Yagyaraman Mahadevan

After an excellent Journey from Nagarhole, reached Bandipur around 1 PM. Checked into the Resort and it was a completely Greenery place. Did not expect such a kind of Extraordinary Cottage. Suddenly, coming from Nagarhole, it was living life KING size (little costly though).

The day progresses like this in Jungle Lodges and Resorts, Bandipur. Safari in Jeep into the Bandipur Forest from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. After that a Video Show (thats what they call this but this is actually putting a VCD in a TV and around 20 of them sitting around watching the Wild Life VCD) go for Dinner. Next day morning Nature Walk (this can be converted to Forest Safari again if you are staying there for 2 days) from around 6:15 AM to 8:15 AM. After breakfast, they took us to a Gopalswamy temple. After lunch, the same program continues like previous day

We had an Opportunity to go for 4 Safari’s we went to 3 of them and skipped one. What a good experience to go into the Bandipur Forest. We were inside the forest for around 6 to 7 hours in the span of 2 days. It is certainly a different experience to be in the Forest and searching for Animals and Birds in those Busehs and Tress and in the Open places. We were able to Sight Wild Elephants, Wild Dogs, Lots, lots and lots and Deers, Bisons, Few Peacocks, Peahens, Eagles etc. We were unable to Spot a TIGER in the Forest. They said the best time to spot Tiger is between December and March (We will certainly go there once more during that time to complete this incomplete cycle)

Overall an amazing place to stay and roam around in the Forest and nothing to Shop around for. A good break into the actual Jungle instead of Concerete Jungle.

 Entire set of pictures of Bandipur Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), Bandipur Forest Safari (Most of the photos in the Album taken by Madhu)