Silent Valley National Park.
Visited SVNP during first week of May 2015
It is located 58 kms away from Palakkad. There are trains from Bangalore to Palakkad. From Palakkad one can reach there by a car within a hour.
I stayed at Kerala tourism development corporation Guest house at Mannarkkad. It is a good resort, from there SVNP is around 20 kms to reach Mukkali.
From Mukkali SVNP forest vehicles would take us in their jeep 4x4 wheel drive to the interiors of the national park. Overall it is around five hours journey, Approx 25kms travel in the mud road through the jungle.
It is a rewarding journey for nature lovers, however, for those who have back pain or back problems, think twice, as the journey is bumpy.
Silent VallyNational Park is rich in faunal diversity and harbours 34 species of mammals, 292 species of birds, 31 species of reptiles, 22 species of amphibians, 13 species of fishes, 500 species of butterflies and moths, besides a multitude of lower forms of animal life most of which are yet to be documented. The valley has a fair representation of all peninsular mammals.
They are Lion-tailed Macaque, Nilgiri Langur, Bonnet Macaque, Tiger, Leopard (Panther), Leopard Cat, Jungle Cat, Fishing Cat, Common Palm Civet, Small Indian Civet, Brown Palm Civet, Ruddy Mongoose, Stripe necked Mongoose, Wild Dog, Sloth Bear, Otter, Flying Squirrel, Malabar Giant Squirrel, Indian Pangolin (Scaly anteater), Porcupine, Wild Boar, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Barking Deer, Mouse Deer, Gaur and Elephant.
Some snaps:-
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| SVNP Trip begins at Mukkali |
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| Entrance to SVNP |
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| Rich biodiversity |
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| Jeep travel through mud road- Wild bamboo |
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| Fabulous weather, dark clouds pumping from the pristine forest |
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| Nature at its best |
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| Real jungle feel |
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| one of the oldest tree in the forest |
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| See the ground.. full of fallen leaves |
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| The centre circle- jeep drive upto this point / a tall tower nearby |
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| two fallen tress? |
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| call of the wild!! |
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| Me too- Mushroom!! |
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| Mukali- SVNP Forest office- entry point, where you can book for Jeep / accomodation |
