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Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Coorg

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Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary is located in between Wayanad of Kerala in the South and Coorg of Karnatka in the North. It is located on the Western Ghats and Brahmagiri is the highest peak of this sanctuary. The reach of the sanctuary is 181 km. It is almost 60 km from Coorg.

The forest here is dense and full of evergreen trees. This is one of the favourite places for the trekkers. The Brahmagiri hills can be approahed from both the sides. On the Kerala side, the trek starts from Thirunelli and on the Karnataka side it starts from Iruppu falls. Whichever side the trekker starts, he needs to take permission from the forest range officer of that respective side.

Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary is the home to different wild animals like lion-tailed macaque, elephant, gaur, tiger, jungle cat, leopard cat, wild dog, sloth bear, wild pig, sambar, spotted deer, Nilgiri langur, slender loris and bonnet macaque.

Other animals include common langur, barking deer, mouse deer, Malabar giant squirrel, giant flying squirrel, Nilgiri marten, common otter, brown mongoose, civets, porcupine, pangolin, python, cobra, king cobra, emerald dove, black bulbul and Malabar trogon. Birds like emerald dove, black bulbul and Malabar trogon can also be found here.

Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary Photos