Wildlife Sanctuaries

In Kerala there are a large number of wildlife parks and sanctuaries. Kerala is considered to be a green paradise on earth. The dense green forests with a wide variety of animals such as elephants, tigers, deers, leopards etc and water birds provide a great opportunity to the tourists to sight these different creatures.

Serial No	Name of Reserve	Area in Km2	Year of Formation	District
1	Periyar Tiger Reserve	925. 00	1950	Idukki
2	Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary	128.00	1958	Thiruvananthapuram
3	Peechi - Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary	125.00	1958	Thrissur
4	Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary	285.00	1973	Palakkad
5	Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary	344.44	1973	Wayanad
6	Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary	70.00	1976	Idukki
7	Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary	53.00	1983	Thiruvananthapuram
8	Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary	25.00	1983	Ernakulam
9	Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary	171.00	1984	Kollam
10	Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary	90.44	1984	Idukki
11	Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary	85.00	1984	Thrissur
12	Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary	55.00	1984	Kannur
13	Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary	0.027	2004	Ernakulam
14	Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary	74.215	2010	Kozhikkode