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Bandipur Wildlife Safari

Bandipur National Park
Duration
4 Days · 3 Nights
The route
Bandipur National Park
Style
Elephants & forest cats
Best season
Oct–May · best Mar–May
The route

3 nights, 1 stop — elephants & forest cats.

From Bandipur to Bandipur, the route is built around the southern forests, their elephants and big cats.

Bandipur
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Asian elephant
Asian elephant
One of Asia's great populations.
Gaur
Gaur
The largest wild cattle.
Dhole
Dhole
Indian wild dog.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Mysore → Bandipur

Into Bandipur

Out at first light.

Drive in from Mysore and head out on an afternoon drive in the Nilgiri forest.

02Bandipur

Southern forest

Cats before the heat.

Morning and afternoon safaris in the teak and woodland, strong on elephant, gaur, dhole and the chance of tiger.

03Bandipur

Southern forest

The forest wakes.

Drives through the connected forest, working the waterholes for the big herbivores.

04Bandipur → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Mar – May

Dry-season concentrations

Game and elephants gather at water; the strongest viewing.

Oct – Feb

Green and comfortable

Lush after the rains, pleasant drives and good general game.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Tiger

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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