Welcome
to South India and experience the untouched delightful South by invasions throughout
its history. South India and the Indian heritage is more intact here than in other
regions of the country. This is a land of temples, a land of the devoutees.
Wildlife in Kerala Palakkad Wildlife Sanctuaries Silent Valley National Park (40 km from Mannarghat): Main attractions:
Elephants, tigers, wild boars, flying squirrels, lion tailed macaques and king
cobras.
Reptiles - Crocodiles, varanur pond terrapins, cane trutiles, geckoes, skunks,
chameleons, snakes like king cobras, spectacled cobras, kraits, vipers, pythons,
green keel backs, rat snakes, vine snakes.
Fishes - Arals, brals, vatudis, thilopias, noovis, mooshus, poochittis,
kollotties, exypriuses, tarals, mahaseer etc. Capped kingfisher, great Indian
bombills, broad billed rollers, back woodpeckers.
Flora - Neem, nanjanathi, sandal, dendrocalamus and bamboosa arundinacea,
teak, vengal, muzhukanjiram, maruthu, vaka, mulluvenga, rosewood, manjakadambu
pala, elavu, vembu, aval, vanteak… A gaint teak, 40 m high and 6.4 m in
girth and apthy named kannimaram the first tree, stands as a monuments of the
past.
Trekking trails: Dhoni, Seethakundu and Govindamalai hills.
