Kerala Wildlife:
WILDLIFE
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Befriend an elephant Shake hands Discover the elephant's point of view. Feast your eyes on the most exotic of wildlife. And realize that there's much more to life when a deer stops to look at you. When a monkey decides to renew acquaintance. When a blue-winged Parakeet sings for you.
Eravikulam National ParkThis sanctuary was set up specially for the preservation of Nilgiri Tahr, one of the seriously endangered animals. Now the number of tahrs has increased and they constitute the largest known population of tahrs existing in the world. In addition to tahr, the park shelters elephants, sambars, gaurs, ion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, tigers and leopards.
Accommodation and board facilities are available at Munnar, the nearest town, which is connected to Kottayam (148 km.) and Ernakulam (130 km.) by road. There is a motorable road upto Rajamally. Further, travel is on foot, but the trekking is really enjoyable.
Silent Valley National ParkThe Silent Valley contains India's last substantial stretch of tropical evergreen rain forests and it is perhaps the only vestige of a near virgin forest in the whole of the Western Ghats. Elephants , tigers, wild dog, flying squirrel and lion-tailed macaque are found here. Vehicular traffic is allowed upto Mukkali from Mannarghat. From Mukkali one has to cover at least 24 km on foot to reach the source of river Kuntipuzha, which flows through the valley.
Nearest railhead is Palghat, 75 km away. Admission to this part is restricted. Prior permission is required to visit the part. For further detail contact: The Divisional Forest officer, Palghat.
Periyar Wildlife SanctuaryThe most renowned destination is the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary at Thekkady, one of India's major sanctuary areas. The drive to Thekkady itself is enchanting as the road winds through tranquil countryside, rich plantations and thick jungles.
The sanctuary offers a lovely and comfortable way to see the animals via boat rides on the man-made lake, which the wildlife areas encircle. In addition to the wild life, there are water and land birds galore here, and one can sometimes find dedicated bird watchers setting in for one or two weeks of serious observations.
Covering an area of 777 sq. km. of lush green tropical forests, it is the natural habitat of elephant, bison, spotted deer, sambar, bear etc. Colourful variety of birds like the Malabar Grey Hornbill, Grey jungle fowl and the Jungle Myna are seen.
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary This bird sanctuary is a peninsular land of 25 sq. km. Formed between the branches of River Periyar. The rivers are rich in fishlife and are shallow for most of the year. The avifauna includes both resting indigenous birds and water birds. The most notable of the indigenous birds are Malabar grey hornbill, grey jungle fowl, heron, egret, jungle myna, wood pecker, rose winged and blue winged parakeet. Rare birds like Ceylon frog-mouth, rose billed roller etc. are also seen.
Parambikulam Wildlife SanctuaryThis bird sanctuary is a peninsular land of 25 sq. km. Formed between the branches of River Periyar. The rivers are rich in fishlife and are shallow for most of the year. The avifauna includes both resting indigenous birds and water birds. The most notable of the indigenous birds are Malabar grey hornbill, grey jungle fowl, heron, egret, jungle myna, wood pecker, rose winged and blue winged parakeet. Rare birds like Ceylon frog-mouth, rose billed roller etc. are also seen.
Parambikulam is endowed with luxuriant vegetation. It has one of the largest population of gaur (bison). Sambar, spotted deer, jungle cat, lion-tailed macaque, common otter, sloth bear etc. are also seen. There are also a few tigers and leopards.
Facilities for boarding and lodging are available at the sanctuary. There are forest rest houses at Thunacadavu, Thellikkal and Elathode. Motor transport and boat cruise can be arranged on requestThe Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu lies adjacent.
Idukki Wildlife SanctuaryThe sanctuary is situated just above the arch dam. An area of 70 sq. km. of forest land in between the Periyar and Cheruthoni rivers form an excellent habitat for wildlife. Elephants, bisons, bear, wild boars, sambar etc are found in this area. The lake on the three sides of the sanctuary offers a panoramic view to the tourists.Book a wild life holiday
Traveller Quote
My Trip to Kerala in Peak Summer was really excellent as I had booked my tour with Peacock Holidays. The reason for this was that the Tour was Tailor made and Prices tag was good. We were 6 people reaching cochin on May 24th Morning, we were received by our Tour Driver along with a 12 seater Force Traveller with Push Back and A/C.
We were comfortably accomodated at a 3star hotel for refreshing and proceeded towards Munnar. The tour was good since the vehicle was totally for us and we had the freedom of starting and stopping wherever and whenever we wanted to. The tour rep Mr.Nishad came and met us before starting our journey as well as at the end of our tour. Since the Tour operator is from Kerala, he had better knowledge of the resorts, sightseeing places and food at kerala. Hence it was easy for us to decide what we wanted.
I would opt to go again with the same People for my next visit....
(Mr. Bharathmatluru)
We were comfortably accomodated at a 3star hotel for refreshing and proceeded towards Munnar. The tour was good since the vehicle was totally for us and we had the freedom of starting and stopping wherever and whenever we wanted to. The tour rep Mr.Nishad came and met us before starting our journey as well as at the end of our tour. Since the Tour operator is from Kerala, he had better knowledge of the resorts, sightseeing places and food at kerala. Hence it was easy for us to decide what we wanted.
I would opt to go again with the same People for my next visit....
(Mr. Bharathmatluru)
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