Guindy National Park, Chennai

Rangeguindy

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Entry Fee & Ticket

It opens between 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. all through the week except and Tuesday. Entry fee for adult is INR 15 and for children is INR 10. | Adult (per person) - ₹60/- Child (5-12 years) - ₹10/-

Opening Time & Days

Guindy National Park opening and closing timing is 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Open Days

The Guindy National Park is open every day except Tuesday.

Best Time to Visit

January, February, March

Place Visit With

Family Kids Parents

1.5 km away

Little Mount Metro Station

1.6 km away

Arignar Anna Alandur Metro Station

2.3 km away

Ekkattuthangal Metro Station

2.6 km away

St Thomas Mount Metro Station

2.6 km away

Saidapet Metro Station

2.7 km away

How to Reach Guindy National Park

Here's the closest transport hub for each option, with the distance from Guindy National Park.

By air · Nearest Airport

Fly into Chennai International Airport

5.5 km away
By rail · Nearest Railway Station

Take a train to Guindy Railway Station

1.6 km away
By road · Nearest Bus Terminal

Catch a bus from Broadway Bus Stand

11.9 km away

About Guindy National Park

Guindy National Park is a protected area of Tamil Nadu located in Chennai, India, it is the 8th smallest national park in India and one of the very few national parks located inside a city. The original area of 505 hectares was established as a reserve forest in 1910. It extends deep inside the Governor's estate with beautiful forests, scrub lands, lakes and rivers.

Architecture of Guindy National Park

Designated as a protected area in Tamil Nadu, Guindy National Park covers an area of 2.70 sq km, and is one of the few national parks located within the city limits. For ex-situ conservation, approximately 22 acres (8.9 ha) of Guindy National Park have been designated as a children's park and play area in the northeast corner of the national park, which houses a collection of animals and birds.

Interesting facts about Guindy National Park

The park has two large ponds, Kollai (KK Tank) and Appalam Kolam (AK Tank), in addition to two ponds, which usually dry up during the summer. The presence of the park and surrounding green areas resulted in the green lung nickname of Chennai for the Adyar-Guindy region.
There are many other famous institutes around the park like Anna Technological University, Central Leather Research Institute, Cancer Institute and Chennai Race Course. Nearby great leaders of India, Mahatma Gandhi, K. Kamaraj and C. Rajagopalachari, Bakthavatchalam, the park regularly organizes lecture-demonstration in languages like Tamil, Hindi and English.
There is a new interpretation center about the biodiversity of the park. Entry to this protected reserve is restricted, and visitors can enter the main area only if maintained by a forest ranger of the Forest Department.
The rear south-eastern part of the park is connected to the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. On its northern side on Sardar Patel Road are Cancer Institute, CLRI campus, Anna University, Raj Bhavan and Gandhi Mandapam, Kamaraj Memorial and Rajaji Memorial.

Guindy National Park FAQs:

𝒜. It is located at Rangeguindy, Chennai.

𝒜. Entry fee and timings information of the Guindy National Park: It opens between 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. all through the week except and Tuesday. Entry fee for adult is INR 15 and for children is INR 10. | Adult (per person) - ₹60/- Child (5-12 years) - ₹10/- Guindy National Park opening and closing timing is 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM.

𝒜. You should visit Guindy National Park during January, February, March months for best experience.