There are two main trails/treks in the Sanctuary both starting at where used to be the caged birds (today mostly empty cages occupy this spot) -
1. Straight to the top and to the fort;
2. The other trail sticks to the lower portion of Hill and moves parallel to the Highway towards Pen.

View from the top of the hill

The following are some of the interesting species that have been spotted here - Peregrine Falco (Falco peregrinus), Red Spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea), Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora), Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera), Nilgiri Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii), Malabar Parakeet (Psittacula columboides), Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis), Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris),Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaultia), Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) -recorded in 1970s, Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus), Hearts-spotted Woodpecker (Hemicircus canente), White-naped Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus), Eurasian Crag Martin (Hirundo rupestris), Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis), White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens), Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus), Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus), Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus), Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus), Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei), Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus), Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps), Tickell�s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae), Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina), White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola), Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradise), Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea), White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus), Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius), Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula Nigropileus).

Contributed by Sahil Latheef