India's natural resources are among the richest in the world. Evergreen
forest in the northeast and along the Western Ghats, moist and dry Deciduous
forests, swampy marshes, estuaries and lagoons shelter unique forms of plant
and animal life. For a long time, India has been a favorite destination for
adventure loving tourist. The wildlife tour in india encompasses variety of
activities such as bird watching, simple hike within the forest regions to
the trekking regions within the wildlife reserves and protected areas,
enjoying wild camps to explore every corner of a forest through a jungle
safari.
Depletion of wildlife has resulted into the formation of number of
sanctuaries and national parks, so as to protect the already endangered
wildlife. This has made wildlife tour in India very convienent and
comfortable. Various known wildlife spot of India are :
Set amidst the Vindhyan Mountain range in
Madhya Pradesh, the Bandhavgarh National Park is home to the famous White
Tigers of Rewa.
Keoladeo Ghana National Park, more
popularly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary has one of the most prolific
bird life in the country.
Situated in the picturesque Kumaon hills in
Nainital district, Corbett National Park is the place from where Project
Tiger was launched in 1973.
Gir is the only home in India of the Lion of
which there are nearly 300 in the park. The Gir national park lies in the
Gujarat peninsula in SW India.
The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy
meadows and ravines of Kanha provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his
famous novel "Jungle Book".
When Marco Polo first spotted the one-horned
Rhino, he thought it was the legendary Unicorn. With a population of over a
thousand, Kaziranga National Park.
Situated within the confines of the
Western Ghats in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Periyar National Park
and Tiger Reserve is one of the most captivating wildlife parks in the
world.
One of the most popular parks with tiger
sightings at its best, a photographers' dream come true, dotted with lakes
and ponds around which the wildlife abounds, predators and prey enact their
day to day drama.
The name Sunderbans is perhaps derived from
the term meaning 'the forest of sundari' (Heritiera fomes), a reference to
the large mangrove tree that provides valuable fuel.
