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The site India Travel Destinations offers
you details of tour booking for wildlife tours to the Periyar
Wildlife Sanctuary that is located on the Cardamom Hills in
the Western Ghats in Kerala, India. This wildlife sanctuary
covers an area of 777 square kilometers and was established
as a wildlife sanctuary in the year 1950 and was declared
as a Project Tiger Reserve in the year 1978.
The Periyar Wildlife Park has been built around the Periyar
Lake that came into existence in the year 1895 as a result
of the construction of a dam on the River Periyar in Kerala,
India. This artificial lake is surrounded by swampy marshes
and grasslands that provide a natural habitat for a number
of wild animals.
While on wildlife tours to the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
you can spot wild animals such as the Indian Elephant, Tigers,
Leopards, Liontail Macaques, barking deer, monitor lizards,
Gaur, Wild dogs, Nilgiri Langurs, Nilgiri Tahr, reptiles such
as the King Cobra and the python. One can spot a number of
birds during wildlife tours to the Periyar wildlife sanctuary.
Commonly sighted birds include the Giant Hornbill, Darter,
Cormorant, Racket-tailed Drongo, white-bellied tree pie, flycatchers
and laughing thrushes.
While on wildlife tours to the Periyar National Park you
can go on exciting boat cruises on the Periyar Lake.
You can go on wildlife tours to the Periyar Wildlife sanctuary
all year round though the perfect time to visit this wildlife
sanctuary would be during the months of November to April.
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