Yanoda National Park

This is a pretty big park⛰ I think Covid has hit the region hard as you can tell it used to have a lot more people come visit & some attractions are no more. Saying that – you enter and queue to take a 🚌bus straight up the mountain (5-10mins). You arrive and there are some food stalls if you’re hungry & the staff sing to welcome. Some touristy shops here too. There is a “wetland” area which had some alpacas & rocks to walk across the water with many picture taking ops, if that’s your thing. What’s kinda nice about this park is that there is raised plank walkways and stairs throughout - but there are also options to walk a more ‘natural’ path where you are walking and climbing up big stone pathways which is nice! There are some small rope bridges, some “lucid caves?!?” & small really nice untouched forest. I think those are the biggest and oldest date palm trees I’ve ever seen and they were magical. There is a 1000-year-old Banyan tree you can walk through and the jungle is left to enjoy almost naturally. Unfortunately you can hear the echoes of the restaurant and shop owners at times throughout the park but there are a few nice spots of just the birds and bugs! Of course – no National park is without its dinosaurs and you can find them dotted throughout this one, my favourite is in the orchid stream. The maps are confusing to everyone – so just go with an open mind – it’s not a huge park and easy enough to get around. Unfortunately – they have small petting zoo and it was heartbreaking as the animals are pretty sad and their pens aren’t really spacious enough and is almost all concrete. I chose t rush through this as I found the state of the animals upsetting. I didn’t do the glass walkway or the zipline, not because they are extra,but I didn’t give myself time. All in all – I would recommend coming for a couple of hours to see some nice forest, rocks and some fresh air. The park is about an hour from the airport & the drive there is stunning! ⛰ #viewontop#themepark