Nagarhole National Park

Nagarhole National Park is one of the best wildlife parks of India located in a small district of Kodagu and Mysore. The Nagarhole National Park was set up in 1955 as a sanctuary and later on converted into a National park in 1975. It got its new name as Rajiv Gandhi National Park after the late Prime Minister of India.Government has launch the wildlife conservation programes to preserve the wildlife in the park.

Nagarhole name has been derived from the Kannada words-'nagar' meaning snake and 'hole' meaning flowing streams that well suits it, as number of streams and snake menders through its rich tropical forests.
Nagarhole Wildlife Sanctuary is home to the tiger as well as other wild animals and 250 bird species. Located aside the river Kabini, the dam and the reservoir of Kabini river makes a natural barrier separating the two wildlife sanctuaries - Bandipur and Nagarhole - in Karnataka.


¤ The Vegetation in Nagarhole National Park
Once an exclusive hunting reserve of the erstwhile rulers of Mysore, Nagarhole National Park is dotted with lush green vegetation, marshy land and numerous waterholes, making it an ideal habitat for a diverse variety of wildlife. The Park mainly consists of deciduous forest. Plantations of teak, Rosewood, bamboo, sandal, silver oak trees and species of eucalyptus cover most of the area of the park.


¤ The Wild Life Attractions

The wild life treasures of Nagarhole National Park are mammals like four-horned antelope, sloth bear, jungle cat, civet, spotted deer, elephant, wild dog, flying fox, tiger, panther, Indian bison, wild boar, and pangolin.

The park is also rich in its reptile population, cobras, crocodiles, pythons, vipers, and several species of lizards are also found here.
Among the 250 bird species found here, the most spotted ones are the common babbler, bee-eater, bulbul, crested serpent, hornbill, peacock, woodpecker, great Indian reed, eagle and the southern tree pie.