If you are a travel fanatic you don't need a reason really to travel. All you have to do is picking up your travelling bag, tent and your trekking shoes before setting out for one such trip.
That is why, probably Periyar National Park in Thekkady is definitely going to attract you and who knowns it might be one of the memorable trips in your life. Whether it is the silent murmur of the deer hoof on dry leaves, or a sudden horrific cry of the hyena, Periyar National Park is one of those best places to visit during February in India where every wild life tourism fanatic keenly wants to go.
What are the primary tourist engagements?
We are all aware of the basic fact about the desperate decrease in the amount of the tigers within our country. The Govt. Of India has taken initiative to save the big cats and started various projects. Periyar National Park is one of them just like other tiger projects this is also one of the most renowned wildlife sanctuary.
This national park is primarily known to the domestic and international tourists because it is one of those best places to visit in India which is famous for the notable elephant and tiger reserve.
The government of Kerala took special initiative to launch this project for the preservation of the wild animals like tiger and elephant.
Exotic Climate during February
The month of February is the best time for wild life tourism. At this time of the year, neither the weather seems to be very roughand hot nor does the climate appear extremely cold. That makes the weather favourable for jungle safari.
Eye soothing flora
Periyar National Park has rich eye soothing flora. Apart from tropical evergreen forests and moist deciduous forests, there are grasslands, stands of eucalyptus, lake and ecosystems forming a congenial bond with the nature.
Most of the floras do not go against the ecological balance in Peryiar national park. You will barely find the overgrown hedges and plants grown all over. Because, they are the common food that most of the herbivores dine upon.
The entire park is surrounded with agricultural region that include plantations like tea, cardamom and coffee. Thekkady is famous for the coffees grown in this region.
Fauna
With huge diversity in the fauna, Periyar National Park is one of the best places for every wildlife tourists to visit in India. It is the right place for you if you are a wildlife photography fanatic. Just put the telephoto lenses on your camera, putting it in the tripod and then waitt for the hours by keeping the camera in the auto mode. Whenever any object comes in front of it, the shutter will be pressed automatically. You might call the day a lucky one if you see any predatory animal hunting it's prey is captured in your photoframe.
Tiger hunting its prey
The best time to see the predatory animal is after sunset. Most of the predatory animals come out of their caves to hunt their prey only during the dark, as their vision becomes prominent during the night. Generally they don't come out during the day. Nothing can be more adventurous and spine chilling than watching a predator pounding upon its prey and hunting down. Getting goose bumps right?
If you are lucky you might also enjoy some of those live hunting scenes.
Apart from these predatory animals there are gaur, sambar wild pig, Indian giant squirrel, jungle cat and sloth bears are some of the other tourist attractions in this place.
Bear drinking nectar from mahua flower
Those who are acquainted with the forest wild life for them seeing a drunken bear mighgt be common. Generally during the mating seasons most of the bears remain disturbed due to hormonal provocation.
Due to such physical conditions frequently after the sunset bears go and put their noses inside the mahua flower and wherever they find the nectar they eat it up.
Mahua is an element that evokes drowsiness within people often making drunk. The nectar from the flower is also used for making local liquors.
If you are lucky you might witness one such rare scene. Thekkady's Periyar is one of those places to visit in India's Kochi province if you are one such wild life fanatic.
Martin Wynn
Nguyen An Tra My
