Bandipur National Park is situated in Karnataka. The Bandipur National Park includes the neighbouring wildlife sanctuaries of Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu and Wayanad in Kerala.

It has moderate climate that support a variety of flora and fauna. The Bandipur was declared a National Park under the Wildlife Protection Act in 1974. The Bandipur National Park has huge elephant herds.

The Bandipur National Park is covered with deciduous forests, evergreen forests and scrub. The major fauna in this reserve are the Asian elephant, gaur, sambhar, chital, mouse deer, four horned antelope, wild pig and the Indian porcupine. Bandipur also has a large number of tigers. The scrub jungles consist of stunted trees, bushes and open grassy patches. The vegetation contains the open dry deciduous forests to tropical mixed deciduous forests.

Bandipur is a tourists' paradise from April to October. During summer, the backwaters of the Kabini Reservoir provide the best opportunity to the tourists to observe large mammals, especially the elephant and the gaur. Other animals found in this forest are gaur (a type of bull), sambhar, chital, mouse deer, four-horned antelope, wild boar, jackal, sloth bear, panther, Malabar squirrel, porcupines, and the black-naped hare.