Other Sanctuaries / National Park - Striking distance from the Café

NAGARAHOLE NATIONAL PARK

West of the Kabini River is the 643-sq-km wildlife sanctuary of Nagarhole National Park or Rajiv Gandhi National Park. The lush forests here are home to the tigers as well as leopards, elephants, gaurs, muntjacs (barking deer), wild dogs, bonnet macaques and common langurs. The park’s main entrance is 93km southwest of Mysore. However, the best accommodation and the most beautiful views are at the Kabini Lake side of the reserve, near the village of Karapura, around 80km south of Mysore.

BR HILLS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

The Biligiriranga Hills, commonly called B R Hills, is a hill range situated in south-eastern Karnataka, at its border with Tamil Nadu in South India. The area is called Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary or simply BRT Wildlife Sanctuary. Being at the confluence of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, the sanctuary is home to eco-systems that are unique to both the mountain ranges.

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Wilderness by the Cafe - Nilgiri Bio-Sphere

BANDIPUR / MUDUMALAI NATIONAL PARK

In the foothills of the Nilgiris, this 321-sq-km park, and the surrounding forest outside the park boundaries, are the best places for wildlife viewing in Tamil Nadu / Karnataka. Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (3000 sq km), the reserve’s vegetation ranges from grasslands to semi-evergreen forests that are home to chitals (spotted deer), gaurs (bisons), tigers, panthers, wild boars and sloth bears. Otters and crocodiles inhabit the Moyar River. The park’s wild elephant population numbers about 600.

WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

If Kerala is ‘God’s Country’, this must be his garden of Eden. reserve that spills over into national parks in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Wayanad lies cocooned in the hills of the Western Ghats. The region gets surprisingly few visitors,. Wildlife that roam the forests here include elephants, sambar, spotted dear, Indian bison, langur monkeys and occasionally tigers.

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