Kadapa - Bangalore - Bandipur - Bangalore - Hyderabad

Thank God!!! i got a chance to visit all these, rather i would say my cage is opened to have a fresh breathe. Its not 2-3 days vacation this time, i got 10 days to freak out....It started on 14th September

It was an instant idea to go to Bangalore and reach out near by areas. After going through sites and reviews, we decided to go to Bannergatta National Park on first day, Mysore GRS fantasy Park on Second day and third day to Bandipur. This third day trip was under abeyance because either we have to go to Bandipur or to Ooty or some other places, because we have Bannergatta national park in our schedule already. See how it ended..

Bangalore on 1st day: After crossing some Horrible traffic (Believe me, i never saw such traffic in hyderabad, its really horrible, standing traffic at every signal and every signal will be very near by), we reached Bannergatta national park @ 11 AM. There are around 4 choices to enter forest..

1. Walk

2. Elephant ride

3. Safari

4. Wild Safari (Or some other name, the only difference with safari is, we will have bears and lions included)

We took 4th option and moved, Karnataka Tourism mini bus was waiting. I was always dreaming about open jeep to enter any forest, but unfortunate these people dont have that facility. we got into a sealed bus, i got a feeling that Animals may enjoy watching men in Zoo. First animal to meet us is deers and later stags. Later we entered in Beer zone, Beers were running on roads, it was a good see. Later we went into elephants zone, unfortunate no elephant found. Later into tigers zone, Floods of tigers roaming around. It was a real good zoo. Surprised by the term zoo, Yes i am writing correctly, this bannergatta national park has got many ferocious animals but this is literally a zoo. Drivers knows exactly where animals stay because there is fencing and animals will not cross them. One difference between zoo and this park is park contains N number of tigers where as in zoo, its only one. May be any name, zoo or national park, i enjoyed upto 40% atleast seeing those many tigers saved there. There is nothing much you can enjoy here, but 100% safety ensured and real visual treat for people who like watching many animals. This park has got no time restrictions (Morning to evening) and other attractions include butter fly park, zoo...though i never visited them, i can say entire trip can be completed in 3-4 hours here. We had a lunch at that restaurent, i wish you arrange your food while coming here.

We changed second day schedule to visit Wonder La, 20 KMs away from bangalore (very much similar to GFS fantasy park). Good place, It will take atleast 8-10 hours to complete all rides. But remember for water rides, no costumes will be provided for rent, you will have to buy. It is better to take our own rather than buying them. Its timings are also flexible (12-6 for water rides and other attractions till 8 PM on week ends and till 7PM on other days). You bet, you will hang there till the end of every thing. Virtual reality show is good technically Ofcourse there is nothing more exciting about this, you can enjoy (better than 3D films, a fresh look).

We decided to go to Bandipur National Park on 3rd day, as we missed all excitement seeing bannergatta national park, Bandipur is around 200 Kms from Bangalore and 80 Kms away from Ooty.

Reached Bandipur at around 9 AM, happened to see Deers on the way and a perfect forest look. We stopped at reception, i was surprised to see timings(i didnt know them earlier).

Forest entry timings are

1. 6 to 9 AM

2. 4 to 6:30 PM

So i booked an open top gypsy for evening (around 1200 for Indians and 1600 for Foreigners). Gypsy will have a capacity of 5 (On request they can accomodate more, we were 7 and they charged 1600). I have not seen any wild animals in the forest in my 90 minute trekking, then also it is worth entering this forest. People who like to enjoy nature will definitely love to visit this forest many times. Safety is least prioritized in this forest. Transport to other places is not that good, better to have our own vehicle. Climate will be sexy all the time. There are very few restaurents or hotels to stay there for 2 or 3 days. They charge 2000 per person.
Places around this to visit are Gopala Swamy Betta. Never Never miss this temple. This temple is built in the midst of wild forest and you can enjoy nature like anything near this temple.