Bandipur National Park is one of the India’s best known Sanctuaries, and is an important Project Tiger reserve. It is located in the Chamarajanagar district of Southern Karnataka in South India, and is contiguous with the Mudumalai National Park in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu, the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala, and the Nagarahole National Park to the northwest. It is home to around seventy Tigers and over three thousand Asian Elephants, along with Leopards, Dholes, Gaur and Sloth Bears.