Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary A-Block
Nagapattinam
Point Calimere
Tropical dry evergreen forest, grassland, lagoon, mudflat, coastal vegetation.
Blackbuck, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Golden Jackal, Bonnet Macaque, Jungle Cat, Small Indian Civet, Indian Palm Civet; Peafowl, Spot-billed Pelican, Northern Shoveler, Lesser Sandplover, Black-tailed Godwit, Greater Flamingo, Brown[#2;]headed Gulls, Curlew; O
Lannea coromandelica, Gmelina asiatica, Manilkara hexandra, Salvadora persica, Azima tetracantha, Cassia auriculata, Opuntia dillenii, Securinega leucopyrus
Tiruchirapalli airport
The nearest railway station is at Thiruthuraipoondi (42 km).
Driving from most places, you would pass Tiruchirapalli (170 km).
Forest rest houses at Point Calimere (with catering arrangements).
District Forest Officer, Tiruvarur Division 78-A, South Main Road, Tiruvarur 610001
Phone: 04366-223224 Email: dfotvr@nic.in