MUDUMALAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY NILGIRI | MUDUMALAI NATIONAL PARK | TIGER RESERVE FOREST TAMILNADU

Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary is an ideal adventurous place, located in Nilgiri Hills, Tamilnadu where the offshoot of the Western Ghats meet the Eastern Ghats. Area :32,155 hectares. Along side the adventures of the sanctuary, you will also find a varied mixture of flat land, open grassland, swamp, valley and nullas at this place. The Famous Mudumalai wild life Sanctuary is situated at an elevation of 1000 metres and extending over an area of 321 sq.mts lies this sanctuary between Kerala and Karnataka states. 

           The protected area is home to several endangered and vulnerable species including Indian elephant, Bengal tiger, gaur and Indian leopard. Langur, bonnet macaque, tiger, leopard, wild dog, hyena, jackal, sloth bear, gaur, sambar, spotted deer, Indian muntjac, mouse deer, wild boar, rodent ,flying squirrel  and There are at least 266 species of birds in the sanctuary. 

Mudumalai wildlife reserve was the first sanctuary in south India. Within the sanctuary is an elephant camp called "Theppakkadu", where there is a rest house. Accommodation is also available at TTDC's Youth Hostel and rest houses in Masinagudi, Abhayaranayam and Kargudi and the Bamboo Banks Farm that is 18-km away.