Legendary Mukurthi National Park.
An old map with pertinent cartographic details of the legendary Mukurthi National Park. As one can see, a lion's share of the Mukurthi National Park area lies between Upper Bhavani reservoir and Kerala's Silent Valley.
And this is the first time I have seen the Upper Bhavani reservoir mentioned as Bakthavatsalam reservoir named after the then Congress Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.
Also, one can see that the only place where a common man will be able to set foot as close as possible to the Mukurthi National Park is the Kolaribetta peak, the second highest peak in Nilgiris (just a few metres less than the Doddabetta peak) which is now accessible for all by trek thanks to the great initiative of Trek Tamilnadu.
Our next multi-batch monsoon trek will be the Kolaribetta trek which is comparatively easier than the Parson Valley-Mukurthi Fishing Hut trek and the view from the peak will be a breathtaking one with a 360-degree spectacular scenic splendor of two great reservoirs of Nilgiris.