Bamboo Rafting

Community based ecotourism is the hallmark of the Periyar Tiger Reserve. These programmes are conducted by the local people responsible for the surveillance of the vulnerable parts of the reserve. Bamboo Rafting is a dawn to dusk range hiking and rafting programme through some of the richest forest tracts of the reserve.

While rafting one gets a panoramic view of the forest-clad hills reflected on the lake. Elephants, Gaur and Sambar Deer are often sighted keeping close to the edges of the lake.