Tusker Trails, at Bandipur National Park? Bandipur is a Project Tiger Sanctuary, of which Mr. M. Krishnan, noted naturalist, wildlife photographer and author of 'Guide' to Bandipur writes, "Bandipur is one of the best developed sanctuaries in India, and....has a very long 'season', practically right round the year.

Tusker Trails adjoins Bandipur at its eastern edge. Situated on a seven acre plot of sloping land. The forest itself offers some of the best 'lighting' among the southern Indian jungles. The complexity and diversity of more than 50 species of trees, bamboos, palms, shrubs and herbs will bewilder us. Teak, Rosewood, Sandal, the Banyan are some of the famous species in this forest as also 'Strychnos nux - vomica' from the seeds of which strychnine is derived. Among the 20 odd mammals, elephants, emphatically, take pride of place by their sheer bulk, intelligence and mischievousness. We would also have a fair chance of spotting some of the unique ones such as barking deer, four- horned antelope, the Malabar and Flying Squirrels, etc., Peacock, Jungle Fowl, Parakeets, the Bulbuls, the handsome Crested Hawk and Crested Serpent Eagles are common here from among 180 plus species of birds whose presence and populations fluctuate along with the seasons.