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An increasing number of travelers to India are visiting atleast one national park or sanctuary. If you intend doing so, wherever possible, book in advance for transport and accommodation and check whether a permit is require. Most Park offer jeep/Van tours and some have both trips and elephant safaris to approach wildlife more discreetly.
India has 93 National Park and 486 Wildlife Sanctuaries, which constitute about 4.7 % of the entire country and play a paramount role in flora and fauna protection. There are 14 biosphere reserves, established to conserve the diversity of eco systems and promote research into ecological conservation. |
 Gir National Park
In the southwest of the peninsular state of Gujarat, lies the 116 square-mile Gir sanctuary created to protect the last wild population of Lion outside the African regions. |
 Sultanpur Wildlife Sanctuary
Sultanpur, 46 kms. from Delhi, it is a green haven with a lake and wild birds. Sultanpur was declared a water-bird reserve in 1972 and its grounds are lush with lawns and trees and shrubs and masses of bougainvillea. |
 Manas National Park
Manas National Park is situated on the foothills of the Himalayas and a part of it extends to Bhutan. It was declared a sanctuary on October 01, 1928 and was designated a World Heritage site in December 1985. |
 Tadoba Wildlife Sanctuary
Tadoba-andhari Tiger Reserve is the pristine and unique eco-system situated in the Chandrapur district of the Maharashtra State of India. The Reserve contains some of the best of forest tracks and endowed with rich biodiversity. |
 Sariska National Park
Sharp cliffs of hills and narrow valleys of the Aravallis dominate the landscape of Sariska, whose forests are dry and deciduous. Within the Sariska wildlife sanctuary there are the ruins of medieval temples of Garh-Rajor. |
 Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Set high in the ranges of the Western Ghats, in God's Own Country, Kerala, is the Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve. Periyar wildlife sanctuary has a picturesque lake at the heart of the sanctuary. |
 Panna National Park
Panna is the twenty second Tiger Reserve of India and fifth in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated in the Vindhya Ranges and spreads over Panna and Chhatarpur districts in the north of the state. |
 Bandhavgarh National Park
Set amongst the Vindhya Hills of MadhyaPradesh with an area of 437 sq. km Bandhavgarh was established in 1968, these, rich forest served as the Shikharghar for the maharaja of Rewa. Bandhavgarh has been the centre of human activity for over 2000 years. |
 Dandeli National Park
On the border of Goa state in Karnataka, Dandeli abounds with a richness of flora and fauna. Its richness and diversity offers ample opportunities to nature lovers to enjoy the captivating landscape. |
 Bandipur National Park
Halfway down the Mysore-Ooty highway, the Deccan Plateau rises to meet the wrinkled folds of the Western Ghat mountains. Here lies one of India's best-known wildlife reserves - Bandipur National Park. |
 Pench National Park
Pench National Park, nestling in the lower southern reaches of the Satpura hills is named after Pench river which flows from north to south through the Pench National Park. It is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh. |
 Corbett National Park
Corbett National Park India's first National Park is cradled in the foothills of the Himalayas and spreads over an area of 520sq.kms., along the banks of the Ramganga river. The dense sal forest of the Himalayan foothills. |
 Dudhwa National Park
Dudhwa National Park Established in 1977, its speared over an area of 490 sq. km.in the luxuriant forests of North Lakhimpur- Kheri. The Park consists mainly of the finest quality of Sal, Marshes and grasslands. |
 Kaziranga National Park
Located on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra River in the far North East of India,Assam, Kaziranga National Park covers an area of approximately 430-sq-kms with its swamps and tall thickets of elephant grass making it the ideal habitat for the Indian One-Horned Rhino. |
 Kanha National Park
welcometo a little bit of Eden trapped in a horseshoe-shaped valley. Dense Wooded Forests interspersed with grassy Greenlands and teaming with some of the best species of wildlife in Asia's finest and largest national park. |
 Keoladeo National Park
One of the finest bird parks in the world, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary (Keoladeo Ghana Natiuonal Park) is a reserve that offers protection to faunal species as well. Nesting indigenous water- birds as well as migratory water birds. |
 Rajaji National Park
Rajaji National Park Situated on the edge of the Dehradun Valley the Rajaji national Park was established in 1966 and covers an area of about 820sq. km. Nestling in a wide and thckly wooded valley of the shivalik ranges . |
 Ranthambor National Park
Nesting in the Aravali & Vindhyan hills of Rajasthan With an area of 392 sq km., lies Ranthambhore. A haven for the adventure seeker and the wildlife watcher. 410 km of desert ecology speckled with Dhok, Ronj, Salai, Ber and palm trees. |
 Royal Chitwan National Park
Royal Chitwan National Park ('Chitwan' means "in the heart of the jungle') covers 932 sq. km. in the flat lowland region of southern Nepal. It is one of the most important sub-tropical
parks on the Indian subcontinent with populations of the endangered Royal Bengal tiger. |
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