Overview
Bannerghatta National Park is located approximately 21 km from Bangalore and is renowned for its lion and tiger safari. The other attractions of Bannerghatta National Park include its crocodile and snake farm. Established in 1971 it spreads over an area of 104 sq. km. Also admired as one of the famous picnic spots near Bangalore, Bannerghatta National Park houses bisons, lions, elephants, panthers, etc. The flora of the conservatory includes plants and shrubs that attract butterflies. Also, visit the museum displaying numerous diorama.
The vision of the Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park is to create an opportunity to the citizens - especially to children of Bangalore Metropolitan City to have a Biological Recreation Center very close to the city in the midst of the forests in the valley of the famous Champakadhama hills inside the Bannerghatta National Park.
With the creation of Bannerghatta Biological Park, the vision was enlarged to meet the ever-growing demands of the Bangaloreans/ tourists from outside for recreation/ education of younger generations; and also to create awareness on the importance of conservation of flora and fauna - the biodiversity of the nature for the benefit of the future generation in addition to the conservation of the gene pool of the endangered species of wild animals of the region/country.