ELEPHANT

Bandipur

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Bandipur (Karnataka)	219 km from Bangalore 80 km from Mysore	Mysore Guest House, Bombay Tourist Lodge, Bamboo Bank Farm House, Forest Lodge	Best time March to July and September to October	July to April	Mammals: Elephant, gaur, sambar, cheetal, barking deer, mouse deer, four horned antelope, wild pig, black-naped hare, pangolin, Indian porcupine, giant squirrel, flying squirrel, slender loris, sloth bear, tiger, leopard, wild dog, striped hyena, jungle cat, leopard cat, rusy spotted cat, small Indian civer, otter. Birds: Cormorants, teals, ducks, waders, herons, ospreys, grey-headed fishing eagles, crested hawk eagles, honey buzzard, shahin falcon, hobby, king vulture, grey jungle fowl, red spurfowl, Malabar trogan, Malabar pied hornbill, fairy blue bird, Indian pitta, scarlet minivet, paradise flycatcher, Malabar whistling thrush, Imperial pigeon.

Corbett National Park

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Corbett National Park (Uttar Pradesh)	245 km from Delhi	Annexe, Forest Rest House, Tourist Hutment (Dhikala) quality Inn, Tiger Tops, Claridges Resort.	November to May (Best time December to May)	Nov. to June	Mammals: Tiger, elephant, leopard, leopard cat, barking deer, cheetal, hog deer, yellow-throated marten, sloth bear, civet cat, rhesus macaque. Birds: King vulture, pallas fishing eagle, shag,erested serpent eagle, shikra, osprey, red junglefowl, kalij pheasant, black partridge,curlew, brown fish owl, great pied hornbill, little green bee-eater, golden-backed woodpecker, scarlet minivet, black headed oriole, cormorant, darter, black necked stork, white breasted kingfisher, large pied wagtail. Reptiles: Indian python, viper, cobra, krait, king cobra, turtle, tortoise, gharial, mugger.

Jaldapara Sanctuary

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Jaldapara Sanctuary Dist. New Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)	153 km from Bagdogra	Hollong and Madari hut Tourist Lodges	October to May/June (Best time March to May)	Oct. to May	Gaur, tiger, leopard, rhino, elephant, spotted deer, hog deer, porcupine, etc.

Kaziranga

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Kaziranga (Assam)	216 km from Guwahati 97 km from Jorhat	Tourist Lodge.	November to April (Best time November to March)	Nov. to April	Mammals: Indian one-horned rhinoceros,tiger, wild buffalo, elephant, barasingha, hog deer, wild boar, leopard, leopart cat. Bird: Crested serpent eagle, Pallas fishing eagle, grey-headed fishing eagle, swamp partridge, red jungle fowl, Bengal florican, barheaded goose, whistling teal, pelicans, egret, heron, black-necked stork, open-billed stork.

Mudumalai

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Mudumalai (Tamilnadu)	97 km from Mysore 64 km from Ootacamund	Forest Rest House, Bamboo Bank Farm House, Jungle Hut.	September to October	Year round	Mammals: Tiger, leopard, wild dog, gaur, elephant, cheetal, sambar, barking deer, mouse deer, wild boar, bonnet macaque, common langur, giant squirrel, flying squirrel Birds: Malabar trogan, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar great black woodpecker, crested hawk eagle, crested serpent eagle, common scops owl, tiny eared owl, barbets, mynas, parakeets, cuckoos.

Nagarhole National Park

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Nagarhole National Park, Mysore (Karnataka)	200 km from Bangalore 67 km from Mysore	Forest Rest House	October to June (Best time October to April)	Year round	Mammals: Elephant, gaur, sambar, cheetal, barking deer, mouse deer, four horned antelope, wild pig, black-naped hare, pangolin, Indian porcupine, giant squirrel, flying squirrel, slender loris, sloth bear, tiger, leopard, wild dog, striped hyena, jungle cat, leopard cat, rusty spotted cat, small Indian civet, otter. Birds: cormorants, teals, ducks, waders, herons, ospreys, grey-headed fishing eagles, crested hawk eagle, serpent eagle, honey buzzard, shahin falcon, hobby, king vulture, grey jungle fowl, red spurfowl, grey partridge Malabar trogan, Malabar pied hornbill, fairyblue bird, Indian pitta, scarlet minivet, paradise flycatcher, Malabar whistling thrush, Imperial pigeon

Periyar

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Periyar (Kerala)	208 km from Cochin 160 km from Madurai and 258 km from Trivandrum.	Aranya Nivas, Lake Palace, Periyar House	September to May	Year round	Mammals: Tiger, elephant, sambar, barking deer, mouse deer, nilgiri tahr, porcupine, lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, bonnet macaque, Malabar squirrel, sloth bear. Birds: Darter, cormorant,osprey, kingfisher, great hornbill, grey hornbill, oriole, hill myna, racket-tailed drongo. Reptiles: Monitor lizard, python, king cobra,flying- lizard, flying snake.

Rajaji National Park

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Rajaji National Park (Uttar Pradesh)	237 kms from Delhi	Forest Lodge	November to April	Nov. to April	Tiger, elephant, leopard, samber, hog deer, axis deer, pig, antelope and others.