India’s National Park
A country is known by the way it treats its animals. – Jawaharlal Nehru
With more than 80 national parks and 500 wildlife sanctuaries, India represents the importance that the country places on nature and wildlife conservation. Indian National Parks provides ample chances to the tourists to have a close encounters with the wilds. Many tourists visit India to spot the infamous tigers and other wild animals.
Following are some of the best jewels from the casket of Indian National parks:
Sunderbans National Park
The Sundarbans National Park is a splendid tangle of mangrove jungle, which is the only one of its kind in the world. The name ‘Sunderbans’ means ‘beautiful forests’ and is educed from the ‘Sunderi’ trees. Sunderban located in West Bengal, with huge landmass of 54 islands, is accessible only by boats. With 3 wild life sanctuaries, this national park is providing natural habitat to around 300 Bengal tigers. Other than the renowned Bengal tigers, the area is also preserving reptiles specially the monster lizards, birds, and other animals such as monkeys, deer, and wild boar.
The most appropriate time to explore Sunderban National Park is from December to February.
Kanha National Park
Kanha National Park is well-known for its spectacular setting like Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel, The Jungle Book. This national park is wealthy with lush saal and bamboo forests, lakes, streams and open grasslands. With main area of 940 square kms and adjoining area of 1,005 square kms, Kanha National Park is the biggest national parks in Central India. March and April is the best time to visit there when tigers, baraasingha (swamp deer) and birds & animals come out in search of water due to hot weather.
Bandhavgarh National Park
Bandhavgarh National Park is located in the Madhya Pradesh state, about 200 kilometers north east of Jabalpur. It’s an illustrious park for its magnificent settings and having the highest numbers of tigers than any other park in India. With lush green valleys, rocky hills, and an ancient fort built on 800 meter (2,624 foot) high cliffs, Bandhavgarh National Park has become tourist’s first choice. Though tigers are the main feature of this park but leopards, jackals, sloth bears and birds are also catching the eyes.
The best time to plan a trip for this park is between March and April.
Ranthambore National Park
Ranthambore National Park is an ideal combination of history and nature, located in Rajasthan, 450 kilometers south west of Delhi and 185 kilometers from Jaipur. Apart from tigers and other birds & animals, rocky plains & steep cliffs, and assorted range of flora and fauna, this park is also famous for a formidable castle inside the park, which was built in 10th century.
March and April are the most appropriate months to visit Ranthambore National Park as animals come out of their shelters for water.
Kaziranga National Park
Located in the “The Land of Rhino” Assam, Kaziranga National Park is one of the oldest and possibly the finest wildlife sanctuary in India. It is not only the shelter of the Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros, but also provides home to a range of wild lives. The environment with many marshlands makes it an ecological bliss for wildlife in a country where deforestation due to overpopulation has destroyed many forests.
Whether it comes to spotting wild forms in their natural environment or flora-fauna and rocky hills, National parks are simply amazing! So, go and enjoy the jungle safaris!!!
