Butterfly Park at Bannerghatta National Park
November 5, 2007 – 2:34 pm
The Bannerghatta National Park has a new addition now - A Butterfly Park. The was inaugurated on Saturday November 25 2006 but this was my first visit there. During my earlier visit in March 2007 I could not make it. The Butterfly Park is spread across 7.5 acres of land. It comprises a butterfly conservatory, museum and an audio-visual room. The butterfly conservatory has a polycarbonate roof and is a 10,000 sq ft. circular enclosure, inside which the living environment has been carefully designed to support over 20 species of butterflies. The environment has a tropical setting — complete with the humid climate, an artificial waterfall and host plants and shrubs that attract butterflies. The conservatory leads to the second and third domes, which have a museum that exhibits different species of butterflies and their life history and lastly a media room showing viedo on butterflies. This park is an initiative of the National Bioresources Development Board, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and executed jointly by:
ZAK - Zoo Authority of Karnataka
GKVK - University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
ATREE - Ashoka Trust For Research on Environment and Ecology
The butterfly park is an excellent creation and I think is better than the zoo and the safari. It comes on the way to the safari and one can walk a little bit to reach there.
Visitor Information:
visiting Hours: 10 am to 5 pm
Holiday on Tuesday
Tariff: Adults - Rs 20, Children - Rs 10
Children below 5 years - Free
Physically/mentally chanllenged persons - Free
DOs and DONTs
Visitors are requested:
Not to remove or damage any plants
Not to injure, trap or disturb the butterflies
Not to litter
Not to vandalise labels and signboards
Not to bring eatables from outside(eatables are not available inside)
Violation of the above could amount to a fine of Rs 500
How To Reach There:-
The Butterfly park is situated in the Bannerghatta National Park, Bannerghatta. You can:
1. Book a Vehicle
2. Drive your own vehicle
3. Catch BMTC bus no. 365 from Majestic Bus Stand(Tourist preferably go for the Volvo buses - they have good frequency on that route and that is very comfortable)
4. KSTDC - New Bangalore Sight Seeing Tour Package
Contact Info:
Executive Director,
Bannerghatta Biological Park
Bangalore - 560083
Ph: 080 - 27828300/540, Fax: 080 - 27828400
Email: bannerghatta@vsnl.net
Website: www.bannerghattabiopark.org
Entrance at the Butterfly Park glass house
A Butterfly inside the glass house
Butterfly Park
4 Responses to “Butterfly Park at Bannerghatta National Park”
Dear Sirs,
We are a private company from Almaty, Kazakhstan and we want to create a butterfly park in our city. We heard about your butterfly collection in the Butterfly Park of Bannerghatta National Park and wanted to enquire if you could provide information on species in your collection, sell us larvae of different species of butterflies, recommend media, conditions for their growth, and provide educative course for their maintenance if required.
Thanking you in advance,
Yelena Muradova
By Yelena Muradova on May 6, 2008
@ Yelena - Please contact the park authorities at:
Executive Director,
Bannerghatta Biological Park
Bangalore - 560083
Ph: 080 - 27828300/540, Fax: 080 - 27828400
Email: bannerghatta@vsnl.net
Website: http://www.bannerghattabiopark.org
They should be able to help you with all your answers.
By admin on May 7, 2008
Hi,
Whats the best way to reach the national park from Jaynagar?
Thanks and Regards,
Ananth
By Ananth on May 25, 2008
@ Ananth - If you want to take the public transport, it is fine as there are many buses to and from Bannerghatta National Park. I suggest you to go for the volvo buses. I am not sure if the buses go via Jayanagar. However, you can catch them from Majestic(bus no 365) and cost around Rs 60 per person. The buses are very comfortable and overall good. However, if you have your won vehicle - you can look at that option too.
By admin on May 25, 2008