Wild Life Spots in India
Traveling in India is a great decision one makes, because India is a vast tract of land having mountainous tract in the north and Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea surrounding the south east and west borders of the country with very mighty rivers traversing the entire plains and finally making a Delta at bay of Bengal this offering great variety of scenic places to visit and enjoy the Indian Hospitality on the way.
The present article deals with the wild life of India, because there is tremendous diversity of wild life in India and the Government has developed various sanctuaries to protect the wild life treasure India holds. At these sanctuaries accommodation, for the visitors is provided and a guided tour is arranged within the sanctuary to closely see the wild life. There are more than 400 Sanctuaries, around 100 national parks and tiger reserves in the country. Following are famous wild life locations having tourists interest:
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary:
The Siberian Cranes, Barons, Ibis, Pelicans and Painted Storks are some of the rare birds, which are migratory in nature, during severe winter climatic conditions in their home country, they migrate to water spots in India by traversing a distance of half of the earth circumference and make their summer abode at Bharatpur Bird Sanctaury, here they mate and create their nesting on the trees all over and when the summers start here they migrate back to their home country with their progeny, which during these favorable conditions grow up and are able to fly back with their parents. There is a Saying “Birds of Feather Flock Together”
Corbett National Park:
It is spread over in an area of more than 1000 kms., located in Utranchal Pradesh, having hill tract with combination marshy area, plains, and small rivulets flowing through out and has a very large population of Tigers, leopards and crocodiles.
Gir National Park & Sanctuary:
It is located at Sasan Gir in Junagarh District, the Park has famous Asiatic lions and has attempted to preserve other wild animals like Chinkara, Nilgai, Sambhar and Black bucks besides many other wild animals.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary:
It is situated on the river banks of Mandovi. It is a small sanctuary within an area of about 2 kms. and has many local birds and migratory birds visiting from Siberia to escape the hazards of winter there and come here during winters and fly back on the anvil of summer.
Kanha National Park:
It is situated in Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh and it has tigers, leopards and bears. There is Saran River and Grasslands traversing the steep rocky edges and offer great scenic beauty to enjoy nature at its best.
Kaziranga National Park:
It is located covering land in 2 districts Golaghat and Nagaon in Assam State which has gigantic river Brahama Putra flowing side by side and has great population of one horned Rhinoceros.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary:
It is situated around very majestic Vembanand Lake and is a favorite location for Siberian Stork, heron, egret, darter and teal.
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary:
It is situated in the Cardamom Hills region of Western Ghats in the state of Kerala and has large population of Elephants and other animals like Dhole, Nilgiri Tahr, Leopards and Sambar.
Ranthambore National Park:
It is rated very high considering the tourists preferences to visit wild life parks in India. The national park has very thick forest tract as well as open bush locations and has Tigers, Sambar, Cheetal, Nilgai, Gazelle, boars etc.
Sasangir Wildlife Sanctuary:
It is situated in Kathiwad peninsula of Gujrat and has a good population of Asiatic Lions and is a fine wild life destination of India.
Sunderbans National Park:
It offers mangroves, swamps, marshy land and there are streams of water flowing across the tract and is famous for Royal Bengal Tiger.
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