Indian Wildlife >> South India >> Tamil Nadu >> Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary
Location
: Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu
Coverage Area : 567-Sq-Km
Main Attractions : Project
Tiger Reserve
Best Time To Visit :
October to January
Accommodation :
Arrival
Information :
-- By Rail : The nearest railway station to reach Kalakadu sanctuary is Cheranmadevi (20-km) and to reach
Mundanthurai sanctuary is Ambasamudram (6-km).
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By Air : The
nearest airports to these sanctuaries are Madurai (200-km) and Trivandrum
(140-km).
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By Road :
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Nearby Cities :
The
Mundanthurai wildlife sanctuary is situated 42-km from Tirunelveli, it boasts of
dry deciduous to tropical wet evergreen forest patches of pure reeds. This
sanctuary covers an area of 567-sq-kms. There is nothing to differentiate this
sanctuary from that of Kalakadu, except the absence of Elephant and the Gaur.
Fauna :
Though this sanctuary is a Project Tiger reserve, one can likely to sight other
animals like Leopard, Sambar, Sloth Bear and Chital apart from a wide variety of
Indian Primates including Bonnet Macaque, Common Langur, Nilgiri Langur and
Lion-tailed Macaque. The best time to visit Mundanthurai is between October and
January.
It is a Lion tailed Macaque's preserve. Tiger, Sloth Bear, Sambar, Flying
Squirrel, Pangolin are some of the major inhabitants of this sanctuary.
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