About Bandipur and Tiger Ranch . Review on Bandipur National Park

This is to all of you who are planning for a trip to Bandipur (National Forest reserve), and looking for a stay in a close by resort. Please be ware of a place called “TIGER RANCH”. This is my sincere advice to all those who book there cottage and room through internet. Tiger ranch is cheating people through its website. The website is filled with contents which is deceiving many people. The photos in the website makes you feel very pleased and happy but these decorated rooms in the picture are purely fictional and illusory. The website also speaks of corporate offers and things like that to pull the attention of the corporate crowd. The corporate offer is also a big bogus and this is how it is. Any person who mails to tiger ranch asking about the offer will be replied back with the discount rates. But when confronted, the owner refuses to give the offer saying the discount rates were offered in his absence and blames the staff for such mistakes. With other resorts running full you will have no other options but to surrender to your fate.

The package also offers a trekking on paying some extra amount. We have learnt that the trekking in the forest is illegal and is not offered by any resorts. Two of the staff members will be sent with us as a guide, but these staff members will go missing if they see any forest guard in their vicinity. As these forest guards will abuse any one who enters the forest without permission.

There are few blogs written on Tiger ranch which I think is brain child of the owner, the blogs along with the website is acting as a powerful tool to trap many of the visitors.

This place is 3 km inside the forest and condition of the roads is not so good. If you are traveling on a small car and if it is rainy day, It is very difficult or impossible to reach Tiger Ranch.

No spot booking, I am sure no body will after looking at the place. The rooms are mostly made of recycled materials with Bamboo sticks strengthening the walls and the coconut leaves covering the roof. If you are getting a picture of a broken hut in a slum you have made right guess. The rooms have a luxury of attached bathrooms. With doors broken one should not contemplate about privacy and security. The bathrooms have facilities like the leaking tap, broken sink and unclean commode. Hot water will not available at any point of time. If the generator is in good shape and if there is enough diesel, electricity will be available for some hours late in the evening otherwise you will have to do away with lanterns. This is Tiger Ranch for you.

Overall this place can be rated as a very poor place for accommodation especially for families.  If you are looking to spend some peaceful time with your friends and beloveds this is definitely not the place. Even if you have to choose this place, please make it as a last option.