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Nellai to Thiruvananthapuram: One-Day Budget Tour for ₹300-400 Petrol!
- •Explore Thiruvananthapuram on a low-cost, one-day trip from Tirunelveli.
- •Travel by train from Tirunelveli Junction around 6 AM for about ₹80 per person.
- •Visit Thiruvananthapuram Zoo and Napier Museum, accessible by auto for around ₹100.
- •The zoo features bison, monkeys, exotic birds, hippos, otters, crocodiles, and a rare snake section with anacondas.
- •Return to Tirunelveli by train around 4 PM, completing the trip by night for an affordable family outing.
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You can take the Kollam train departing from Tirunelveli Junction at around 6 AM for about ₹80 per person, reaching Thiruvananthapuram Central by 10 AM. From there, an auto costing about ₹100 takes you to the zoo and Napier Museum area, allowing you to enjoy a budget-friendly trip and return by a 4 PM train.
Visitors can see bison, monkeys, colorful exotic birds, hippos, otters, crocodiles, and wild animals like lions, tigers, bears, and leopards, alongside a rare snake section featuring anacondas. Additionally, three zebras recently arrived from Gujarat's Vantara.
Three zebras arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram zoo from Gujarat's Vantara after a two-and-a-half-day road journey. This marked the return of zebras to the zoo after a gap of nine years, fulfilling a long-standing visitor demand.
