

Recent scientific studies revealed a significant tiger numbers for the Tiger Reserve, this recent knowledge also confirmed that BRT TR was host to a good number of breeding tigers as well. Knowing a handle on prey species is, what is touted, as a keystone in assessing the future potential for any Tiger Reserve. Surprisingly this is where BRT-TR scores very well.

The BR Hills shot into prominence in the the Natural history world mainly due to the writings of the R.C.Morris who wrote over 80 papers to the Bombay Natural History Society Journal about the richness of Bio-diversity of BR Hills.

Not many Tiger Reserves in the country can boast of a range of Forest Types like BRT Tiger Reserve. Located in the crucial link between Eastern and Western Ghat complex. The Tiger Reserve is a mosaic of landscapes within a landscape. From the semi-arid to the evergreen forests the range of forest types seem endless and hard to explain scientifically.

Nowhere else in the natural habitat a single stone takes precedence like in the case of the Honnameti Kallu a natural single stone with its elegant shape and more importantly significant locations atop one of the highest points of BRT becomes a striking natural point around which the BRT Tiger Reserves weaves its canopy in all directions spreading far and wide.