{"id":458,"date":"2018-01-12T12:25:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T06:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.inboundtrip.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2025-09-23T00:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:58:40","slug":"periyar-national-park-kumily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inboundtrip.com\/tours\/periyar-national-park-kumily\/","title":{"rendered":"Periyar National Park &#8211; Kumily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Situated within the confines of the Western Ghats in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Periyar National Park Kerala and Tiger Reserve is one of the most captivating wildlife parks in the world. Elephant in Periyar is another major attraction. The picturesque lake in the heart of the sanctuary was originally 26 sq km but now spans an area of 55 sq km. This perennial source of water, which initially led to the submersion of large tracts of forestland, slowly attracted wild animals. It eventually resulted in the adjoining forests being granted protection by the Maharaja of Travancore. Post-1975 Periyar finds itself in the enviable position of being a national park as well as a protected tiger reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Periyar (also known as Thekkady) is a park where one can witness playful elephants, whose population is currently around 800. Elephant in Periyar make excellent wildlife watching. The population of tigers is also increasing appreciably. The terrain ranges from hilly to flat grassland areas at the edges of the lakes. The vegetation is of moist deciduous type. Elephant in Periyar remain the key attraction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.periyartigerreserve.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.periyartigerreserve.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situated within the confines of the Western Ghats in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Periyar National Park Kerala and Tiger Reserve is one of the most captivating wildlife parks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Periyar National Park - Kumily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Periyar National Park - Kumily at Kerala &amp; Tamil Nadu Travel Guide. 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