The Periyar Tiger Reserve is one of India’s most famous wildlife sanctuaries. Periyar was declared a Forest Reserve in the late 19th centuary, a Wildlife Sanctuary in the 1930s and a Tiger Reserve in 1977. This land of emerald vistas, productive grasslands, orchid-studded rain forests, moss-laden trees and dripping ferns provide food and shelter to mammals, including Elephants, Tigers, Dholes, Leopards, and Wild gaur, as well as birds, amphibians and insects.

Periyar Lake

The Mullaperiyar Dam was constructed in 1895 by the British. The dam captures the waters of two major rivers, the Mullayar and Periyar as they draining west from the rainforests within the reserve.

The Gaur (Bos gaurus) the largest wild cattle in the world.