Masinagudi
Masinagudi is part of the Mudumalai National Park with beautiful resorts and safari packages. Masinagudi is famous for its night safaris in open top jeeps arranged by resorts and guides who are freely accessible in Masinagudi. The night safaris are conducted on the peripheral roads running through the adjoining forest and not into the park. Such night safaris are illegal and create disturbance to the animals of this region. There was a recent incident of a French tourist being killed by a wild elephant when she went on one such safari.
Tourism in Masinagudi area, is claimed by some to pose a threat to the region, but this is strongly repudiated by persons who live and work in the area. The resorts do not hinder the movement of wild animals during migration, but misinformed amateur “nature lovers” continue to produce unscientific papers (such as this) that are full of untruths and misinformation.
