Bandipur National Park is located in the Gundlupet taluq of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka. The park is nestled in the midst of the magnificent Western Ghats and covers a sprawling area of about 874.2 sq km. The park was created as a private forest reserve by the Maharaja of Mysore Kingdom for his dynasty in 1931. The Maharaja christened the reserve as Venugopala Wildlife Park. In 1973, under the Project Tiger plan, 800 km2 more was added to the park to create a single tiger reserve known as the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. In 1974 the reserve was upgraded as a national park.

Today, the park along with Kerala's Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu's Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and Nagarhole National Park in the north, forms a single huge biosphere reserve, known as the 'Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve'. This reserve is believed to be the country's largest reserve.

The reserve is quite prominent for its Tiger and Asian elephant population. Other animals sighted are gaurs, porcupines, sloth bears, Indian rock pythons, black-knapped hare, four-horned antelope, chital, sambhar, panther, etc.Birds such as red-headed vulture, honey buzzard, Indian roller, changeable hawk-eagle, crested serpent eagle, etc can be frequently sighted here. Peafowls are quite prominent birds of the region.

It has a variety of floras such as Black Myrobalan, Flame of the Forest, Indigoberry, Golden Shower Tree, Teak, Giant clumping bamboo, Sandalwood, etc

Pick Up Points:

Marathahalli (06:00 AM) - Near Kalamandir

Silk Board (06:30 AM) - Bus Stop, Opposite To Pizza Hut

BTM (06:45 AM) Udupi - Garden Bus Stop, Opposite To A2B

Banashankari (07:00 AM) - Bus Stop

RR Nagar (07:30 AM) - Gopalan Arcade, Mysore Road

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Day 1

06:00 AM Pick up starts from Marathahalli

06:30 AM Leave from Bangalore

08:30 AM Reach Ramangara and have breakfast

02:00 PM Reach Bandipur resort and Have lunch(Buffet lunch, later go for the facilities available at the resort like Swimming pool and Outdoor activities)

05:00 PM Go for Wildlife Safari(1.5 hours Govt Safari)

07:00 PM Back to resort and have Tea/Snacks

08:30 PM Have Dinner and accommodation in (rooms)

Day 2

05:00 AM Proceed for 2kms trek

07:30 AM Back to resort & freshen up

08:30 AM Have Breakfast

09:30 PM Head back to Bangalore

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions:

Transportation (from/to Bangalore)

Trek

Wildlife Safari

Breakfast on Day 1 & Day 2

Lunch on Day 1

Dinner on Day 1

Accommodation(Rooms)

Exclusions:

Snacks

Water Bottle

Anything not mentioned in Inclusions

Things to carry

Torch per person with extra batteries

Sports shoes or trekking shoes or comfortable shoes with good grip

Backpack

Water bottles

Dry fruits, energy bar, chocolates, energy drink, Snacks etc.

Personal medication

Toiletries (Tissue paper, Toilet paper, etc.)

Sweater/ Warm jackets for the night

Rain coat/Poncho in moonsoons

Moov spray, dettol solution or salt to avoid leeches.

Track pants and cotton T-shirt

Extra pair of clothes

Sunscreen/cap

Camera (optional)