800ft above sea level nestled between the willowy mountains of Anaimalai, Top Slip presented us a beautiful promise of get-away from the eternal hustle-bustle of the tough Bangalore life.
We planned a 3 day trip starting a Friday night to Pollachi. Vivek, a native of Pollachi and a wildlife enthusiast, arranged all our accommodation through his many contacts and opened us, to a unique opportunity to experience the forests of Top-Slip first hand.
Annaimalais , a chain in the western ghats abruptly stops to open into the plains that surround Pollachi. They form the link in the Nilgiri bio-sphere thus home to the endemic species, the Vulnerable- Nilgiri Langur, Endangered- Lion Tailed Macaque, Malabar Trogon, Sri Lankan Frogmouth etc., that are unique to this habitat.
