Park Interprétation Programme

Interprétation Centre

The Park has an Interpretation Centre and   all tourists, visiting the Park should first be made to go through this Centre before entering the Park. This would not only introduce the Park to the tourists, but would also create in the tourist an awareness and appreciation in respect of conservation needs and also increase public support for Wildlife conservation. This is better done through use of visual objects or visual display.

Keeping in view the objectives of eco-tourism, the education and interpretation of park resources is a part of Overall Eco-Tourism Management effort. The Interpretation-Cum-Visitor Centre must be self-contained, attractive and educative and must act as an important hub of information. Publication and Publicity material need to be carefully designed keeping in view the target groups and made available in sufficient quantities. The holdings and way side signage has to be designed keeping in view the ecology of the area and should not be an eyesore.

Realising that National Parks and Reserves have no future unless people who live around such areas cooperate with the management and actively participate in the programmes. Education and Interpretation of Park resource is part of the overall tourism management effort with an emphasis on increasing public support.  Interpretation according to Freeman Tilden is ‘An educational activity which aims to reveal meaning and relationships through the use of original objects, by firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information.  It informs the tourists about:

The Educational and training program’s planned.

1. Visit of School Children to the Park: Rural school children living in the villages and towns around the park are brought to Bandipur by park vehicles and taken round the tourism zone.  They are told of our rich heritage of fauna and flora and their role in the maintenance of balance of nature and how this is necessary for the very survival of man.
2. Nature Education and Workshop to Rural Teachers: Realising the impossibility of reaching all the school children as indicated above and also the fact that only properly oriented and knowledgeable teacher will be able to convey the information to a number of children, nature education workshops of 3 to 4 days are conducted periodically at Bandipur. It is programmed to call these teachers again after a few months to participate in advanced workshops.
3. Environment Education Camps to School Students: Nature orientation camps to both rural and urban students are conducted in collaboration with voluntary organization like Wildlife First, Life Environment Awareness Fund, etc.
4. People’s Awareness Programme: Rural youth and members of village communities are invited to take part in the workshops that are conducted periodically. These persons after their training in nature education workshops are appointed by park authorities as ‘Honorary Park Wardens’ with a view to enlist their support and cooperation in conservation and protection programmes.  They also function as coordinates between Rural Communities and Park Authorities in planning protection works like prevention of fire, poaching, smuggling and control of grazing.

Wildlife Film
Wildlife film show at 7pm

Souvenir shop
There is a souvenir shop having with the equipments & tourism articles and handicraft articles will be sold to the tourists.