The endoscope includes an insertion portion, a first bending mechanism, a driving unit, and the second bending mechanism, the operation portion body, a grip, and the angle mechanism, and the operator, and a control unit. A state for operating the angle mechanism by holding in the hand and the grip in the main, the operation member, the insertion portion to the operation portion main body or the grip of the operating range by the finger of one of the hand and is provided along the direction of the second input direction of the operation input of the second bending in the second direction to the curvature of the.内視鏡は、挿入部と、第1湾曲機構と、駆動部と、第2湾曲機構と、操作部本体と、グリップと、アングル機構と、操作子と、制御部とを含む。前記操作子は、前記主に前記グリップを前記片手で把持して前記アングル機構を操作する状態で、前記片手のいずれかの前記指による操作範囲内の前記グリップ又は前記操作部本体に前記挿入部の前記湾曲部を前記第2の方向に湾曲させる第2の操作入力の入力方向を前記第2の方向に沿うように設けられている。
