A pristine 850-sq-km reserve of tropical jungle, shola forest and grassland rising to 2400m and spilling over into Kerala between Kodaikanal and Coimbatore in the Western Ghats, Anamalai Tiger Reserve is well off most tourists’ radar. Declared a tiger reserve in 2007, it’s home to all kinds of exotic endemic wildlife, much of it rare and endangered – including panthers, leopards, and a few elusive tigers, though you'll probably mostly spot lion-tailed macaques, peacocks, langurs, spotted deer, elephants, or some of its many crocodiles.
