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Anaikatti Hills's exciting night safari through the surrounding forests lets you experience the destination in a completely different light, or rather the lack of it!

The word Anaikatti Hills literally translates to a ‘group of elephants’, and as the name promises, is a natural habitat of elephants owing to its prime location in the midst of dense forests and water bodies. It is a small village nestled in the foothills of the Western Ghats on the Kerala- Tamil Nadu border and happens to be the entry point into Kerala from Tamil Nadu. It is about 431 metres above sea level and makes for the ideal destination for wildlife lovers.

Well forested places surrounded by dense jungles and nestled between hills is an ideal destination for most nature loving tourists. We all love to escape the humdrum of city life and retire to a peaceful spot far away from the hustle-bustle with our loved ones when on vacation.

The scenic forested stretch ofAnaikatti Hills, near Tamil Nadu’s boundary with Kerala, may now be on the bucket list for bloggers and riders from both States, but for generations before them, it has been part of a highway for the gentle giants of the Western Ghats, the yaanai (elephants) who inspire the name of the hills they walk.

The road connecting Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore and Kerala’s Palakkad districts passes through the critical Anaikatti Hills North-Anaikatti Hills South elephant corridor, one of two such passages in Coimbatore district identified by the Wildlife Trust of India

Nilgiri-Eastern Ghats Landscape of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, home to the world’s single largest population of Asian elephants.

"Elephants are long-ranging animals and usually follow a set path that they have been following for ages."