The sanctuary is located at a distance of about 58 kilometers from Thodupuzha and extends over Udumpancholataluk of Idukki. Spread over 105 square kilometers and situated at a height of about 450 – 748m above sea level, the sanctuary is home to plenty of endemic flora and fauna.
You can see herds of elephants, gaur, boar, deer, wild dogs if you are lucky. The sanctuary is also home to jungle cats, bears and several varieties of poisonous snakes. The avian population is also no less attractive as you can see plenty of woodpeckers, kingfisher, myna, jungle fowl, black bulbul and so on.
The sanctuary has different kinds of forests within it, including tropical evergreen trees, semi-evergreen forests, meadows and more.
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