Places of Interest
The Big Banyan Tree is a famous tourist attraction in Bangalore. As the name indicates it is a huge banyan tree which is located at Ramohalli. The picnic spot lies at a distance of 28 kms from Bangalore and is also known as Dodda Aladha Mara. The tree is famous in and around the area and is spread across 3 acres. It is more than 400 years old and has a huge circumference of more than 250 meters.
Bannerghatta Biological Park-The Bannerghatta Biological Park popularly known as BBP, has been an integral part of Bannerghatta National Park and emerged out as an independent establishment during the year 2002.It is in order to meet the growing demand for eco-recreation, eco-tourism and conservation, an area of 545.00ha of forest from National Park was set aside to constitute as Biological Park originally and later extended to 731.88ha
Bannerghatta Biological Park is located about 22kms south of Bengaluru city. It is having different units such as Zoo,Safari,Butterfly Park and Rescue Centre(Conservation of Captive animals).