Sispara Peak is in the core area of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Location is 11°12′N 76°28′E / 11.2, 76.467 at the northeast end of Silent Valley National Park ¹and the southwest end of Mukurthi National Park. The Sispara peak is the abode of the Toda tribes people ancestral spirits and is the second highest peak in the core area of Silent Valley at an altitude of 2,206 metres (7,238 ft), Anginda peak at 2,328 metres (7,638 ft), being the highest.

Sispara Trekking Shed

At the eastern base of the peak in Sispara pass, there is a small square steel shed protected by an elephant proof trench, which trekkers may use with permission of the Wildlife Warden, Silent Valley National Park. In 2007 a new trekkers' shed was built on the old site. 11°12.04′N 76°26.59′E / 11.20067, 76.44317

From Sispara peak there is a panoramic view of deep valleys packed with dense vegetation. The Sispara pass leads down into Silent Valley, is enveloped in foliage and remains hidden even from the top of the peak.

Robert Wight, a surgeon turned botanist, was the first foreigner to venture into this area in the middle of the 19th century. In the process, Wight discovered seven new species from Sispara and the adjoining jungles and as many as 122 Indian plants have been named after him. ²

The Sispara Day Gecko is found here.

The endangered plants Youngia nilgiriensis, Memecylon sisparense, Pavetta hohenackeri, Melicope indica and Pogostemon paludosus are endemic to the Sispara area. ³

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