Know About Bandipur National Park

Bandipur Tiger Reserve 

Bandipur National Park has the second highest Tiger population in India. Bandipur National Park is located in Gundlupet taluk, Chamarajanagar district. Park is the part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve making it the largest protected area in Southern India and largest habitat of Wild Elephants in South Asia.

 

Bandipur National Park shares its boundary with 3 other National park namely Nagarahole National Park, Wayanad National Park and Mudumalai National park. There is a ban of traffic from 9 PM to 6 AM from dusk to dawn to help to draw down the death rate of wildlife.

 

Bandipur National Park is regarded as one of the most beautiful and the better-managed national parks of India. Located amidst the picturesque surroundings of the towering Western Ghat Mountains on the Mysore-Ooty highway in Karnataka, Bandipur National Park covers an area of about 874.2 sq km. Together with Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala and Nagarhole National Park in the North, it creates India's biggest biosphere reserve popularly known as the 'Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve'.

 

The Bandipur National Park occupies a special place in India's efforts towards Eco-conservation.Bandipur also has a sizable number of Tigers.

 

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History:

This National Park was formed by including most of the forest areas of the then Venugopala Wildlife Park established under Govt. Notification dated 19th February 1941 and the area was enlarged in 1985 extending over an area of 874.20 Sq.Km and named as Bandipur National Park.

 

This reserve was brought under Project Tiger in 1973. Subsequently some adjacent reserve forest areas were added to the reserve and extending to 880.02 Sq. Km. The present area under the control of Bandipur Tiger Reserve is 912.04 Sq. Km.

 

An area of 39.80 Sq. Km of KFDC plantation area was handed over to this division during 2007-08. During 2010-11 the Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary was handed over to Wildlife Division, Mysore.

 

 

Flora And Fauna Of Bandipur:

One of the thirty reserves identified across the country to save the tiger and its habitat, it’s also one of the last refuges of the endangered Asiatic wild elephant. Apart from the two famed residents, a number of other endangered species such as sloth bears, gaurs, Indian rock pythons, jackals, muggers, and four-horned antelopes can be spotted in this national park. Bandipur also shelters sambar, mouse deer, chital, sloth bear, and the rare flying lizard. Over 200 species of birds and a diversity of flora add to its attraction. Bandipur also supports a wide range of timber trees including teak, rosewood, sandalwood, Indian-laurel, Indian Kino tree, giant clumping bamboo, etc.

 

 

 

Best Time To Visit Bandipur National Park

The best time to view the animals is during the heat of March and April, when the waterholes are dry and the animals come out and visit the lake. However, the temperature is more pleasant from November to February. The monsoon season, from July to October, brings a lot of rain. Hence, safaris may not operate then and wildlife sighting is challenging.

 

How To Reach Bandipur Tiger  Reserve

 

By Road

It is about 224 km from Bangalore city and 70 km from Mysore city. Located on the Mysore-YT Highway, the resort is well connected by road and easily accessible. The city of Coimbatore is also about 180 km away from the resort.

By Rail

The nearest railway station is the Mysore junction of Mysore and is well connected by trains.

By Air

The nearest airport is the Mysore Airport, which connects to Bangalore.

 

 

 

Travel Tips To Visit National Parks

 

 

  1. Dress for comfort. Do avoid bright colours and stick to muted shades of green, black, grey and brown. The more you meld with the background, the better.
  2. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
  3. Avoid smoking – anything can start a forest fire.
  4. You’ll be spending a lot of time outdoors. Don’t forget your hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, torch, etc.
  5. Avoid plastics. We’re really trying to cut down on plastics.
  6. Don’t put perfume while going to safari.
  7. PETS ARE STRICTLY  NOT ALLOWED

 

 

 

Why WildTrails?

 

WildTrails provides an easy way of seeing all possible wildlife trips for some of the top exotic wildlife destinations across the world [Currently Supporting India, Kenya & Tanzania] with an end-to-end trip right from your flights, to wildlife resorts to wildlife safaris to  pickup/drops from local airports to even local experiences & that you probably don’t want to miss including 16-hr support via direct chat with our world-class support staff via our App or WhatsApp (in the event of any delays or last-minute issues to any general queries about your plan or destination).

 

WildTrails uses the network of best tiger tracker experts associated with the particular zone of the park.

 

WildTrails is the world’s first and only company to bring Sightings Data, analytics into planning Wildlife holidays. WildTrails have all the sightings info (4 years data) to create a predictive metric called the sighting index.

 

 

 

 

Other Indian Parks We Are Into

 

  • Kabini
  • Nagarahole national park
  • Bandipur National park
  • Kaziranga National Park
  • Ranthambore National park
  • Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve
  • Gir Forest National park
  • Jim-Corbett National park
  • Pench Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Kanha National Park & Many more

 

 

African Parks We Are Into

 

  • Masai Mara National Reserve 
  • Naivasha National Park, 
  • Serengeti National Park & Others