Kabini a valuable place as per Indian history is our next tourist destination. Kabini was the town used by King of Mysore and British officers for hunting. The dense forest and flowing Kabini River are special thing for voyagers. Experts suggest Kabini as topmost wildlife sanctuaries of Karnataka popular for stunning flora and fauna with bird life. Kabini is also famous for scenic green beauty and huge lake. Herds of animals in the jungle are common as many elephants and wild animals are accessible in the jungle.
The town
draws attention of environment lovers for natural beauty. Voyagers can easily
view elephants, spot sambar, langurs (monkeys), bison, chital, sloth bear,
pythons, crocodile, leopard and tiger. Approximately 250 kinds of birds are
also attaining to Kabini forest at different intervals. The dam in center part
of forest gives different feel to voyagers.
Walking in
the forest could be diverse experience for voyagers, though Kabini wildlife and
thick jungle gives pleasure to enjoy the wildlife. However, some rules and
permission to be taken by the forest department of Karnataka to enter the
jungle.
For
travelers forest department have arranged, elephant safari, boating in Kabini River
and Jungle safari. Watching wild animals like bear, chital, tiger, leopard in
live is not simple task.
Attraction of Kabini:
Boating: the first attraction of Kabini
is watching dense forest through boating and cruising. The view of eye-catching
sceneries with amazing flora and fauna are possible through boating only.
Iruppu Falls: also recognized as Lakshmana
Tirtha Falls are next spot for travelers though the falls are placed in
Bhramagiri Range. The height of fall is minimum 60 meters surrounded with Western
Ghats. Iruppu falls is the key spot for tourism also having pilgrim values due
to Ram and Lakshman Temple.
Brahmagiri Sanctuary: located in Nagarhole
is next spot popular for evergreen Jungle. Brahmagiri Sanctuary is positioned
under Kodagu region which is a part of Western Ghats.
Elephant Safari: next thing for
voyagers is elephant safari allow them to travel through ways where jeep or car
cannot enter. In early ages kings were using the elephants for hunting in Kabini.
Jungle Safari: next comes is forest
safari which is a best thing to watch jungle. Wide range of animals can easily
be seen in this safari.
Nagarhole National Park: this park is
the part of NBR (Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve) which is also recognized as RGNP
(Rajiv Gandhi National Park).
Rameshwara Temple: Rameshwara temple is
one religious spot of Kabini located close to Lakshman Tirtha River. The idol
of Lord Shiva is placed inside the shrine placed under Nagarhole area. As per
myth Lord Rama and Lakshman go through this place during the search of Mata
Sita.
Some more
attractions in Kabini are Trekking, and Kutta. Kutta is located close to
Nagarhole which is one best tourist place of Karnataka.
Attaining to Kabini:
Bangalore is
just 208 kms away from Kabini where as Coimbatore is 225 kms, Mangalore is 284
kms, Kochi is 335 kms, and Chennai is 541 kms away.
By Train: closest rail hub is Mysore
located at only distance of 72 kms. Trains for Mysore from various cities are available
in frequent quantity. Travelers will get trains from Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi
and few more cities.
By Air: talking about nearest air hub Bangalore
is available serving domestic and international flights both. Bangalore is 208
kms far from Kabini so the global travelers can easily reach the spot easily. Private
taxis and cabs are available from outside area of Bangalore airport, though
taxi will charge around Rs. 4,000 from Bangalore to Kabini.
By Bus: KSRTC (Karnataka State
Transport Corporation) is having direct buses for Kabini, though maximum buses
start from Bangalore city. Buses from Mysore and Bangalore are available for
Kabini in large amount and both are tourist destinations. People coming from
abroad can get the luxury buses from cities of Karnataka, but reaching to
Bangalore is better option than attaining to link buses from other areas.
