Fast Facts About Kabini

When to visit
Kabani has very pleasant climate all round year but the best season is between September and May. For wildlife sighting November-June are regarded as best.

Tourist Offices
KSTDC
Badami House, NR square
Bangalore
STD Code: 08228

Kabini is located at the south-eastern end of famous Nagarhole National Park, by the backwaters of the Kabini River, a tributary of Cauvery. It is about 69 km form Mysore and 208 km from Bangalore.

Kabini provides you a wonderful scenic view of greenery, full of life and natural beauty. The most extraordinary aspect of the Kabini area is the presence of a mind blowing 60 sq km of static water, bifurcating the national parks of Nagarhole and Bandipur.

The most important attraction of Kabini area is a mind-boggling and single largest congregation of Asiatic elephants and rightly so the area can be called 'Pachyderm Palaces'. Kabini is all about elephants and elephants. You can easily spot hundreds and hundreds of elephants moving in groups providing you an unforgettable and unbelievable spectacular view.
The other wildlife here includes barking deer, chital, sambhar, panther, sloth bear, leopard, gaur, antelope, crocodile, tiger, cobra, python and many more.

Tourist Activities

Kabini provides you an extraordinary and greatest wildlife experience. When you see the herds of elephants playing, feeding, relaxing, bathing and babies running around their mothers, you are surely touched by this spectacular show of nature.
You can enjoy a jeep safari during the dawn when the jungles seem to be waking up. The chirping of birds, the jumping langurs, and large herds of chital and elephants never fail to enchant your senses and soul. If you desire to see this exotic and spectacular view sitting atop an elephant, elephant safari is the best option for you. Riding these elephants gives you a whole new perspective of the wild.
Another very enjoyable tourist activity here is boat riding. Gliding along the water with the thick jungles around you, herds of wild animals moving here and there make you feel like as you are moving in heaven.

How to Reach There

Airport: The nearest airport from Kabini is Bangalore about 205 km.
Rail: Mysore is about 80 km from Kabini and is an important railway junction.
Road: Kabani is well connected to Mysore, Bangalore and Ooty by roads.

Accommodations in Kabini

There are numerous jungle resorts are available at a nominal rates. Kabini River Lodge, Sunkadakatte Guest House, Water Woods and Kapila Bungalow are famous among them.

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