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Silent Valley National Park, Kerala

Area: 89.52 km² (35 sq mtrs)
Established on: 15th November 1984
Sections: Sairandri, Poochipara, Neelikkal, Wallakad
Location : 40 km from Mannarkkad, Palakkad district, north Kerala
Nearest City - Palakkad
Best time to visit - December to April

The Silent Valley National Park is commonly known as Sairndhrivanam in India. Being the main attraction of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, this park is a unique example of tropical rain forest. Declared as a national park in the year 1984 by the government of India, the degradation of this park by human activities has been limited largely because of its rugged terrain and remoteness.

Landscape & Climate

Located in the Nilgiri hills of Coimbatore around the Palakkad district of Kerala (South India), the Silent Valley Park is divided from the northern and eastern plateaus of Nilgiri Mountains by high unbroken ridges. To the west the park is bounded by rough ridges whereas toward the south it gently slopes down along the Palakkad plains. Due to the presence of hills and directional winds, every region of this park receives good amount of rain during the southwest monsoon season.

The dense forest, the music of the birds and the deep gorges formed by the wild river Kunti all add up to enhance the beauty of this natural park. The best feature of this perennial river is that it has crystal clear water that never turns brown.

Fauna in Silent Valley National Park

The valley has a wide variety of peninsular mammals like tailed macaque lion, Nilgiri langur, bonnet macaque, tiger, leopard, Indian civer, ruddy mongoose, stripe-necked mongoose, otter, Malabar squirrel, Indian pangolin, Porcupine, wild boar, spotted & barking deer and gaur.

The bird population includes Indian black-crested baza, rufous bellied hawk eagle, bonelli’s hawk eagle, shaheen falcon, penisular scops owl, short-eared owl, great Indian hornbill, Ceylon frog mouth and Malay bittern to name a few. Quite a few of these are extremely rare and endemic.

Flora in Silent Valley National Park

With an area of about 90 sq km the Silent Valley Park is an abode to rich flora and fauna. It has about 1000 species of plants. The prominent flower families recorded in the Silent Valley include the Orchidaceae, Febaceae, Rubiaceae and Asteraceae. Apart from these some other new variety of flowering plants found in this natural park are Kanjaram palghatensis, Hedyotis silentvalleyensis, Porpax chandrasekharanhii, Nydnocarpus pendulus and Silentavelleya nairii.

Some of the rare varieties of ground orchid plants like Oberonia bisaccata, Eriatiagii, Liparis indiraii and Ipsea malabarica are found in this valley. The orchid varieties are almost extinct in other parks of the country. Other than this, two Sri Lankan plant varieties Scutellaria oblonga and Anodendron rhinosporum have also been recently recorded from this park.

Hotels & Resorts in Silent Valley National Park

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Silent Valley Wildlife Packages

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Wildlife in Silent Valley National Park

Fauna in Silent Valley National Park:

Mammals:
There are at least 34 species of mammals at Silent Valley including the endangered Lion-tailed Macaque, Niligiri Langur, Leopard, Malabar Giant Squirrel, Nilgiri Tahr, Peshwa's Bat (Myotis peshwa) and Hairy-winged Bat. There are nine species of bats, rats and mice. In addition to the above-mentioned ones, almost all the animals inhabiting Peninsular India are also seen here. To mention a few -Tiger, Leopard cat, Jungle cat, Fishing cat, Common palm civet, Stripe necked mongoose, Ruddy mongoose, Small Indian civet, Wild boar, Brown palm civet, Wild dog, Barking deer, Mouse deer,Sloth bear, Otter, Flying squirrel, Malabar giant squirrel, Porcupine, Sambar, Gaur and elephants.

Birds:
There are around 170 species of birds have been identified, of which 31 are migrants. These include rare species like ceylon frogmouth, great indian hornbill, Indian black crested baza, Bonellis hawk eagle, Rofous bellied hawk eagle, Shaheen falcon, Short eared owl, Peninsular scop's owl, Ceylon frog mouth, Nilgiri Wood-pigeon,, Nilgiri laughing thrush, Rofous bellied short wing, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, White-bellied Treepie, Grey-headed Bulbul, Wynaad Laughing Thrush, White-bellied Shortwing.

Reptiles:
Among the 35 species of reptiles identified, Calotes rouxi, Salea horsefielda, Calliophis nigrescens are endemic. The endemic species of frogs found here are Bufo silentvalleyensis, Micrixalus thampii and Ansonia rubigina. Homaloptera pillai is an endemic fish found in the waters of Kunti River. The insects include Gellia kuntiae, Oxylobus silentius, Lanceonotus mukkaliensis, Tricentrus syrandrikae. More than 100 varieties of butterflies and 400 species of moths had been identified.