Silent valley national park is one of the last undisturbed tracts of South Western Ghats mountain rain forests and tropical moist evergreen forest in India. It is part of the Nilgiri Sub-Cluster, Western Ghats World Heritage Site, recognised by UNESCO in 2007. Entrance is from Mukkali which is 50 km from Coimbatore. Prior booking is required. From Mukkali forest department arranges 25 km drive which takes 2 hours to reach Sairandhri. View from 100 feet height watchtower is awesome. 360 degree view of lush green dense forests. River kunthi flows at this place. It is nice experience but 25 km ride is tiresome.
Silent Valley National Park in Kerala is one of the best protected sanctuary and one must visit for it very serene and thick forest.
The Pandavas, deprived of their kingdom, set out on a 13-year exile. They wandered south, into what is now Kerala, until one day they came upon a magical valley where rolling grasslands met wooded ravines, a deep green river bubbled its course through impenetrable forest, where at dawn and twilight the tiger and elephant would drink together at the water's edge, where all was harmonious and man unknown. Beside that river, in a cave on a hill slope, the Pandavas halted
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