Bandipur National Park

Bandipur National Park one of the most stunning National Parks in India. Situated between the picturesque Western Ghats next to the Mysore-Ooty highway in Karnataka, the Park was once the private hunting reserve for the Maharaja of Mysore. It's now home to elephants, gaurs, tigers, sloth bears, muggers, Indian rock pythons and Dholes. The park was established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger and has a good number of Tigers. Birds like the jungle fowl and green pigeon are also found here.