BANDIPUR / MUDUMALAI NATIONAL PARK
In the foothills of the Nilgiris, this 321-sq-km park, and the surrounding forest outside the park boundaries, are the best places for wildlife viewing in Tamil Nadu / Karnataka. Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (3000 sq km), the reserve’s vegetation ranges from grasslands to semi-evergreen forests that are home to chitals (spotted deer), gaurs (bisons), tigers, panthers, wild boars and sloth bears. Otters and crocodiles inhabit the Moyar River . The park’s wild elephant population numbers about 600.
WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
If Kerala is ‘God’s Country’, this must be his garden of Eden. reserve that spills over into national parks in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Wayanad lies cocooned in the hills of the Western Ghats . The region gets surprisingly few visitors,. Wildlife that roam the forests here include elephants, sambar, spotted dear, Indian bison, langur monkeys and occasionally tigers.
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