Touring to Bandipur: The dos, don’ts, hows and how-nots ‘What’ is Bandipur? Looking for a budget tour in India? Make it Bandipur! Bandipur National Park (BNP) or Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka is where the big cats and elephants vie with each other for a ranking! That is, BNP is the second highly populated National Park in terms of tigers whereas it is the largest habitat of wild elephants in South Asia. What was once Venugopala Wildlife Park (established under Govt. Notification dated 19th February 1941) was enlarged in 1985 extending over an area of 874.20 Sq.Km and renamed as Bandipur National Park . However the reserve was brought under Project Tiger in 1973 itself for good. The result is for all to see today! Skirting BNP on its borders are three equally famed National Parks- Nagaraholey National Park ( Naa-ga-ra + holey, ‘ey’ like in they. Holey means a tributary or a large stream. I mean, it’s not the ‘hole’, well known as such ...
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