The park is famous for elephants, tigers, crocodiles and gaurs. The park has around 70 tigers and more than 3000 Asian elephants. Other animals found are dholes, leopards, sloth bears, wild boar, osprey, mouse deer, cheetals, antelope, hyenas and barking deer. Teak is the main tree.



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Bird life : Green pigeon, honey buzzard, hornbill, brown hawk owl, Nilgiri flycatcher, little spider hunter, plain flowerpecker, Malabar trogon, grey headed fish eagle, red headed vulture etc.

Reptiles : King cobra, cobra, water snake, python, adder, frog, tree frog, lizard, chameleon, tree frog, tortoise etc.

Best Season : November to March

Safari Timing : 6 to 8 am and 3 to 5 pm. Jeeps and mini buses operates Safari trips to forest.

How to Reach : The nearest rail head is Mysore/Ooty/Kozhikode. The sanctuary is 20 km from Gundulpet on the Mysore - Ooty road.