The verdant thick forests situated in the rain shadow region of the Western Ghats in Kerala are abode to fourteen spectacular wildlife sanctuaries abundant in variety of flora, fauna and aero fauna. Evading these mysterious locales are some of the most pleasant trekking and hiking trails in the countryside, drenched in the spice-scented air of endless acres of plantations of Tea, coffee, cardamom, vanilla, pepper, oranges, mangoes and many more. These exotic dense forests are also home to the rare giant grizzled squirrel of India, the Malabar Pied Hornbill, the Crested Serpent Eagle and the Malabar Tree Nymph butterfly.