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Nagarhole National Park

The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka has a unique feature; it shares its boundary with the Bandipur National Park. Together these two form a segment of the Mudumalai Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu and also a fraction of the Wayanad Reserve of Kerala. The two are separated from each other by the reservoir-dam on the Kanbi River located south of the park. The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka measures a good 874 Sq Km in area and is an excellent tourist attraction. The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka was deemed a Sanctuary in the year 1955 and was finally awarded the status of a National Park in the year 1975. The park authorities also organize small scale safaris for visitors. The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka has, of late, been renamed as the rajiv Gandhi national Park.

The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka derives its name from the two Kannada works “nagar” and “hole”. The former translates as ‘snake’ and the latter as ‘stream’. The name derives from the presence of several serpentine brooks and streams that wind their way through the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka. The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka has a rich imperial background attached to it too. Until a long time, the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka served as a game forest for generations of Mysore Maharajas. Apart from the regular fauna, the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka also boasts of the presence of some 250 species of birds. Some of the regular animals of the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka include tigers, leopards, elephants, dhole, gaur, chital, muntjac, mouse deer, four-horned antelope, wild boar, sloth bear, hyena, mongoose, civet and otters.

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