PERIYAR WILD LIFE SANCTUARY -- ELEPHANT SAFARI.

Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary is in low lying Cardamom Hills of the Western Gnats in the Indian state of Kerala. The lake Periyar which is the hub of this sanctuary is spread around 5500 hectares, and the sanctuary itself is spread over around this lake in almost 800 sq kms.
The Periyar lake has marshes and grasslands, and these provide the food for animals, and a cover for the hunting animals.
The vegetation of this sanctuary is deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen, the atmosphere is calm and serene, and the only outsiders are the humans.
Periyar sanctuary has many types of plant eating animals and naturally the hunters of these plant eating animals, like Gaur, Wild Boar, Sambar Deer, Bison, Wild Dogs, the jewels of this sanctuary Elephants, and Tigers.
And there are reptiles like Cobras, Vipers and water animals like Tortoise and number of species of fishes, probably everything that mother Earth has to display in the tropical jungles.
Periyar sanctuary is an ideal place for camping, there are number of observation towers built specially for the tourists to watch the birds and animals life during day time and night times.
But Periyar is best known for the elephant safari, a typical type of safari for the tourists to wander in the jungles. The elephants with the Mahouts are arranged by the Tourists dept for the visitor, so that visitor can wander in the jungle safely, just imagine the wild elephants bathing, or tigers roaming within few steps from you.
Kumily which is 4 kms from the Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary has number of hotels , for accommodation run by tourist dept , camping gear is also available and tours are organized from here.
Kochi and Madurai are the major cities near Kumily.
Kerala Tourism Development Corporate is running the guided tours and accommodation facilities for the tourists and the foreigners should be very comfortable here.
Enjoy your holidays at God’s Own Country , riding on elephants in this Tigers Reserves.