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India is full of secret places and deep forest where a tourist can enjoy the nature beauty as well as take pleasure of wild safari. Periyar is the tiger reserve place having countless wild animals. PNP park is spread in 925 square km, and experts recognize the park as nature’s gift. The scenic charm of the Periyar makes it different than other national parks of the country.
Periyar is the protected Indian
tourist place situated Idukki district of Kerala, India. Basically, this park
is the reserve for elephant and tiger both. This park is also identified as
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary and "Thekkady" also. The high hill of Cardamom
and Pandalam increases the natural beauty to the place. Another closest
destination for a tourist is Kumily, which is just 4 km away. As per covered
area, Periyar wildlife is the prime tiger reserve of India. The two major
rivers of Kerala are Periyar and Pamba, which are playing the imperative role
in the development of forest.
Here tourist can enjoy the Cardamom
Hills that are protecting the park from external harms. The Mullaperiyar Dam is
also constructed on Periyar River in 1895.
Climate: temperature of this park
varies as it is based on the elevation of the area. The standard temperature of
the place is between 15° Celsius in winter season where as it goes to 31°
Celsius in summer season. Monsoon is the best period to visit the place as the
water level of the river raises and all wild animals comes out from their
shelter.
Flora: about 75% area is protected
with evergreen rain forest. The deep forest with tall tropical tree homes
Artocarpus hirsutus, Cullenia exarillata, Vateria indica, Hopea parviflora, Canarium
strictum and Bischofia javanica. The plants and trees of forest are also used
for creating medicine for the diverse purpose.
Tourist can enjoy nearly 2000 types
of flower plants, different kinds of gymnosperm's plants and 170 dissimilar
species of leaf.
This tiger reserve is based on
ecotourism so people should not spoil or disturb the plants from the forest
once they reach the destination. Local people are conducting diverse programs
for the surveillance of the exposed areas within the park. This way, local
people are teaching the ways to protect forest and the wild life.
Animals: PNP (Periyar National Park)
is known sheltering elephants and tigers. However, 62 dissimilar types of
mammals have been found in PNP containing some dangerous animals. Experts feel
PNP is better park than RNP (Ranthambore National Park) for tigers. Around 53,
tigers are counted in 2010, but the count is increasing every year. Indian
elephant with daily activities is also the special thing that tourist love to
watch in this park. Approximately, 900 to 1000 individual elephants are
available in PNP. Other living things found in this park are sambar, gaur, barking
deer, Bison, Dholes, foxes, mouse deer, mongoose and leopards. The reptiles, birds,
amphibians and fishes of dissimilar kinds are also available in the PNP.
Other tourist spots near Periyar are
Kurisumala, Kumily, Vandanmedu, Pullumedu, and Ramakalmedu so a tourist can
plan the trip for more than week holidays.
Attaining to Periyar by
Air: closest air head to Periyar is
Madurai situated in Tamil Nadu. The distance between airport and destination is
140 kms. However, the next big airport is Kochi, which is 185 km away.
Rail: closest railhead to Periyar is
Kumarakom, which is just 114 kms away. Madurai is also the close big station
for this Indian tourist place, though the distance is 136 kms from Periyar.
Road: the clean and green road of Periyar is amazing. The direct buses from kumily are available, though tourists have to cover the distance of 4 kms to reach Periyar.
