We’re trekking in south-western Karnataka’s Kodagu (Coorg) district ... The result is hills still cloaked thickly in evergreen forest; unlike much of India, teeming with non-human life.

The eastern declivities of the Western Ghats that make up Coorg are extensively clothed in forests. Shade-grown coffee plantations offer the ideal habitat for rare flora and fauna to thrive as do ...

Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary Another gem of a place in Coorg is Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary which is set on the Western Ghats. Surrounded by dense and evergreen forests, this place is renowned ...

The hills of Karnataka hold the beautiful Coorg, a gem in Indian tourism. The lush green forest cover, coffee plantations and ...

Tadiandamol takes pride on being the highest peak in Coorg offering an interesting hiking experience to visitors. Covered by thick forest tracts this trail leads through meadows as well as streams ...

Kodagu, earlier known as Coorg, is located on the ... These include evergreen, semi evergreen, moist deciduous, dry deciduous and scrub forest types, and even the high-altitude shola-grassland ...

Through ‘Save Coorg,’ an online petition ... which is among 36 global biodiversity hotspots, saw a loss of 5% evergreen forest cover with an increase of 4.5% built-up cover, and 9% agriculture ...

It is characterised by dense tropical evergreen forests that have largely remained untouched. The perpetrators have burnt the felled trees, increasing the risk of a forest fire that could have ...

I was in the lush verdant forests of Coorg recently and fortune seemed to smile upon me in the form of a guided walk through a rain forest. A Kodava (Coorgi local) named Navin, who has grown up in ...