A Peek Into The Wilderness Of Kerala's Thekkady Lake

The Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department manages the Periyar National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The national park is located on the southern part of the Western Ghats, bordering the state of Tamil Nadu. (Image Source: Getty)

This reservoir is well-known for its water birds, which may be seen up close while boating on the lake. Periyar Lake is located within a protected region and helps to conserve vegetation, birds, fish, and wild creatures, some of which are unique, endemic, and endangered. (Image Source: Getty)

Periyar National Park, which covers an area of 300 square miles, is covered by lush evergreen and deciduous woods and is home to a variety of species including deer, elephants, sambar, and Nilgiri Langurs. (Image Source: Getty)

Periyar National Park, which surrounds the lake, is a well-known tiger reserve and elephant sanctuary, as well as a hub of a rich variety of other species and vegetation. (Image Source: PTI)

Even bird watchers will have a nice time seeing the many native and migratory birds that live here. (Image Source: PTI)

The Periyar Lake in the midst of the national park offers a one-and-a-half-hour boating excursion during which one may see a huge chunk of the park from a different perspective and also witness some of the creatures that come to the lake for their daily water intake. These sightings are more common in the afternoon. Nonetheless, early morning boating enables for the observation of several aquatic birds. (Image Source: PTI)

The rivers and lakes that form the Periyar National Park house around 40 species of fish. Some of those are the Travancore loach, the Periyar barb, a cyprinid fish endemic to the Periyar Lake, the Channa barb which is endemic to India, the Periyar trout endemic to Kerala and the Periyar latia which is only seen in the Periyar River. (Image Source: PTI)

The park features 35 animal species, including threatened species, including tigers, elephants, mongooses, gaurs, fruit bats, sambars, langurs, wild boars, macaques, squirrels, tahrs, jungle cats, and sloth bears. (Image Source: Getty)