Tamil Nadu is resplendently rich in its flora and fauna, and is sprawling with dense forest with dry to deciduous plantation along its plains to the elevated mountainous region. Tamil Nadu has in store about seventeen wildlife sanctuaries and five national parks that safeguard the endangered animal species of the region. The renowned Wildlife Sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu are the Kalakadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Anamalai (Indira Gandhi) Wildlife Sanctuary, Mundanthurai Tiger Sanctuary, Kunthakulam Bird Sanctuary, Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary and the Viralimalai Sanctuary.

Tourists mostly frequent to the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park and the Guindy National Park within the region. The Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary covers a total area of 9.58 Sq.kms, which is easily accessible through the Topslip in the Anamalai Hills along the Western Ghats. Next tour to the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary along the Nilgiri Hills which is filled with undulating grassland, open stretch lands, valleys and swamps. Mukkurthi National Park is yet an important Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu that is scattered with temperate shoals. From visiting the Kalakkadu Wildlife Sanctuary, the famous Wildlife Sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu known for its tiger Reserves to watching out for elephants and the gaurs along the santuary of Mundanthuri is worth appreciating. Stopover at the Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary for viewing its dry evergreen forest greenery with expanses of mangroves reserves or travel long distances till you reach the Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary.