Traveling from Mysore to Ooty in The Nilgiris one would have to cross the National Reserve's of Bandipur and Mudumalai forests. The portion of forest on the Karnataka side is known as Bandipur and the portion of forest on the Tamil Nadu side is known as Mudumalai forest. The Reserve has many wild animals and trained ones as well. You will be able to see quite a few tuskers. Also, animals like Wild Boar, Spotted Deer, Langurs Bison are a regular treats. I once remember seeing a wild Tiger while travelling along the Kallatti falls route. The tiger was a majestic one,striped and almost 3 meters in length if you consider the tail. When it rurned and roared I was thankful that I was sitting inside a car that too am Ambassador which has a very strong body compared to the modern day cars. That was in the night around 10 pm and we had sneaked past the check post. Since this route is quite steep and many wild animals cross the road the check post closes at 6.00 pm. If you happen to take this route the travel time can be cut short by around 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on your speed.
Accomadation is available in both Bandipur and Mudumali areas. There are Govt owned guest houses as well private hotels which provide accomadation. You may also consider staying in a LOG HOUSE....a realy wild one with animals peering into the log house at night as you sleep......oh....by the way I forgot to mention the Bears that also frequest these areas...The tribes of this fregion domesticate these bears for various purposes. But if you happen to meet up with a Wild Bear I am sure the Olympic records would be broken......sad thing is there would not be any one to record it.......
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