PERIYAR NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS THE FIRST AND LARGEST WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN KERALA. IN THE BEGGING IT WAS KNOWN AS NELLIKKAMPATTY GAME SANCTUARY. NELLIKKAMPATTY GAME SANCTUARY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1934. PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS THE BIGGEST WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN KERALA, SPREAD ACROSS 777 SQ KM. PERIYAR WILD LIFE SANCTUARY IS ALSO KNOWN AS THEKKADY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND NATIONAL PARK IS SITUATED IN IDUKKI AND PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICTS, KERALA.
PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS FAMOUS FOR?
PERIYAR WILD LIFE SANCTUARY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS TIGER RESERVE AND ELEPHANT RESERVE. PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE (925 SQ KM) IS THE 10TH TIGER SANCTUARY IN INDIA. THIS TIGER RESERVE IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS TIGER POPULATION. IN 1950 PERIYAR IS DECLARED AS A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. AND IN 1978 PERIYAR WAS DECLARED AS A TIGER RESERVE. IN 1982 THE CORE PLACE OF PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY WAS DECLARED NATIONAL PARK. MULLAPERIYAR DAM IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.
WHY DO YOU VISIT THIS PLACE? WHAT IS THE SPECIALITY OF PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY?
IF YOU ARE A HODOPHILE YOU MUST VISIT THIS PLACE ONCE IN YOUR LIFE TIME. WHEN YOU VISIT THIS WILD LIFE SANCTUARY IT WILL GIVE YOU VERY PRECIOUS MOMENTS TO YOUR LIFE TIME. IN FUTURE WHEN YOU RECOLLECT THE MEMORY ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IT WOULD ALWAYS MAKE YOU SMILE AND FEEL BETTER. YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IT. THIS JOURNEY GIVES YOU A CHANCE FOR A CLOSE STUDY AND WE GET MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPECIES. ALSO HELP US TO EXPLORE NATURE; IT IS A BEST PLACE TO FEEL VERY FRESH AND PLEASANT. BECAUSE IT IS AN EVER GREEN FOREST, THIS GREENERY ALWAYS PROVIDES US VERY CALM AND PEACE OF MIND. WE FEEL VERY FRESHNESS AND FREE FROM OUR BUSY LIFE. TREKKING PROGRAM, BOAT RIDING, JUNGLE CAMP ETC ARE ARRANGED TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF WILDNESS VERY DEEPLY. TREKKING IS ARRANGED FROM 7 AM TO 3 PM. ALL THESE THINGS MAKE THIS PLACE VERY POPULAR AMONG TOURISTS. THIS IS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION IN “GODS OWN COUNTRY”.
TYPES OF ANIMALS LIVES OR FOUND IN PERIYAR NATIONAL PARK.
PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY PROUDLY STANDS WITH ITS RICH FLORA AND FAUNA. BENGAL TIGER AND INDIAN ELEPHANTS , GUAR, WILD PIG, SQUIRREL, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER AND LIKE THIS MORE THAN 35 SPECIOUS OF ANIMALS AND ABOUT 265 SPECIOUS OF BIRDS ARE LIVES IN THIS AREA.
WHAT IS THE BEST TIME FOR VISITING PERIYAR NATIONAL PARK?
THE PERFECT TIME TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTY OF NATURE IS, FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE. AFTER THIS CLIMATE IS NOT MUCH SUITABLE TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTY IN ITS MAXIMUM, BECAUSE THAT TIME IS MONSOON SEASON.
WHERE PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS IS EXACTLY LOCATED?
TO REACH THIS PLACE IS VERY EASY. PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS LOCATED IN PERUMED TALUK. IT IS SITUATED IN IDUKKY AND PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICTS OF KERALA. BUS SERVICE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM VARIOUS PLACES TO REACH HERE.