Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve is located in southern most part of western ghat in Tamil Nadu. It spreads across 567 sq. kilometers. The place is a bio diversity ecospot with over 7 rivers originate here. However, no wildlife safari is conducted here.
One can stay inside the forest in accommodation provided by the department of forest. There are some trips conducted by forest department into the seculded estate of Manjolai which is scenic and a chance to spot wild life. It is a quiet place, untouched and pristine for over a century.
There is also Thalayanai Waterfalls inside the Kalakkad Reserve. Further Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation has a tea estate and its plantation workers live here on upperslopes of Agasthyamalai. There are some tribal population of 100 families inside the forest.
