Wildlife Species in Mudumalai National Park
This 321 sq. km. park has diverse habitats like hills, valleys, ravines, watercourses and swamps. That is why, you will fine here a diverse rang of vegetation. The forests types in the park include moist deciduous forests, dry deciduous forests and scrub forests. The park is home to flora like bamboos (bambusa arundinacea) natural teak (tectona grandis), anogeissus latifolia, terminalia, crenulata/ terminalia tomontosa, grewia and blooming trees like Indian labumusum, aredesia and solanancea.
Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary has a wide variety of wildlife. Some of animals found in the park include Indian elephants, gaur, banner, macaque, common langur, tigers, leopards, chital, panthers, sloth bear, python, barking deer, four horned antelope, otter, crocodiles (mugger), giant flying squirrel, sambar, hyena, wild dog, wild boar, mouse deer, spotted deer, jackal, hare, porcupine and mongoose. The reptiles in the park consists of the crocodiles, pythons, bamboo pit snake, common krait and a variety of turtles, frogs and amphibians.
The park has rich variety of birds. Peacock- National bird of India, is the main attraction among the birds. Some other birds which can be seen here are grey jungle fowl, red spur fowl, grey partridge quails, goggle eyed plower, malabar whistling thrush, large racket-tailed dronge, the magpie-robin, spotted babbler, small green barbet, green pigeons, brown dove, malabar grey hornbill, bulbuls, mynahs, etc. The birds of prey in the park include eagles, hawks, buzzards, harriers, falcons and king vulture.
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What else to see and do?
Jungle safari is offered by the forest department and it include the views of exotic varieties of animals like herds of elephant and spotted dear, the sambar and langoors etc.
Elephant ride is another way to enjoy the typical zones in the sanctuary. It takes you to the points where you can not reach by vehicles.
Ooty- the Queen of Hill Stations is just 65 km from Mudumalai. Certainly, you would love to come this one of the most beautiful hill stations.
Travel (Air/Rail/Road) Information Mudumalai National Park is located on the Mysore - Ooty Highway, which also passes through the forests. It has excellent access through road from Bangalore, Mysore and Ooty. The nearest airport is at Coimbatore, 160-km away from the park and offers direct flights to Bangalore, Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai and New Delhi. Calicut (140 km) in Kerala is an international airport. Udhagamandalam railway station (65 km) and Mysore railway station (95 km) are closest railheads to the park.
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Wildlife Lodges/Resorts
There are plenty of Forest rest houses and private resorts located in and around the park. Theppakkadu, Masinagudi and Kargudi are places in nearby and have excellent accommodation options.
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