Alipura
Madhya Pradesh
- Description
The village has a lot to offer to its tourists, from heritage to nature, from social interactions to cooking experiences, with the mornings, a new way of rural life begins, one will find the females performing their house chores like filling the clay pots from hand-pumps or water bodies, feeding the cattle, making cow dung cakes, seasoning and grinding the spices, cleaning the lentils and grinding for the home use, farming etc. With the community interaction, one can get the opportunity to learn about the historical importance and stories of the palace from the present monarch, if lucky one can get a chance to dine with His Highness of Alipura Palace. The surrounding mountains call for adventure activities and wildlife attractions, the rich flora-fauna in the forest provide close interaction with birds like the Black Dragon, honey buzzard, mountain hawk-eagle, parrots etc. and the animals like monkeys, wild boar, deer, bears etc. if your good luck worked, the leopard can be seen or heard from proximity. One can enjoy the bicycle ride through the village pathways and forest roads, explore nearby ancient Havelis by jeep, watch sunrise and sunset from the top of the hill, explore the ancient royal step-well, relax at the bank of Dhasan river, boating experience in the river Dhasan.
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