My TripAdvisor Review No.422: Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.

Part Of The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

We drove through two ranges of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary during our Wayanad trip. As soon as we crossed the border between Karnataka and Kerala on the Mysore to Sultan Bathery route, we crossed over from the Bandipur Tiger Reserve into the Muthanga Range of the Wayanad Sanctuary. We saw elephant on two separate occasions from the highway itself, once as it had just crossed the road, and on the other occasion it was grazing quite deep in the forest. Deer sightings were quite common.

On the return trip we returned via the Tholpetty and Kutta (in Karnataka) route, after visiting the Thirunelli temple. To visit the temple we had to drive deep into the Tholpetty Range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. Since it was afternoon we did not get any animal sightings, but we did see a lot of elephant dung along the roadside. The Tholpetty Range is contiguous with the Nagarhole Wildlife Sanctuary of Karnataka.

Driving through the dense forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is a wonderful experience in itself. To explore deeper one must stop at a Jungle Lodge and take a Jeep or Elephant Safari into the jungles. Besides Wayanad, Nagarhole, and Bandipur, the Madumalai Tiger Reserve of Tamil Nadu is also a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

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Date of experience: December 2018

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