Nagerhole wildlife sanctuary, which is 490 kms from Mananthavady is in Karnataka. It extends over an area of 643.39 sqkms. The park houses diverse species of plant and animal life. It situates near to Tholpetti and it is in Coorg district. The entry in Kerala is though Tholpetti via Kutta. The park is well connected to adjoining areas of Karnataka. Motorable highways link the park to the towns of Madikere (90 km) and Mysore (96 km) . The journey from both places lasts approximately 2 hours. The nearest well-connected railway junction is Mysore, while the nearest international airport is Bangalore (220 km).
Nagarhole Park was set up in 1955. In 1975, its area was increased to include a greater expanse of forest reserve. The original forest was once an exclusive hunting ground for the erstwhile Maharajas of Mysore. The park has been recently renamed as Rajiv Gandhi NationalPark after the late Prime Minister of India. Nagarhole National Park is counted among India' s best wildlife parks. It has a large elephant and bison population. It also hosts a variety of animal species along with approximately 250 species of birds. On its northern confines is the Kabini River and on its southern fringes is the Bandipur national park.
How to reach
By air: Banagalore ( 220km)
By rail: Myosre (80 km)
By Road: It is 21 km from Tholpetti wild life sanctuary, 80 kms from Mysore, 90 kms from Madikkery and 220 km from Bangalore.
Contact
STD code: 08274
Nagerhole National park office: Ph :244221, Mob:09980749793.
Wildlife warden Yathish Kumar:0822-252041
Kutta police station Coorg:Ph: 08274-244100, 09480804958.
Best season
Ocyober –May
Tips
Reach the statuary by early morning to get a good sight of animals. One must arrive at the park gates well before dusk, for the road through the park that leads to the lodges is prone to elephant blocks and closes at 6 pm. Those interested in trekking should avoid visiting the park during monsoons as floods wash out most of its dirt tracks and leeches render trekking impossible.
Park entry fee: Rs 60
Safari charge:Rs 35
Handicam:RS 150, Video camerla Rs 300
No fee for still camera
Timings
6 am to 8 am and 3 pm to 5 pm
One house safari convers 18 to 20 kms
Forest IBs at Nagerhole
Gangothri Tariff Rs 800 (three rooms), Kaveri Tariff RS 1600 (two rooms)
For booking and others information onctatc: 0821-2480902.
The Forest Department manages two rest houses, but reservation has to be made well in advance through the Forest Department offices in Mysore or Bangalore to stay here.
Bandipur
Bandipur wild life sanitary forms the connecting link between the Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and the Wayanad wildlife sanctuary in Kerala. It has an area of 874 sq.kms.
The Bandipur project tiger national park and wildlife sanctuary is very near to Wayanad. From Muthanga in the Mysore road, turn from Gundalpattu to reach Bandipur. There are more than 3000 elephants and 70 leopards. This 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 lifeline of the forest is the Moyar River, which irrigates the area along with two minor rivulets. The river also acts as a boundary between the Park and the Madumalai Sanctuary.
Locations
Karnataka. Chamarajanagar, which is at 90kms distance from Sulthan Bathery
How to reach
Bandipur National Park is located on the highway connecting Mysore and the hill station of (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.
By air: Bangalore 220 kms
By rail: nanjungud railway stations 5 kms
By raod: Bandiprui is located at dustance fo 220 kms form Bangalore, 80 kms form mysore and 80 kms from Ooty.
Contact
STD code: 08229. Bandipur reception: Ph: 236021. DCF Bandipur: Ph: 236043.
Karanatak frest departement: ph:080- 23346846.
Best season
November –May
forest department maintains reasonably priced lodges, rest houses and cottages
Jungle lodges and resorts: Bandipur.( Dormitories to suites Rs 400- 1600) For booking: 080-25597021, 25597024.
Safari in Bandipur
The Bandipur van safari is 30-minute drive in a 25 seater van costing Rs 75 per person.
The timings: 6.30 am to 9 am and 3 pm to 6 pm
The Bandipur –Mudumalai elephant safari includes a 10-minute ride on the elephants in Bandipur, which would cost you Rs 50 per head.
In Mudumalai, the elephant's safari is for 30 minutes. The tickets for the same are sold at the Ooty forest office and half the tickets are sold at the Mudumalai Thepekadu reception counter.
A maximum of four persons are taken on one elephant costing Rs 100 per head.
The tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis and do make your bookings in advance.
Entry fee: Rs 90. Safari fee: Rs 35 per person
Sights around
The Mudumalai wild life sanctuary which is at 12 km distance, Ooty which at 80 km distance and Ranganathittu bird sanctuary at 88 km distance.
Mudumalai
The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, now also declared a Tiger Reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains), in Nilgiri District, about 160 km north-west of Coimbatore in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu. Mudumalai, which means 'first hills', is one of the first wildlife sanctuaries established in India. The sanctuary is divided into 5 ranges - Masinagudi, Thepakadu, Mudumalai, Kargudi and Nellakota. It is in inside Tamil Nadu border and can be reached after traveling through Ooty road from Bandipur forest. Here one can often spot herds of elephants.
Moyar river and Nilgrir form its borders. The Western Ghats, Nilgiri Sub-Cluster including all of Mudumalai National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site. Tourist hubs like Ooty, Paikara dam, Cunoor, Mukkuruthi peak, Kaliatty, Doddabetta, Upper Bhavani, Kodanadu viewpoint and Kodagriri are near to it.
Location
Tamil Nadu Latitude: 467m-1251 m
Area: 321 sq kms
How to reach
By air: Coimbatore (160km)
By rail: Nilambur and Ooty
(65km), Mysore (95kms)
By road: Best thing is to rent a vehicle to see Mudumalai. There are regular buses from Mysore to Ooty via Mudumalai. Buses and jeeps are available form Nilambur . One can also reach here via Bandipur from Muthanga.
Contact
STD code: 0423-Field director: Mudumalai office in Ooty: 2444098.
RK Sreevasthava IFS: 09445259511.
Krishanamoorthy range officer, Thepakadu: 09443900110, 2526235.
Tamil Nadu tourism development corporation, Thepekadu ph: 2526580.
Best season
Feb-June
Stay
Stay at Thepekadu. Contact:TTDC: Thepekadu
Masinagudi (17kms. Ooty is another better option
Moer details: www.wildlifesanctuaryindia.com,
Forest department also offers cottages
Tips
For elephants ride and reservation contact: Field director, fee Rs 460 per 4 people for 40 minutes
Mini bus ride, contact range officer. Fee Rs 35 per head for 45 minutes
During dry season from April to May sanctuary would be closed.
Sights around
Elephants feeding camp, Museum, Moyar river, Kaliatty falls (30kms) and Pykara lake (40kms)
Nagarhole Park was set up in 1955. In 1975, its area was increased to include a greater expanse of forest reserve. The original forest was once an exclusive hunting ground for the erstwhile Maharajas of Mysore. The park has been recently renamed as Rajiv Gandhi NationalPark after the late Prime Minister of India. Nagarhole National Park is counted among India' s best wildlife parks. It has a large elephant and bison population. It also hosts a variety of animal species along with approximately 250 species of birds. On its northern confines is the Kabini River and on its southern fringes is the Bandipur national park.
How to reach
By air: Banagalore ( 220km)
By rail: Myosre (80 km)
By Road: It is 21 km from Tholpetti wild life sanctuary, 80 kms from Mysore, 90 kms from Madikkery and 220 km from Bangalore.
Contact
STD code: 08274
Nagerhole National park office: Ph :244221, Mob:09980749793.
Wildlife warden Yathish Kumar:0822-252041
Kutta police station Coorg:Ph: 08274-244100, 09480804958.
Best season
Ocyober –May
Tips
Reach the statuary by early morning to get a good sight of animals. One must arrive at the park gates well before dusk, for the road through the park that leads to the lodges is prone to elephant blocks and closes at 6 pm. Those interested in trekking should avoid visiting the park during monsoons as floods wash out most of its dirt tracks and leeches render trekking impossible.
Park entry fee: Rs 60
Safari charge:Rs 35
Handicam:RS 150, Video camerla Rs 300
No fee for still camera
Timings
6 am to 8 am and 3 pm to 5 pm
One house safari convers 18 to 20 kms
Forest IBs at Nagerhole
Gangothri Tariff Rs 800 (three rooms), Kaveri Tariff RS 1600 (two rooms)
For booking and others information onctatc: 0821-2480902.
The Forest Department manages two rest houses, but reservation has to be made well in advance through the Forest Department offices in Mysore or Bangalore to stay here.
