India is a favorite wildlife tourist destination and has picturesque hill stations, perfect natural beauty with misty, mystical, gorgeous forests.

South Indian states Karnataka and Tamilnadu border with famous historic town Mysore and Ooty hill station highway where the Deccan Plateau rises to meet the wrinkled folds of the Western Ghat Mountains and the Nilgiri Mountains . Between these two lies the famous and thrilling forest, Bandipur National Park.

A Sanctuary of 90 sq. km. area was created in Bandipur Reserve Forest in 1931. Venugopala Wildlife Park &was constituted in 1941, extending over 800 sq. km. The Park was named after the god, Venugopala of the shrine atop Gopalsawamy Betta. Bandipur Tiger reserve was formed by including most of the forest area of the then Venugopala Wildlife Park and its sanctum sanctorum at Bandipur, in the year 1973 and named Bandipur National Park.