Elephants have roamed our forests but due to the greed of man they are chased away .to forests. The GOI had protected elephants in reserve forests and in wild life sanctuary . Periar WLS is populated with herds of elephants and it is a great joy to see the elephant herds crossing the periar lake from one hillock to another..... More

The reserve is very picturesque and to visit there it would be necessary to take part at least in one of its many programs. Don't worry about your physical form because this programs are calculated on very unsportsmanlike people. That is you can take with you your 80-year-old grandmother or its 5-year-old grandson :) Search of animals it is faster... More

It was my sons' 7th birthday and we were in Thekaddy. We decided to do the Gavi trip on the eve of his birthday. We were staying at Club Mahindra Tusker Trails and we booked our tickets for the Gavi trip .We got up at 5am in the morning all set for our jeep drive,which started off at 5.30 early... More

sorry cld not take ride ....poor management by forest deptt ....heavy crowd cld enjoy boat ride....the worst National forest reserve We ever visited in my life....

we loved the bamboo rafting trip. the scenery was lovely and we saw lots of animals (no tigers or elephants though). The guides were great but the food could have been better.

It's very bad organised. It's very expensive according what you get. You pay an entrance fee for nothing, then you have to pay extra money to go trekking, boat trip or safari. All the agencies offer the same, they are not reliable. They just want to finish the tour as soon as they can. Guides are not professional and it's... More

The Periyar Wildlife Reserve/Tiger Sanctuary (two titles; same place) is a well run reserve of about 945 sq km i.e. fairly small by African or American standards. All visits are on foot or by boats run by Kerala Tourism or the Foestry department. We took the 90 minute Tourism boat (crammed 85 seater) and saw a couple of herds of... More

Yes.. this sanctuary is really well organised.. they have various jungle safari programs... Including tiger trail(1 or 2 days trekking in forest), Jungle Scout (Night trekking), Jeep Safari, Elephant Safari, Nature walk, Green walk, Bullock Cart ride, Bamboo rafting and boat ride. Forest department take all security measures for the tourists in all above programs. Most of the tourist goes... More

It was a total disappointment to visit this place, we could not get tickets for the boat-ride in Periyar lake despite our best efforts as they were already sold out so we could just go inside, sat near he lake for a while and had to come back ( only a portion of the lake was visible from there). The... More