Guindy National Park

Guindy National Park is a protected forest and national park located in Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, within the Raj Bhavan campus. Covering about 2.70 sq km, it is one of India's smallest national parks and one of the few situated inside a major city. Notable for its dry evergreen scrub forest, it shelters blackbuck, spotted deer, jackals and diverse birds and reptiles, and includes the Children's Park and Snake Park for visitors.

Visitors can expect a compact urban forest with dry evergreen scrub, open grassland and small water bodies inside Chennai city. Public access is primarily through the Children's Park and the adjacent Guindy Snake Park, where visitors can see spotted deer, blackbuck, jackals, tortoises, birds and a collection of snakes and reptiles. The area offers shaded walking paths, children's play areas, and enclosures for wildlife viewing in a natural yet managed setting.

Originally part of the Guindy Lodge estate, the private forest and hunting ground associated with the Governor of Madras. The forest was declared a reserve and notified as Guindy National Park in 1977-78 to protect its dry evergreen scrub ecosystem and wildlife, particularly the blackbuck. The Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the Governor of Tamil Nadu, continues to occupy adjoining land.

Serves as a major urban green space and environmental education centre for Chennai, with the Children's Park and Snake Park promoting wildlife awareness and nature education among children and city residents.