Meet the park's most famous residents in open, forest-shaped enclosures.
ReserveAsiatic lions on one loop, deer and blackbuck on the next.
ReserveThe only aerial crossing at any Indian zoo, straight to the botanical garden.
ReserveOne of eastern India's largest freshwater and marine collections.
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Nandankanan runs one of the most closely studied white tiger breeding programmes on earth, and in 2007 became the first zoo anywhere to successfully breed the melanistic (black-striped) tiger.
Every safari ticket funds habitat upkeep, veterinary care, and a species recovery programme run jointly with the Odisha Forest Department.
| 10:00 AM | Gates open |
| 11:00 AM | Reptile Park keeper talk |
| 12:30 PM | White Tiger Safari — first departure |
| 1:30 PM | Elephant enclosure feeding |
| 3:00 PM | Aquarium tour |
| 3:45 PM | Ropeway — last crossing |
| 4:30 PM | Last entry to safaris |
| 5:00 PM | Park closes |
Daily 10:00 AM–5:00 PM. Last entry 4:30 PM.
Chandaka forest, off NH16, 15 min from central Bhubaneswar.
Safari queues move fastest before noon. Wheelchairs at main gate.
The white tiger safari alone is worth the drive — we saw four tigers in under twenty minutes.
Crossing the lake by ropeway to reach the botanical garden was unlike any zoo we'd visited.
Well shaded, well signed — the reptile park keeper talk held our kids for a full hour.
Unlimited entry for a year, priority safari booking, and standing invitations to keeper talks.
