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Kabini Reserve
(80 km from Mysore)
Photograph by Manoj Sindagi
The Kabini Reserve is located between Karnataka’s famous wildlife sanctuaries: Nagarahole and Bandipur. The Kabini-Nagarahole-Bandipur complex is part of the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (which includes the neighbouring Wayanad Reserve in Kerala and Mudumalai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu), one of the most ecologically important areas in India and the country's largest contiguous stretch of protected forest land.
The gently undulating terrain is broken by hills and valleys, and rich stretches of moist, mixed deciduous forests. The Kabini Reserve overlooks the perennial reservoir that was formed when the waters of the Kabini, a tributary of the river Kaveri, were dammed in 1974. The banks of the reservoir, covered with fresh grass, attract a spectacular congregation of herbivores...amongst which the most magnificent are the Asian elephants.
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Rhino at Mysore Zoo |
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Kabini is also home to tigers; leopards; gaur; sambar; spotted, barking and mouse deer; wild boar; wild dogs; spotted cats; civets; mongoose; Hanuman langurs and sloth bears, to name just a few. Over 200 species of birds inhabit this area and include the changeable hawk eagle, besra, crested goshawk, crested serpent eagle, Jerdon's baza, osprey, brown fish owl and mottled wood owl.
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Leopard at Kabini Reserve |
The Kabini River Lodge, set in 55 acres within the Nagarahole Wildlife Sanctuary (rated by Britain's Tatler's Travel Guide as one of the top five wildlife resorts in the world) was once the exclusive hunting reserve of the Maharajas of Mysore. The lodge is now privately run and offers guided jeep and elephant safaris, coracle trips on the river and wildlife viewing in beautiful surroundings.
The Mysore Zoo, also known as the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, is one of the oldest in the world; established in 1892 under the patronage of Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar. Today, the zoo covers an area of 250 acres and has about 2,000 animals and birds species. Its Zoological Gardens are home to 35 species of ornamental plants and five species of indigenous and imported trees.
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