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  Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Aralam wildlife sanctuary of Kannur is located at a distance of 60 kilometers from Kannur. Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1984. Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary covers an area of 55 sq.kms. The highest peak here - Katti Betta - rises to a majestic 1145 m above sea level. The vegetation in the........... Read More  
 
  Chimmony Wildlife sanctuary  
  Chimmony Wildlife sanctuary is situated in Mukundapuram Taluk of Thrissur District, of Kerala state, in India. Established in 1984, the sanctuary with an area of about 85.067 km2 is on the Western slopes of the Nelliyampathi hills. is one of the world’s 25 bio-diversity hot-spots, the haven of innumerable........... Read More  
 
  Chinar National Park  
  Topographical extremes capture the imagination of a visitor to the Chinnar National Park, situated at Devikulam taluk of Idukki district of Kerala.Declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1984, The altitude within the Chinnar National Park ranges from 500 to 2400 meters, the highest peak being Kottakombumalai........... Read More  
 
  Eravikulam National Park  
  Eravikulam National Park is a 97 km² national park located along the Western Ghats in the Idukki district of Kerala in India, The park was notified as the park in the year 1978. The Corporation converted the region into a private hunting area as they found it was unsuitable for the tea plantation............ Read More  
 
  Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary  
  The Idukki wildlife sanctuary is located about 40 km from Thodupuzha in the Idukki district of Kerala. Idukki is a popular hill station in the south Indian state of Kerala and is also home to a wildlife sanctuary.This sanctuary extends over the Thodupuzha and Udumpanchola taluks of Idukki district spreading........... Read More  
 
  Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary  
  Kadalundi bird sanctuary is the most attractive Bird Sanctuary in all of Kerala. Kadalundi bird sanctuary lies at a distance of 19 km from Kozhikode. The Kadalundi bird sanctuary, Kerala is also known for a wide variety of Fish, Mussels and Crabs which inhabit the water bodies near the place. The entire........... Read More  
 
  Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary  
  Spread in an area of 14 acres of land, the Kumarakom Bird Sancruary is located on the banks of the Vembanad Lake in the state of Kerala in south India. The Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary situated around the Vembanad Lake near the Backwaters is famous for its rich avian population. The Kumarakom bird sanctuary........... Read More  
 
  Mathikettan Shola National Park  
  Located in the Poopara village of the Udumbanchola, Idukki District the Mathikettan Shola National Park covers a total area of 1282 hectares of land. The part of the Cardamom Hill Reserve in Mathikettan area was notified as a Reserve Forest by the erstwhile Travancore Government in 1897............ Read More  
 
  Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Just 30 kilometers away from the famous city of Thiruvananthapuram, the Neyyar wildlife sanctuary is a heaven for the nature lovers. Located at the base of the Agasthyarkoodam hills, the Neyyar wildlife sanctuary is a perfect combination of hills and wetlands. The place was declared as a sanctuary in........... Read More  
 
  Peechi Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary  
  The Peechi Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the India’s most famous wildlife sanctuaries.Peechi-Vazhani Sanctuary was established in the year 1958. The Peechi Vazhani wildlife sanctuary is a golden paradice for the wildlife and nature lovers. Located at a distance of only 22 kilometers from Trissur,........... Read More  
 
  Peppara National Park  
  The sanctuary is located about 50kms. north east of Thiruvananthapuram city in Nedumangad taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district.Declared a wildlife sanctuary in the year 1983, Peppara wildlife sanctuary is the hub of varied life forms and has a very unique and diverse eco-system.The sanctuary also has........... Read More  
 
  Periyar National Park  
  One of the oldest wildlife sanctuaries in India, Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve was established in the verdant stretches of Kerala in 1895 and declared a Tiger Reserve in 1978. The Periyar Widlife Sanctuary covers an area of 777 sq km, out of which 360 sq km is under thick and dense evergreen........... Read More  
 
  Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary  
  The Shenduruny wildlife sanctuary is located at a distance of 66 kilometers from Kollam town.This wildlife sanctuary is part of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve. The Shenduruny forest - declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1984 gets its name from an endemic species of tree called Chenkuruny (Gluta travancoria)............ Read More  
 
  Silent Valley National Park  
  Silent Valley National Park is located in the Nilgiri Hills,Palakkad District in Kerala, South India.Located in the Kundali Hills of the Western Ghats,With a total area of 237.5 sq km and a core area of 89.54 sq km, the Silent Valley National Park located in Palakkad district of Kerala is unique in many........... Read More  
 
  Thattekad Bird Sanctuary  
  The Thattekad Sanctuary, also known as Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is located in the Kothamangalam Taluk of Ernakulam district on the northern bank of the Periyar river.The sanctuary was notified in 1983 based on a recommendation made by Dr. Salim Ali many years previously. The literal meaning of Thattekad........... Read More  
 
  Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in the Indian state of Kerala is a part of the Nilgiri biosphere reserve and is contiguous to three other protected areas of Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai. The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is located 18 km east of Sultan Bathery. It actually spreads into two regions........... Read More  
 
 
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  State wise Wildlife Sanctuaries in India
Andaman and Nicobar(8)Andhra Pradesh(20) Arunachal Pradesh(8) Assam(13)
Bengal(2)Bihar(4) Chhattisgarh(7) Goa(4)
Gujarat(20)Haryana(3) Himachal Pradesh(14) Jammu & Kashmir(10)
Jharkhand(4)Karnataka(21) Kerala(16) Madhya Pradesh(16)
Maharashtra(25)Manipur(1) Meghalaya(2) Mezoram(4)
Nagaland(1)Orissa(14) Punjab(1) Rajasthan(13)
Sikkim(4)Tamil Nadu(15) Tripura(2) Uttar Pradesh(9)
Uttarakhand(12)West Bengal(8)