Eravikulam national park is spread over an extensive area of 97 sq km along the crest of Western Ghats in the high ranges of Idukki district. The park located 23 km away from Blanket Hotel and Spa. This national park holds the largest viable population of Tahr, several other species of rare animals, birds and butterflies. The tourism zone will be closed in calving season during Feb – March every year. The park offers a magnificent view of the tea plantations and also of the rolling hills caressed by the mist. The park becomes a hot destination when the hill slopes get covered in a carpet of blue, resulting from the flowering of Neelakurinji. It is a plant endemic to this part of the Western Ghats which blooms once in twelve years.