Bandipur
Bandipur wild life sanitary forms the connecting link between the Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and the Wayanad wildlife sanctuary in Kerala. It has an area of 874 sq.kms.
The Bandipur project tiger national park and wildlife sanctuary is very near to Wayanad. From Muthanga in the Mysore road, turn from Gundalpattu to reach Bandipur. There are more than 3000 elephants and 70 leopards. This 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 lifeline of the forest is the Moyar River, which irrigates the area along with two minor rivulets. The river also acts as a boundary between the Park and the Madumalai Sanctuary.
Locations
Karnataka. Chamarajanagar, which is at 90kms distance from Sulthan Bathery
How to reach
Bandipur National Park is located on the highway connecting Mysore and the hill station of (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.
By air: Bangalore 220 kms
By rail: nanjungud railway stations 5 kms
By raod: Bandiprui is located at dustance fo 220 kms form Bangalore, 80 kms form mysore and 80 kms from Ooty.
Contact
STD code: 08229. Bandipur reception: Ph: 236021. DCF Bandipur: Ph: 236043.
Karanatak frest departement: ph:080- 23346846.
Best season
November –May
forest department maintains reasonably priced lodges, rest houses and cottages
Jungle lodges and resorts: Bandipur.( Dormitories to suites Rs 400- 1600) For booking: 080-25597021, 25597024.
Safari in Bandipur
The Bandipur van safari is 30-minute drive in a 25 seater van costing Rs 75 per person.
The timings: 6.30 am to 9 am and 3 pm to 6 pm
The Bandipur –Mudumalai elephant safari includes a 10-minute ride on the elephants in Bandipur, which would cost you Rs 50 per head.
In Mudumalai, the elephant's safari is for 30 minutes. The tickets for the same are sold at the Ooty forest office and half the tickets are sold at the Mudumalai Thepekadu reception counter.
A maximum of four persons are taken on one elephant costing Rs 100 per head.
The tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis and do make your bookings in advance.
Entry fee: Rs 90. Safari fee: Rs 35 per person
Sights around
The Mudumalai wild life sanctuary which is at 12 km distance, Ooty which at 80 km distance and Ranganathittu bird sanctuary at 88 km distance.
Mudumalai
The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, now also declared a Tiger Reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains), in Nilgiri District, about 160 km north-west of Coimbatore in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu. Mudumalai, which means 'first hills', is one of the first wildlife sanctuaries established in India. The sanctuary is divided into 5 ranges - Masinagudi, Thepakadu, Mudumalai, Kargudi and Nellakota. It is in inside Tamil Nadu border and can be reached after traveling through Ooty road from Bandipur forest. Here one can often spot herds of elephants.
Moyar river and Nilgrir form its borders. The Western Ghats, Nilgiri Sub-Cluster including all of Mudumalai National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site. Tourist hubs like Ooty, Paikara dam, Cunoor, Mukkuruthi peak, Kaliatty, Doddabetta, Upper Bhavani, Kodanadu viewpoint and Kodagriri are near to it.
Location
Tamil Nadu Latitude: 467m-1251 m
Area: 321 sq kms
How to reach
By air: Coimbatore (160km)
By rail: Nilambur and Ooty
(65km), Mysore (95kms)
By road: Best thing is to rent a vehicle to see Mudumalai. There are regular buses from Mysore to Ooty via Mudumalai. Buses and jeeps are available form Nilambur . One can also reach here via Bandipur from Muthanga.
Contact
STD code: 0423-Field director: Mudumalai office in Ooty: 2444098.
RK Sreevasthava IFS: 09445259511.
Krishanamoorthy range officer, Thepakadu: 09443900110, 2526235.
Tamil Nadu tourism development corporation, Thepekadu ph: 2526580.
Best season
Feb-June
Stay
Stay at Thepekadu. Contact:TTDC: Thepekadu
Masinagudi (17kms. Ooty is another better option
Moer details: www.wildlifesanctuaryindia.com,
Forest department also offers cottages
Tips
For elephants ride and reservation contact: Field director, fee Rs 460 per 4 people for 40 minutes
Mini bus ride, contact range officer. Fee Rs 35 per head for 45 minutes
During dry season from April to May sanctuary would be closed.
Sights around
Elephants feeding camp, Museum, Moyar river, Kaliatty falls (30kms) and Pykara lake (40kms)
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