National Parks

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Periyar



Location: 15 km from Munnar.
Visiting hours: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.

A sanctuary for the endangered mountain goat of South India, the Nilgiri Tahr ( Hemitragus hylocrious), the Eravikulam National Park stands out for the stark beauty of its rolling grasslands and sholas, spread over 97 sq km in the Rajamalai hills. Anamudi, the highest peak (2695 m) south of the Himalayas, towers over the sanctuary in majestic pride.

The slopes of the hills abound in all kinds of rare flora and fauna. The Atlas moth, the largest of its kind in the world, is a unique inhabitant of the park. Other rare species of fauna found here are the Nilgiri Langur, the liontailed macaque, leopards, tigers, etc. An ideal place for trekking, facilities are provided here and tourists are allowed to go on foot up to Anamudi.

A protected area, the sanctuary is divided into three regions the core area, the buffer area and the tourism area. Visitors are allowed only to the tourism area Rajamalai the region lying beyond the road entry into Eravikulam. Here one can observe the Nilgiri Tahr at close quarters. Don't make this your destination for a monsoon visit because visitors are not allowed here during this season.

Getting there:

Nearest railway stations: Kottayam, about 142 km from Munnar; Ernakulam, about 130 km from Munnar.

Keywords: Kerala tourism, kerala attractive places, national park

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Banasura



Location:
Banasura Project at Padinjarathara, about 25 km northeast of Kalpetta, Wayanad district, north Kerala.

The picturesque Banasura Project is the largest earthern dam in India and the second largest in Asia. Located in the midst of lovely, mistclad hills with a wildlife sanctuary and park full of flowering trees, this spot of enchantment has no parallel elsewhere. With its placid crystal clear waters Banasura is a wonderful picnic spot.

At Kalpetta, which once used to be the stronghold of the Jains in Kerala, you also have the attraction of historic monuments like the Ananthanathaswami Jain Temple near Puliyarmala.

Getting there:

Nearest railway station: Kozhikode about 72 km away from Kalpetta.

Nearest airport: Karipur international airport, about 23 km from Kozhikode town


Keywords: Kerala tourism, kerala attractive places, national park

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Eravikulam



Location: 15 km from Munnar.
Visiting hours: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.

A sanctuary for the endangered mountain goat of South India, the Nilgiri Tahr ( Hemitragus hylocrious), the Eravikulam National Park stands out for the stark beauty of its rolling grasslands and sholas, spread over 97 sq km in the Rajamalai hills.

Anamudi, the highest peak (2695 m) south of the Himalayas, towers over the sanctuary in majestic pride. The slopes of the hills abound in all kinds of rare flora and fauna. The Atlas moth, the largest of its kind in the world, is a unique inhabitant of the park. Other rare species of fauna found here are the Nilgiri Langur, the liontailed macaque, leopards, tigers, etc. An ideal place for trekking, facilities are provided here and tourists are allowed to go on foot up to Anamudi.

A protected area, the sanctuary is divided into three regions the core area, the buffer area and the tourism area. Visitors are allowed only to the tourism area Rajamalai the region lying beyond the road entry into Eravikulam. Here one can observe the Nilgiri Tahr at close quarters. Don't make this your destination for a monsoon visit because visitors are not allowed here during this season.

Getting there:

Eravikulam is 15 kms from Munnar.

Nearest railway stations: Kottayam, about 142 km from Munnar; Ernakulam, about 130 km from

Keywords: Kerala tourism, kerala attractive places, national park

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The wild world at Begur



Location: About 20 km east of Mananthavady, Wayanad district, North Kerala.

The district of Wayanad lies on an elevated picturesque mountainous plateau in the Western Ghats. Historians are of the opinion that organised human life existed in these parts of Kerala at least ten centuries before Christ. In this virgin land, which has not seen much human habitation later, is the Begur Wildlife Sanctuary.

The forest here is amongst the most beautiful locales of Kerala. The region has a wealth of diverse species of plants and animals and is of great interest to nature lovers.

Getting there

Nearest railway station : Thalassery in Kannur district, which is about 80 km from Mananthavady.

Nearest airport : Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode, which is at a distance of 106 km.

Nearest airport: Karipur international airport, about 23 km from Kozhikode town

Keywords: Kerala tourism, kerala attractive places, national park

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Aralam



Location: 35 km from Thalasserry and 60 km from Kannur town.

The Aralam Sanctuary is spread over 55 sq kms of undulating forest highlands on the slopes of the Western Ghats. The highest peak here Katti Betta rises to a majestic 1145 m above sea level. Covered with tropical and semi evergreen forests, the Aralam Sanctuary is home to a vast variety of flora and fauna endemic to the Western Ghats.

Herds of deer, elephants, boars and bisons are common sights. Leopards, jungle cats and various types of squirrels are also seen here. Aralam, a village in Thalasserry, is also noted for the Central State Farm, a 3060 hectare farm started in 1971 by the Government of India. This is one of the main production centres of hybrid coconut seeds in the country.

Getting there

Nearest railway station: Thalasserry, about 35 km.

Nearest airport: Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode, about 71 km from Thalasserry town.

Keywords: Kerala tourism, kerala attractive places, national park

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Shenduruny



Remember the last time you had a really wild time This month, we invite you for another bash in a tropical semievergreen forest! For company, youll have some diehard party animals elephants, tigers, leopards, bisons, sambar, wild boar, liontailed macaques, langurs, deer and most of the other regular inhabitants of a wild, West Coast tropical evergreen forest.

The Shenduruny forest declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1984 gets its name from an endemic species of tree called Chenkuruny (Gluta travancoria). In the central region of this moist, mixed deciduous forest, spread over hilly terrain of over 100 sq km, is the 26 sq km artificial lake formed by the Parappar dam built across the Shenduruny and Kulathupuzha rivers. But beautiful surroundings guaranteed to give those exhausted batteries a recharge is not all that the forest is famous for.

According to some recent archaeological studies, Shenduruny was the cradle of one of the oldest river valley civilizations in India one older than even the Indus Valley which dates from 4400 3700 BC! Paintings similar to those of the Mesolithic period (5210 4420 BC) found in the caves of central India, have been excavated from a cave, large enough to hold 20 people, in the northwestern part of the river.

Getting there:

By road: 66 km from Kollam town on the Kollam Shencotta Road, in Pathanapuram taluk of Kollam district.

Nearest railway station: Thenmala connected with Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Kashmir.

Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram 72 km away.

Keywords: Kerala tourism, kerala attractive places, national park

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