Do you know Bandipur National Park was established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, its the national park with the highest tiger population in India!

It is one of the premier Tiger Reserves in the country along with the adjoining Nagarhole national park. Once it was a private hunting spots for the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore.

The park spans an area of 874 square kilometers protecting several species of India's endangered wildlife. Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park (643 km2), Mudumalai National Park (320 km2) and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (344 km2), it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve totalling 2,183 km2 making it the largest protected area in southern India and largest habitat of wild elephants in south Asia.