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Chetpet Eco Park - Chennai

In the middle of Chennai city's hustle bustle landscape there is an eco park. This place was in the wish list but could only make it this time on a late evening. One can reach this place in less than half an hour from the central of the city. The entrance will lift your brows - two huge aquariums on either side and the name in the centre with a boat, fishermen and net.
Food court building is the first thing to be seen as soon as you enter. Amble parking space is available  through multi-level parking infrastructure. Its Rs.25 per hour for parking. Leave the food court to your right and walk further to the left side to get to the entrance ticket counter.
Its Rs.20 per head and separate tickets for fishing, 3D picture and boating. One can see info about fishes and coral reefs detailed in the lobby to the ticket counter. While standing in the queue to buy the entry ticket or later we can go through these in leisure. As seen below the info is available in both Tamil and English.
The lake area depicted in the map is a revelation, never thought that Chennai has such a water body within its limits. Nice to see Chennai-ites make good use of this park. Many youngsters and elders take brisk walk on the lake boundary. While kids enjoy merry go round, swing and others games installed in the kids area. Also near this place, food joints offer snacks of variety for kids.
There is also a 3D movie room called the multimedia room which shows picture for visitors. This is well maintained and a big entertainment for the audience. Enjoyable one particularly during the summer vacation.
Till you reach the counter and further along the walking path there are various replicas like frog, turtle, etc which attract kids mainly. Many visitors take pictures with these replicas and kids are seen happily sitting on those.
The boating area is confined to one side while the other side of the lake is for fishing. Boating facility is provided even beyond 6PM. The bridge divides the boating and fishing. All along the path, very nice parking tiles are set making walking a pleasure. Dustbins are placed at frequent places to help the visitors. Hope we keep this place clean for our betterment.
For fishing Rs.300 is charged by providing the equipment and whatever fish(es) caught can be taken home. Fishing right in the centre of a metropolitan city is something one cannot imagine. Many are interested in these it seems. It was late evening for us so no luck.
After a walk all along the boundary of the lake, the next stop is the food court in the second floor of the multi-level parking lot building. This second floor is simply the other name for multi-cuisine. It offer - south Indian, north Indian, Chinese, Burmese, Malaysian, Indonesian, steamed foods, ice creams and deserts.
As it is the IPL season, cricket matches are projected in huge screens and on televisions as well in the dining area. Also one was surprised to see that we can order food here, have them too and then pay for them. Various stalls take note of our table number and serve us the food but never bother about the bill payment. We have to say what all we ate at the bill counter to get the bill and pay for it.

yeay! Chennai post after a long time..
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Location: Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600031, India

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