| The Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary which is spread over 247 sq kms is best visited from November to March.
It is contiguous with the Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary and the vegetation is thick with evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests of the Western Ghats along with small patches of teak plantations.
The sanctuary is inhabited by a wide variety of animal and bird species which include the lion-tailed macaque, bonnet macaque, common langur, slender loris, sloth bear, gaur, wild pig, tiger, leopard, wild dog, jackal, chital, sambar, barking deer, otter, porcupine, Malabar giant squirrel and flying squirrel. Avifauna includes Malabar whistling thrush, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar pied hornbill, great Indian hornbill, southern treepie, yellow bulbul, scarlet minivet, racket-tailed drongo, blacknaped blue flycatcher and quake babbler.
Visitors find it very convenient to visit the Mookambika Sanctuary as it is extremely well-connected by road as well as rail. |
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