Bandipur National Park Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

Bandipur National Park is one of India's best known sanctuaries located in the Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka at the confluence of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills. The reserve is part of the famous Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve along with Nagarhole National Park to the northwest, and the Mudumalai National Park of Tamil Nadu and the Wynad Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala. The highest point of the park is at Gopalswamy Betta peak at 1,454 meters. It is home to around seventy tigers and over three thousand Asian elephants, as well as other animals like leopards, dhole (wild dog), gaur, sloth bears, and a variety of birdlife. The Bandipur forests used to be the private game reserve of the Maharajas of Mysore. In 1973, Bandipur became one among India's nine Tiger Reserves established under Project Tiger and the next year it was notified as