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Main attractions: Fauna: Mammals: Bonnet macaques, lion, tailed macaques,
Nilgiri langurs, loris, tigers, lwopards, jungle cats, mongoose, focen, bears,
elephants, gaurs, Nilgiri tahrs, spotted deer, sambar, barking deer, wild boars,
pangolins etc.
Reptiles: Crocodiles, varanur pond terrapins, cane trutiles, geckoes,
skunks, chameleons, snakes like king cobras, spectacled cobras, kraits, vipers,
pythons, green keel backs, rat snakes, vine snakes.
Fishes: Arals, brals, vatudis, thilopias, noovis, mooshus, poochittis,
kollotties, exypriuses, tarals, mahaseer etc. Capped kingfisher, great Indian
bombills, broad billed rollers, back woodpeckers.
Flora: Neem, nanjanathi, sandal, dendrocalamus and bamboosa arundinacea,
teak, vengal, muzhukanjiram, maruthu, vaka, mulluvenga, rosewood, manjakadambu
pala, elavu, vembu, aval, vanteak… A gaint teak, 40 m high and 6.4 m in girth
and apthy named kannimaram the first tree, stands as a monuments of the past.
Trekking Trails: Dhoni, Seethakundu and Govindamalai hills.
How to Reach :
Air :
Located at a distance of 160 kilometers from the Palakkad is the Cochin
International Airport. Another airport is located at Coimbatore, which is around
55 kilometers from Palakkad.
Rail :
Palakkad has two railway stations. The main station called Palakkad
junction is located at a distance of 5 kilometers from Palakkad.
Road :
Palakkad is connected to all major towns and cities of Kerala through a
wide network of roads and is easily accessible from anywhere in Kerala.
Best Time to Visit :
The best Time to visit Palakkad Wildlife Sanctuary is from November to April.
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