Both Periyar and Munnarhave elephants living in the wild, Periyar has a very well known game sanctuary, and there is a 2 hour boat ride in the reservoir, which allows visitors to sight all kinds of animals. Many thanks, Kate Thrissur. But at a time, we can have nearly 10. Could anyone plse tell me if there are any good elephant sanctuary/ training grounds in these areas? Flanked by the water of the Neyyar reservoir and the moist deciduous forest and grass lands, the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre at Kottur spreads over 56 hectares and is surrounded by trenches to keep wild animals at bay. This provides enough space for all the elephants accommodated here. Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary which is not much larger as other Wildlife sanctuaries in Kerala is located near the Agasthyakoodam hill extents over 9.06 sq.Km. Thrissur has plenty of temples and temple festivals and it is a good place for elephant spotting. Avoid. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. There are about 40 plus elephants in the Kodanad elephant sanctuary.
Since that, Kodanad is treated as the elephant Sanctuary rather than a elephant training institute. The longer the trek, the better your chances. One cannot imagine a festival in Kerala without the presence of an elephant. They are chained in both their front and back legs (see the photos) so that they are unable to take any steps. Elephants are a part of temple rituals in India and Kerala being a temple town has elephants in some of its temples. has home to a huge range of wild animals including tigers, leopards, sloth bears, elephants, sambhars etc., elephant rehabilitation centre, deer rehabilitation centre and a crocodile farm which houses about 20 mugger crocodiles. The elephants here are kept for the local temples. The most popular wildlife sanctuary in Kerala has a good population of elephants. Answer 1 of 6: Hello.
They show bored and stressed behaviour, mostly just rocking their heads from side to side. The annual temple festival called Puram takes place here in May and it features many traditional art forms, drum orchestras and elephant processions.
I once saw an elephant swimming in the reservoir there, and the boatman took the boat close up to it, and chugged along for a while alongside it. A boat trip is a popular way to explore but you’ll have a better chance of seeing elephants if you go for a guided trek into the forest. Punnathur Kotta Elephant Sanctuary Kerala Housing more than 60 elephants in a lush green surroundings of Punnathur Kotta, the Punnathur Kotta Elephant Sanctuaries is one the largest elephant sanctuaries in India. We're going to Kerala in Nov- visiting Kochin, Applepey, Kovalom, Periyar and Munnar.