The home of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr, Eravikulam National Park is located on velvety green hills at a distance of 17 kilometers from Munnar in Kerala, South India.
Spread over an area of 97 square kilometers, the Eravikulam National Park in Kerala, South India is home to wild animals such as tigers. Leopards, lion tailed macaques, gaurs and Atlas moths.
Rich in rainforests and wild orchids, Eravikulam National Park offers the perfect haven for wild animals and a large number of rare birds. Sub tropical Eravikulam plateau lies on the foot of Anaimudi i.e. the highest peak on the Western Ghats. Windswept grasslands, valleys and rolling hills enchant you with their raw wild beauty and offer a nesting ground for birds such as Nilgiri Pied Bushchats, flycatchers, laughing thrushes, wood pigeons, warblers, swallows, swifts, babblers, whiteeyes and pitpits.
Eravikulam National Park is located on the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on the Western Ghats and extends as Annamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. The Eravikulam Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the year 1975 and was accorded the status of a national park in the year 1976.
The nearest airport from the Eravikulam National Park in Kerala, South India is located at a distance of 135 kilometers at Kochi and the nearest railway station lies at a distance of 115 kilometers at Aluva in Kerala, South India. Eravikulam is under the Munnar forest jurisdiction.
A variety of snakes species are also found at the Eravikulam National Park in Kerala, South India.
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