2 places to discover
Pambadum Shola National Park is the smallest national park in Kerala's Idukki district, located in the Western Ghats near Vattavada. Declared a national park in 2003 to protect its fragile shola-grassland ecosystem, it is renowned for biodiversity including the endangered Nilgiri marten. The park offers guided trekking through dense evergreen forests and rolling hills at elevations up to 2,531 meters.
Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, established in 1983 to preserve the catchment of the Karamana River and Peppara Dam. Spanning approximately 53 square kilometers within the Western Ghats, it features tropical evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The sanctuary serves as an important ecological corridor within the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, supporting diverse wildlife including elephants, tigers, leopards, and numerous bird species.