About
Bandipur
National
Park
Bandipur national Park one of India's best known wildlife sanctuaries located in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka in South India and covers a forest area of 865 square kilometers. It was declared a National Park in 1974 and is one of the original 9 Project Tiger reserves. It is home to around seventy tigers and over three thousand Asian elephants, along with leopards, dholes, gaur and sloth bears.
Bandipur National Park occupies a special place in India's efforts towards natural conservation. It was created in the 1930s from the local Maharaja Voodiyar's hunting lands, and named Venugopal Wildlife Park. Bandipur National Park was expanded later in 1941 to adjoin the Nagarhole National Park, which lay towards its northern edge, and Wayanad and Madumulai Sanctuaries, which lay towards its southern edge in the states of Kerala and Tamilnadu, respectively. The entire area now constitutes the vast Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, one of India's most extensive tracts of protected forest. It has been a designated tiger reserve in 1973.
Wildlife
in Bandipur
National
park:
Bandipur National park contains a huge variety of animals, birds and reptiles within it. Primarlily the population consists of...
Mammals: : Tiger, leopard, elephant, sloth bear, gaur, sambar (deer), asiatic wild dog, striped hyena, chital, mouse deer, wild boar, barking deer, four horned antelope, hyena, spotted deer, barking deer, mouse deer, mongoose and the slender loris.
Reptiles: King cobra, common cobra, rat snake, water snake, marsh crocodile, russell's viper, lizard, chameleon, monitor lizard, frog, common krait, indian python, flying snake, tree frog, toad and tortoise.
Birds: Over 230 species of birds have been identified. Some of the most notable ones are the heron, stork, falcon, sandpiper, woodpecker, drongo grey junglefowl, pompadour green pigeon, honey buzzard, red-headed vulture, egret, kite, grey-headed fish eagle, brown hawk owl, peafowl, lapwing, bay owl, malabar trogon, nilgiri flycatcher, malabar pied hornbill, little spiderhunter, plain flowerpecker and the warbler.
Flora
in Bandipur National Park:
Bandipur National Park has deciduous, evergreen and scrubland vegetation. The major flora found in bandipur national park is chloroxylon swetenia, acacia catechu, schleichera trijuga, cassia fistula, shorea talura, randia uliginosa. teak (tectona grandis), dalbergia latifolia, pterocarpus marsupium, terminalia tomentosa, anogeissus latifolia, adina cordifolia, grewia tiliaefolia, odina wodiar, butea monosperma, emblica officinalis, lagerstroemia lanceolata, terminalia chebula, dendrocalamus strictus, and bambusa arundinacea.
Climate
(Bandipur
National
Park):
The region
is warm
and comfortable
for most
parts of
the year
with temperatures
ranging
from 24
to 28°C,
except for
the brief
winter that
lasts from
October
to January
when the
temperature
hovers around
the 19°C
mark. Monsoon
is erratic,
but it generally
rains from
June to
September.
Reaching
There(Bandipur
National
Park):
Bandipur
National
Park is
located
on the highway
connecting
Mysore and
the hill
station
of Ootacamund
(Ooty).
Reaching
Bandipur
by bus is
very convenient.
All regular
and express
state transport
buses plying
between
Ooty and
Mysore pass
through
the park
fringes
and the
Forest Department
Center is
a designated
bus stop.
It takes
2½
hours to
reach Bandipur
forest from
Mysore and
about 3
hours from
Ooty. The
nearest
rail junction
is Mysore
(65 km)
and the
nearest
international
airport
is the software
Mecca of
Bangalore
(204 km).
Travel
Tips
Light cotton
clothing
is recommended
for summers
whereas
light woolen
garments
are recommended
for the
brief winters.
During rainy
season,
it is advisable
to carry
raincoats,
as the rain
is accompanied
by a light
breeze that
renders
umbrellas
useless.
Places
Nearby (Bandipur
National
Park)
Nagarhole,
Madumulai
and Wayanad
National
parks all
lie in the
vicinity
of Bandipur
forest.
A reservoir
and a dam
that separates
Bandipur
from Nagarhole
reserve
is an interesting
place as
well.
Wildlife
Resorts
or Hotels
in Bandipur
National
Park:
| Tusker
Trails
Resort |
Bandipur Safari Lodge |
