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Attractions: Extremely fragile, a unique preserve of tropical evergreen rain forests lying above the equator and the forest strip which causes the summer rains in Kerala The Silent Valley National Park with an area of 90 sq km is located in the Northeastern corner of Palakkad district. It rises abruptly to the Nilgiri Plateau in the North and overlooks the plains of Mannarkkad in the South
The core of the
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the Silent Valley National Park. Despite
its name, the Silent Valley (the clamour of Cicadas is conspicuously
absent here) echoes with the sounds of teeming wildlife. The denizens of
this sprawling habitat of endangered virgin tropical forests include
rare birds, deer and tiger
Perhaps, nowhere else can one find such a
representative collection of peninsular mammals, over a 100 species of
butterflies and 400 species of moths and other fauna like the Ceylon
Frogmouth, Great Indian Hornbill, the Nilgiri Laughing Thrush and the
Lion-tailed Macaque. The River Kunthi descends from the Nilgiri hills, from an altitude of 2000 m above sea level, and traverses the entire length of the valley and rushes down to the plains through the deep forest. The River Kunthi never turns brown and is always crystal clear, perennial and wild The evapo-transpiration from these forests is much higher than from any other surface. This cools the atmosphere, helps easy condensation of water vapour and thus causes the summer rains How to Reach Nearest railway station: Palakkad, about 80 km Nearest airport: Coimbatore (in neighbouring Tamilnadu State), about 55 km
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