Mudumalai National Park

Mudumalai National Park

Mudumalai National Park
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Alok R
Gurugram (Gurgaon), India18 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 • Couples
The safari are done by govt and private operators. Govt charges mainly 350/head and minimum 20 people is required to start a safari in a bus , govt safari duration is 45 mins. private tour operators charge 300/head and they provide service for1.6 hrs. Private operator do not have permit to go deep in jungle. suggestion to book govt safari. Best time is in morning or evening. givt safari counter closes at 5.15 Pm
Written 16 February 2022
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bijitm
Bengaluru, India249 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Family
We booked a gypsy jungle safari online. The online booking process was smooth. I was also charged for camera and LMV parking during the booking process. When we reached the safari point, the staff asked me to park on the road. I don't know why they charged me for parking. The safari started on time. There was no guide, the driver could not speak any language other than Tamil, so it was difficult to communicate and the whole trip was like we were on entirely our own looking around trying to spot wildlife. It seemed like there is only one track in the jungle and the driver kept going on that path like a robot without stopping. We had to tell him to stop so that we could take some pictures. Unfortunately, we could not spot any animals except a wild boar and a captive elephant. An obvious comparison comes up with the Bandipur safari. First of all, you pay almost 5K at both Mudumalai and Bandipur but the safari lasts only one hour in Mudumalai whereas duration at Bandipur is 2 hours. Bandipur does not charge for regular small cameras but Mudumalai does. At Bandipur, a guide accompanies you on the safari who explains the flora and fauna of the forest. Most of these guides can speak English or Hindi besides Tamil and Kannada which is a plus. Lastly, it is true that animal sighting is a matter of luck but it is a matter of fact that Bandipur has much more successful sightings compared to Mudumalai. Overall, the safaris at Mudumalai can be better managed and organized. It is clearly not worth paying for a safari at Mudumalai.
Written 12 February 2024
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Rajeev
Chennai (Madras), India2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Family
Be aware during the trip package arranged by tour operators package included for mudumalai forest safari ride.

Tour operator Cab driver actually took us to masinagudi road side Jeep side safari show for Rs 2500 a non recognised private jeeps instead of the actual forest safari.

This is exactly not inside the mudumalai forest.Its a outer view of the forest and outer roadside and village show.Think this usually have a Forest ride will have the forest entry ticket and jeep Safari tickets.

When questioned safari driver they don't have any of this. it's all a preplan of the tour driver to cut the travel distance to take us to the mudumalai forest. We were got cheated on this trip make sure of getting inside of mudumalai forest by purchasing entry ticket that's the actual sightseeing of mudumalai forest and Jeep Safari.
Written 22 May 2022
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Jimmi Jone
Bengaluru, India5 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2020 • Couples
It's a great drive of you are confident about your driving skills. The road is not that great, of course it's through forest.... But the local vehicles are driving like it's national highway. On our ride early morning,was a big group of deer, monkeys of two types, elephants and peacocks. Most interesting was a big family of humans with old and infants trying to take picture near an elephant who was trying to cross the road. Well, the elephant was well mannered and didn't kill anybody. It's a forest and give little respect to that area.
Written 4 April 2021
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Guest
6 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
I'm not sure if I can call it Safari. It's not easy to get any information about safari options and elephant camp, until you actually get in the park. Prices for governmental safari are ridiculous. Probably governmental guides will push you to pay more or buy something. I had much better experience in other countries. Not worth the price.
Written 2 February 2023
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Bijal_traveller
Mira Bhayandar, India255 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2020 • Family
Good cozy roads . 1 hour to and from journey.. you can see peacock and lots of deers.. bison all around.. there's elephant camp.. 25 elephants in camp.. good to visit that camp if you are with kids.. good to visit in month of April.. or you can visit this place in morning for more elephant visits..
Written 26 November 2020
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VigneshM
Chennai District, India1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021 • Friends
Please Dont choose private jeep safari in masinangudi. They are not allowed to take you to the off-road. If you have your owned/hired vehicle, drive on your own. It is purely based on your luck to see the animals. Better time would be after 4.30 pm. Because we were able to see some bear, elephants at that time. We are not allowed to stop the vehicle on the mayar road. We can stop the vehicle once we reach the Mayar dam. You can park your vehicle in the road(Down side of veepothi malai) to visit veepothi malai. Only jeep can be driven to the upstairs. But it is walkable distance only. Not advisable to older people by walk. There is one small murugan temple in the top and view point is too good
Written 9 November 2021
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Saradeva2014
Bengaluru, India77 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022
Neither we stayed in Mudumalai nor taken a safari. But we enjoyed not only spotting, even photographing the wild life. From Bangalore we took the route through Mudumalai to Ooty. The road has speed limit and plenty of road humps. The car in front slows down, means they spotted an animal. The peacocks and the langur monkeys were posing for us on the side of the road. The elephants, bisons, different types of deers, wild boars etc were there within 300 meters from the road. We can not stop the car - nor we can get down from the car. But the drive itself was very thrilling. We missed the big cat though!
Written 23 May 2022
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Rbs007
Mumbai, India304 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 • Family
The rating is for the experience at the safari, we had hired a private gypsy which was the best part of the safari.

From a jungle perspective it's a large jungle with 80+ tigers but unfortunately we couldn't see a single one. These things are on luck so I am hoping other travellers are more lucky.

Main problem is that all 7-8 cars/campers/buses go on the same route which I find a bit stupid as the the first few enjoy the quietness of the jungle and other are around noisemaking campers and buses
Written 16 May 2024
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sanders2802016
Hervey Bay, Australia25 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Solo
The Mudumalai tiger Reserve was the highlight of my 6 weeks in south India ( Tamil Nadu) . I have never been to India before and spent 6 days at the Jungle hut on the edge of the Mudumalai Reserve. On the first night there was a wild bull elephant next to the summing pool at the Jungle hut, he feed there for a few hours and moved on in the early morning. I also saw deer and monkeys just out side my room, (see pix).The staff and particularly the management at the jungle hut
were very good, accommodating, helpful and inclusive. I would recommend a visit.
The only down side was the elephant camp was closed for a week due to a visit from the President of India, incredible India all right!
Written 29 September 2023
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