shenbaganur Museum houses one of the best orchid collections in India and is maintained by the Sacred Heart College, a theological seminary almost a hundred years old.
Coaker's Walk on the steep southern face of the Kodai Ridge with its telescope House offers a fine view of the plains.
Green Valley view lies 5.5 km from the lake.
Bear Shola Falls, Where the bears once came to drink water, is a pretty wooded picnic spot.
Pillar Rocks with its fine view point overlooks tall rock outcrops 121 meters high.Other beautiful spots around Kodai include the Silver Cascade, Perumal Cave and Fairy Falls.
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