Periyar and Nature Reserve, India Photo Gallery by Brian Scott at pbase.com

Periyar and Nature Reserve, India

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is Southern India's most popular animal sanctuary. It is around a large artificial lake created in 1895, supposedly containing tigers, as well as elephants (certainly).

To be honest, the boat trip around the lake is a waste of time - more like a trip around a boating lake than a wildlife reserve, with overcrowded boats and tourists making more noise than a sports crowd. Much better to hire a local guide and go for an early morning 3 hour walk - you see much more (sometimes too much - see photos of the elephants).

en route to Periyar 1	en route to Periyar 2	en route to Periyar 3	en route to Periyar 4
en route to Periyar 5	washing time	0801114 periyar 025	0801114 peryar 028
0801114 peryar 051	jack fruit	pet elephant	vanilla
feed the elephant time 1	feed the elephant time 2	feed the elephant time 3	feed the elephant time 4
0801114 peryar 052	0801114 peryar 057	0801114 peryar 058.jpg	washing time
Christian Church	Spice Village Hotel 1	Spice Village Hotel 2	Spice Village Hotel 3
Spice Village Hotel 4	Spice Village Hotel 5	Spice Village Hotel 6	Spice Village Hotel 7
Spice Village Hotel 8	Spice Village Hotel 9	Spice Village Hotel 10	Spice Village Hotel 11
spice village hotel	squirrel	Tamil Festival 1	Tamil Festival 2
Tamil Festival 3	more tea plantations 1	more tea plantations 2	more tea plantations 3
nature reserve 1	nature reserve 2	nature reserve 3	nature reserve 5
nature reserve 6	nature reserve 7	nature reserve 8	nature reserve 9
nature reserve 10.jpg	nature reserve 11	nature reserve 12	nature reserve 13
nature reserve 14	nature reserve 15	Tourist Boat	nature reserve 17
snake bird	nature reserve 18	wasp nest	nature reserve 19
nature reserve 20	nature reserve 21	nature reserve 22	elephants 1
elephants 2	elephants 3	elephants 4	elephants 5
elephants 6	elephants 7	elephants 8	elephants 9
elephants 10	nature reserve 4	on the road again 1	on the road again 2
on the road again 3	roadside BBQ	rubber tapping	snake
tea picking	tea picking	typical Indial Road Hazard

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Brian Scott		25-Oct-2010 17:58
The park is fine, just the over-exploitation of the lake, with visitors who have no idea how to appreciate the scenery & animals.

Cathryn		29-Dec-2008 02:44
Thanks for your frank appraisal of Periyar. It's what I would expect, and I wouldn't waste time and money on the place. There are better parks in India.

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