Kollam Wildlife Sanctuaries
Shenduruni
Wildlife Sanctuary (66 km from town on the Kollam-Shencotta road) : Main attractions:
Elephatns, tigers, leopards, bears, lion tailed macques.
Acces:
Nearest Airport: Thiruvananthapuram (72 Kms) Nearest Railhead : Thenmala, connected
with Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kashmir. Motorable Road connected with Kollam Town
and Thiruvananthapuram city.
Pathanapuram taluk, 66 km from Kollam town
on the Kollam - Shencotta road. The Shenduruny forest was declared a wildlife
sanctuary in 1984. The Name Shenduruny comes from an endemic species of tree called
Chenkuruny (gluta travancoria), mainly confined to this region. The artificial
lake formed by the parappar dam built across the shenduruny and kulathupuzha rivers
occupies the central region of the sanctuary.
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