Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which covers an area of 5,522 km² across the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, Kabini is home to the largest congregation of Asian elephants in the world. With Karnataka boasting the country's highest tiger population, these jungles are a haven for wildlife enthusiasts.
Kabini, however, has become especially renowned for exceptional sightings of the melanistic leopard. The park is also an excellent place to see gaur, dholes, crocodiles, otters and a macaque species distinct from the other two parks, the bonnet macaque.