TOURIST PLACES OF KARNATAKA,BANNERGHATTA NATIONAL PARK

Bannerghatta National Park:-

Bannerghatta national park near banglore,Karnataka.It is popularly known as BBP. It is founded in 1970 and declared as National park in 1974.In 2002 portion of the park is used for a biological reserve.It is in need to meet the growing demand  tourism,eco recreation and conservation and area is about 550 hectares and biological park is about 730 hectares.
There are ancient temples in the park for worship and it is a destination for trekking and hiking. The Zoo Authority of Karnataka, the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, and the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) are collaborating agencies.

Bannerghatta National park located @ 22km from south of  Banglore city.It is one among the few places in the world where wilderness is preserved so close to a big city. It is having different units 
such as Zoo, Safari, Butterfly Park and Rescue Center

The biological park named for Y M L Sharma who petioned for creation of this park.

Bannerghatta has seperate Elephant Sanctuary.Bannerghatta is the first biological park in India to have a fenced forested elephant sanctuary where elephants can roam around freely without chains. It is designed by elephant expert Carol Buckley and covers an area of 122 acres.

There is a separate musium in the 
zoo which exhibits  a reptile park and a small theatre.