Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary

Imagine Blue Mountain and wildlife sanctuary around it! Do you know which place is this? The Answer is Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is a part of the wonderful Nilgiri Biosphere reserve. Moreover, it is one of the most important wildlife sanctuaries of the Southern India. The name Mudumalai stands for the old hills, which range down to the Mysore Plateau. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is situated near the Bandipur National Park. However, the Moyar River, which flows along the boundaries of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, separates the two sanctuaries. A mix of the low hills, valleys and the flat terrain are spread with a few swampy areas, which forms the terrain here.

Mudumalai Sanctuary lies on the northern and northwestern side of the Nilgiri Ranges approximately about 80kms away. It is located to the northwest of Coimbatore in the Northwestern corner of Tamil Nadu, on the interstate boundaries of Karnataka and in the Kerala states in the Southern India. In the year 1940, Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary was established. It was the former hunting ground for the Britishers who stayed at Ooty. During epidemic, sanctuary saw an onslaught of gaurs. There are some hunting sites inside the Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary. The Government keeps a strong look on the activities performed inside the wildlife sanctuary.

Mudumalai wild life sanctuary experiences a pleasant climate through out the year. During winter, the mercury level is recorded as 20 degrees centigrade i.e. October to March. During the summer season, a climate rises up to 30degree C. During the month of July to September, the climate of wild life sanctuaries remains pleasant. However, the best times to visit the Mudumalai wild life sanctuary are the summer months. As in the month of summer, tigers can be easily spotted at the water pools within the sanctuary.

The Wildlife Sanctuary of Mudumalai experiences tropical moist deciduous vegetation to the westerns part of sanctuary. Moreover, deciduous and thorn scrub supports the flora population in the wildlife sanctuary. However, flora at Mudumalai wild life sanctuary includes Natural teak, Anogeissus Latifolia, Bamboo, Terminalia, Crenulata , Terminalia Tomontosa, Grewia, and the other blooming trees like Aredesia, Solanacea and Indian Labumusum.

Here, one can find only two types of fauna i.e. Bird Rators and Mammals. The Mammalian population at Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary includes Barking Deer, Musk Deer, Asian Elephants, Gaur, Slothe Bear, Giant Squirrel, Spotted Dear, Sanibar, Chowsinghs, Leopard, Indian Pangolin, Wild Dog, Rusty Spotted Cat, and Striped necked Mongoose are easily spotted here. However, the Bird Raptors population includes Changeable Hawk Eagle, Orinetal Honey Bizzard, Black Eagle, Black Eagle, Jerdon's Baza, Bonelli's Eagle, Crested Goshawk, Mottled Wood Owl, Besra, and Brown Hawk Owl.

At the Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary one can spot out diverse variety of birds which includes Red Spurfowl, grey Francolin, Emerald Dove, Green Imperial Pigeon, Pompadour Green Pigeon, Grey Bellied Cuckoo, Alphine Swift, Black Hooded Oriole, Greater Racket Tailed Drongo, Indian Cuckoo, Painted Spurfowl, Painted Bush Quail, Lesser Yellownape, Whitebellied Woodpecker, Greater Flameback, Chestnut Headed Bee eater, Streak Throated Woodpecker, Grey headed Bulbul, Forest Wagtil, Crimson backed Sun bird, and the Lotens Sun bird.

The other attraction in the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary are Scenic spots , Moyar River, Elephant Safari, Elephant feeding Camp , Museum , Kallatty Falls, Pykara Lake. The other nearby attraction at Mudumalai wild life sanctuary includes the Bandipur National Park, Wayanad Sanctuary,kalakad wild life sanctuary and Masinagudi.

Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary offers lot of things for those who seek any kind of adventurous and thrilling experience in their Life.