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National
Parks
of
India
India
has more than 200 wildlife sanctuaries and
about 100 of them are classified as National Parks. However some are better
than others and still unexplored. National Parks of India
spread across the country offer a fascinating diversity of terrain, which is
houses of large number of wild rare and giant animal species.
India is a great tourism destination in world. It attracts tourists with its
unique cultural and geographical features.
Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India, located at
Uttaranchal. Corbett has been a haunt for tourists and wildlife lovers for a
long time. Its dense forest is the home for various species. The Corbett
National Park is a heaven for the adventure and wildlife seeker. Tourists are
not allowed to have a walk inside the park. Story of Jim Corbett to kill an Indian leopard is
very famous. The pride of India, Great Tiger can be spotted here with some
luck.
Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam. It has the highest density of Royal Bengal Tigers in
the world. The park also hosts two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned
Rhinoceroses, Indian elephants “The holy Animals“, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. Kaziranga
has achieved notable success in wildlife conservation as compare to other protected areas in India.
Sundarbans National Park is one of the largest reserves home for the Royal Bengal Tiger. This area is covered by dense rain
forest,sunder ban is located in west Bengal. The park has got protection since
its creation. The core area is free from all human disturbances and is habitat
of many toxic reptiles in India. Man eater tigers stories belongs to sunder ban
national park.
Kanha National Park is Tiger reserve park and located in the Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The park has a significant population of Royal
Bengal Tiger, leopards, Barasingha and Indian wild dog. A documentary has been
cover by discovery on Indian
wild dogs in Kanha
National Park. This is one of India’s most visited wildlife area and best place
to encounter with wild animals.
Gir Wildlife Sanctuary is the single home of the pure Asiatic Lions or Indian Lion and
is considered to be one of the most important protected areas in India as well
as in Asia. Ecosystem of Gir is prefect to support all species. The lion-count
in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary is 411, an increase as compare to 2005. Gir also includes Sloth
bears, Jungle cats, Striped Hyenas and some time black bucks also appear.
Periyar National Park area lies in the middle of a mountainous area of the Cardamom Hills in Land of Attraction Kerala. This protected area is well famous for its
diversity and natural beauty. Around 70% of the area is well covered by
evergreen or rain forest,which is also home for the biggest snake in India, the Giant King Kobra. Periyar is one of the 27 tiger reserves in
India, there are an estimated 53 tigers. A large number of Indian elephants can
also be tourist attraction in periyar.
Bandhavgarh National Park located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh has the highest density of Royal Bengal Tigers known in the world. A female Tiger
known as Sita was covered by the National Geographic and considered as most
photographed tiger in the world. The park has a large breeding population of
monkey also called Langur “one of the holy animals of India“, Leopards and various species of deer
and smbhar.
Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for its Royal Bengal
Tigers and is one of the best
places in India to see these Great
Cats in the jungle.
There is Ranthambore fort inside the park,hence its name become Ranthambore
national park. Padam Talao is the biggest lake inside the park,other major wild
animals are hyena, wild boar, sambar.
Hemis National Park is located at the high altitude in Ladakh region of
J&K. This is the only national park which contain largest protected area in
India, thus become the largest national park of India. The park is home for number of species
of endangered mammals including the Indian Snow Leopard.
Population of Snow Leopards in Hemis National Park are around 200. Tibetan
Wolf, the Eurasian Brown Bear, Sheep and the Red Fox are also present in Hemis.
The big flying Predators like Golden eagle and Vulture are also best part of Hemis.
Sariska Tiger Reserve is one of the most famous national parks in India, located
in Royal Rajasthan. It is home for wild animals leopard,
chinkara, wild boar and plenty of bird species and unique reptiles like big
snakes, monitor lizards and turtles. Sariska is famous as bird sanctuary in India. It was selected for tiger reserve
under Project Tiger scheme, but now its finally declared that Sariska indeed did not have any
tigers left.
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