Ideal for summer holidays, green Sunabeda enjoys pleasant weather throughout the year and is relatively cooler than its surrounding areas. Located in the valleys of Koraput, Sunabeda has lush landscape that draws tourists for its beauty. It also holds sites of spiritual significance and one can pay obeisance to Maa Banadurga, whose idol is housed in an old temple at Shantinagar. The place also houses a temple of Lord Shiva and Lord Ayyappa. Another attraction nearby is the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary that is home to animals like tigers, leopards and barking deer, and several species of birds. Sprawled over an area of 600 sq km, it is a stretch of dry deciduous forests peppered with waterfalls.