Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Travel

Venture the wild, feel the thrill, watch the birds feed their young ones, watch the majestic tiger wait for its pray and observe the elephants giving their young ones a wonderful shower. Visit Periyar Wildlife sanctuary and experience the best wildlife vacation you always wanted.

Situated on an area of 777 square kilometers in the Cardamom hills region of the Western Ghats in Kerala the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the largest and most frequented wildlife reserves in India. Tourists from all over the world come to visit this amazing sanctuary.

A travel to Periyar Wildlife sanctuary will take you to the deeper valleys which contain tropical evergreen forest with extremely thick tree cover that even bright sunlight finds hard to penetrate. These trees that have grown to amazing heights of up to 130-140 feet seem to having being there forever. The major floras of the sanctuary are Teak, Rosewood, Terminalia, Eucalyptus, Sandalwood, Jacaranda, Mango, Jamun, Tamarind, Banyan, Pipal, Plumeria, Gulmohar and Bamboo.

Our Periyar Wildlife sanctuary travel will let you come close to nature. Observe the wild animals just a few steps away from you. Grab the first opportunity to take photographs of these wild animals in action. The wild animals that you are to encounter in your tour to Periyar Wildlife sanctuary are Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Wild Pig, Sambar, Gaur, Malabar Flying Squirrel, Stripe-Necked Mongoose and over 260 species of birds including Blue-Winged Parakeet, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, White-Bellied Tree Pie, Laughing Thrushes and Flycatchers.

The basic activities that you can explore in your travel to Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary are Nature walk, Periyar tiger trailing, Border hiking, Bamboo rafting, Jungle patrol, Tribal heritage, Jungle inn, etc.

The best time to take a travel to Periyar Wildlife sanctuary is from the month of October to June.

How to Get there

Air : Kochi (Cochin) at 200-kms or Madurai in Tamil Nadu at140-kms are the nearest airports from Periyar.
Rail : Kottayam at 114-kms is the nearest railhead from Periyar.
Road : Kumily, the nearest town from Periyar is well served by both state and private buses from Kottayam, Ernakulam and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.