Eravikulam National Park

Eravikulam National Park is situated on the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, 16 kilometers from Munnar. Eravikulam National Park was established to protect the Nilgiri Tahr also known as the Nilgiri Ibex (a type of mountain goat). This region is the natural habitat of this rare mountain goat and the park has the largest known population of Tahrs in the world.

Other important wildlife in Eravikulam National Park are elephant, leopard, tiger, malabar civet, sambar, barking deer, nilgai, langur, phyhon etc. The birdlife is abundant and includes imperial pigeons and grey jungle fowl.

The park has been divided into 3 regions - the core area, the buffer area and the tourism area. Visitors are only allowed to explore the tourism