India's Wild life Paradises

Perfection · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: Nagarjunasagar sanctuary

Nagarjunasagar sanctuary, Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh : 3568 sq km, Season - Oct to June.

Commonly found animals are Tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild boar, Chital, sambar, nilgai, black buck, jackal, fox, wolf and mugger crocodile etc.

Perfection · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject: Jaldapara wild life sanctuary

Jaldapara wild life sanctuary, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal : 100 sq km, Season - Oct to May.

Commonly found animals are one horned Rhino, tiger, wild elephant, deer, swamp deer, hog deer, wild pig, birds, pea fowl etc.

Perfection · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject: Sunderbans National park

Sunderbans National park, Port caning, West Bengal : 1330 sq km, Season - Sep to May.

Commonly found animals are Tiger, variety of deers, wild boar, crocodile, gangetic dolphin, estuarine etc.

Perfection · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: Corbett National Park

Corbett National Park is located in Uttaranchal, around 300 km away from New Delhi. It is India's first ever national park. Nestling in the foothils of Himalayas, the park extends to an area of more than 520 to 1318 sq km (with Sonanadi wild life sanctuary). Varied topography and vegetation gives Corbett a rich diversity in habitat and natural beauty. Flat valleys are interspersed with hilly ridges and the park's rolling grasslands provide an excellent view of its wildlife.

Over 110 varieties of trees, 51 species of shrubs, 33 kinds of bamboos and grasses are to be seen here. This park is named after the famous British hunter - Jim Corbett , who had written 'The maneaters of Kumaon'. Corbett has the highest density of tigers in the country. It was here that the prestigious Project Tiger was launched in 1973. Besides the Tiger, Corbett is a heaven for 50 mammals, 580 kinds of birds and 25 reptile species. The park has elephants, the Himalayan black bear in the higher elevations, sloth bear, varieties of small cats, the wild water birds, pheasants, jungle fowl and the Indian hornbill.

Perfection · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: Chilka sanctuary

Chilka sanctuary, Orissa : 400 sq km , Season - Dec to Feb.

Commonly found animals are Flamingo, duck, bar headed sandpiper, plover, ruddy shelduck, gull, tern, white bellied sea eagle, dolphins, fishing cat, black buck, chital etc.

Perfection · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: Bhitrarknkika wild life sanctuary

Bhitrarknkika wild life sanctuary, Baleshwar, Orissa : 170 sq km, Season - mid Oct to mid April.

Commonly found animals are salt water crocodile, monitor lizards, snakes, leopard, fishing cat, hyena, wild pig, water birds, ridley sea turtle etc.

Perfection · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:17 am Post subject: Simlipal National park

Simlipal National park, Mayurbhanj, Orissa : 2200 sq km, Season - winter.

Commonly found animals are Tiger, elephant, gaur, Chital, leopard, mouse deer, muggar and flying squirrel etc.

Perfection · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:53 am Post subject: Wild ass sanctuary

Wild ass sanctuary, Little rann of Kutch, Gujrat : 4841 sq km, Jan to mid June.

Animals found are wild ass, nilgai, wolf, chinkara etc.

Perfection · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: Gir National park

Gir National park, Junagadh, Gujrat : 1412.1 sq km, Season - Dec to mid June.

Commonly found animals are Asiatic Lion, panther, striped hyena, Chital, sambar, nilgai, wild boar, chinkara, crocodile, chousingha etc.

Perfection · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: Palamau Tiger reserve

Palamau Tiger reserve, Daltonganj, Bihar : 1026 sq km, Season - all the year.

Commonly found animals are panther, wild boar, elephant, gaur, Chital, sambar, barking deer, peafowl etc.

Perfection · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: Kanha National park

Kanha National park, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh : 1945 sq km, Season - Mar to June.

Commonly found animals are Tiger, panther, gaur, Chital, sambar, black buck, barking deer, mouse deer, nilgai, wild dog, boar, chousingha, barasingha etc.

Perfection · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: Bandhavgarh National park

Bandhavgarh National park, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh : 105.4 sq km, Season - Nov to June.

Commonly found animals are nilgai, Tiger, panther, chinkara, gaur, Chital, sambar, barking deer, bear, wild boar and a variety of upland birds etc.

Perfection · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:57 am Post subject: Keibul Lam Jao National park

Keibul Lam Jao National park, Manipur : 40 sq km, Season - Dec to May.

Commonly found animals are Brow antiered deer, wild boar and water birds etc.

Perfection · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: Namdapha National park

Namdapha National park, Margherita, Arunachal Pradesh : 180.7 sq km, Season - Oct to March, Tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, snow leopard, gaur, goral, takin, hoolock gibbon, slow loris, musk deer, binturong, red panda, Assamese macaque, horn bill, jungle fowl, pheasants etc.

Perfection · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:49 pm Post subject: Kaziranga National park

Kaziranga National park, Jorhat, Assam : 430 sq km, Season - Nov to April.

Commonly found animals are Great Indian one horned Rhino, elephant, wild buffalo, gaur, Leopard cat, wild boar, civet, otter, swamp deer, sambar, Tiger, python, pelican, partridge, florican etc.