Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary -Munnar

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

 This is the one of famous sanctuary in Kerala. Chinnar Wildlife sanctuary is situated 60 km away from the Munnar.  Chinnar is the habitat for the rare “Giant Grizzled Squirrel of India”. The total number of this squirrel here would be less than 200.

 Chinnar wild life sanctuary is located in the rain shadow area of the Western Ghats.  Here gets only less than 2 months of rain every year.  The forest of Chinnar is ideal for trekking. The added attraction of the Chinnar is a widespread Sandal wood forest.  

The travelling from Karimuthi to Chinnar, elephant, spotted deer, sambar, hanuman langur and even peacocks can be seen on the either side of the road. In this sanctuary we can see extremely rare creature, Chinnar resident species Elephants, Tigers, Chital, Sambar, Indian bison, Leopards, Bear, different type of birds and Hanuman Monkeys, Spotted Deer, rare species of Star Tortoise etc.

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary a mixture of thorny scrub and deciduous forest that is home to some of Kerala most interesting Wildlife. There is a watch tower to see the forest and animals; it will give a panoramic view of our eyes.

The Chinnar was declared as Indra Gandhi Wildlife sanctuary in 1984 which covered an area of 90.422 sq.km. The top station of the Chinnar Wildlife sanctuary, bordering the state of Kerala, offers spectacular views of the Western Ghats.