Bandipur National Park is wild life santury.s situated within Chamarajanagar district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Bandipur, the large forest (866 sq km) south of the river Kabin. the Bandipur National Park was formed by extending the Venugopal Wildlife Park, set up in 1931 by the Mysore Maharajas In 1973, Bandipur became one of the first of India's Tiger Reserves.

Bandipur is 60 km from Mysore. Mysore is 160 km from Bangalore. Bandipur has a sizeable population of wildlife - elephant, spotted deer and sambar, gaur and flying squirrel, four horned antelope, Nilgiri langur and sloth bear. Amongst the reserve's most prominent animals are its 1,900-odd elephants.

Bandipur is a paradise from April to October. Even before this, during summer, when dryness prevails over most parts of Bandipur, the backwaters of the Kabini Reservoir in the northwestern portion of the park host huge congregations of large mammals, especially the elephant and the gaur. It also forms a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which is the one of the last refuges of endangered Asiatic wild elephants