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Brahamputra Basin
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
THE PHOENIX FOREST
State Assam
Location Kaziranga in Central Assam is the state's premier wildlife habitat and stretches east to west along the south bank of the Brahmaputra, which marks its northern......More
Cauvery Basin
BANNERGHATTA NATIONAL PARK
LOCKING EYES WITH CATS
State Kamataka
Location South of Bangalore City in Bangalore (Urban) District
Distances 23 km S of Bangalore, 125 km NE of Mysore
Route from Bangalore District road to......More
Central India
BANDHAVGARH
IN TIGER TERRITORY
State Madhya Pradesh
Location Bandhavgarh lies in eastern Madhya Pradesh, in the northernmost spur of the Maikal Hill Range in the Vindhyas, which it shares with Kanha (located 160 km to the south),......More
CHAMBAL-ARAVALLI
KEOLADEO GHANA NATIONAL PARK
FLY AWAY HOME
State Rajasthan
Location In north-eastern Rajasthan, near the Uttar Pradesh border, within the golden tri- angle of Agra, Delhi and Jaipur, just off NH11
Distances 179 km......More
Coromandel Coast
VEDANTHANGAL BIRD SANCTUARY
THE BIRD PARADISE
State Tamil Nadu
Location Off NH45 from the state capital Chennai, close to the small town of Padalam in
Kanchipuram District
Distance 86 km SW of Chennai
Route from......More
Deserts
DESERT NATIONAL PARK
DESERT ROSE
State Rajasthan
Location In the Thar Desert in south-west Rajasthan, near the border with Pakistan, spread over Jaisalmer and Barmer districts
Distances 689 km W of Jaipur via Jodhpur, 317 km......More
East Coast
BHITARKANIKA NATIONAL PARK
OF CREEKS AND CROCS
State Orissa
Location On the east coast of Orissa, in Kendrapara District, in the estuary of Brahmani, Baitarani, Dhamara and Mahanadi river systems
Distances Rajnagar is 130 km......More
Eastern Himalya
JALDAPARA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
RHINO COUNTRY
State West Bengal
Location In Alipurduar sub-division of Jalpaiguri District in north Bengal, past vast tracts of tea plantations in the Dooars region, close to the Bhutan......More
Marine Parks
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
EMERALD ISLES
Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Location In the Bay of Bengal off the east coast of India
Distance by sea 1,255 km S of Kolkata, 1,190 km E of Chennai......More
Nilgiri Biosphere
BANDIPUR-MUDUMALAI
FREE FALLING IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
States Bandipur falls in Karnataka, Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu
Location On the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, along the Mysore-Ooty Highway, within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.......More
Northern Deccan
MELGHAT TIGER RESERVE
WHERE THE HILLS MEET
State Maharashtra
Location Located in Amravati District in Central India, the Melghat Reserve is 25 km from Chikaldhara, a hill resort in the south Satpura Range, also known as the......More
Punjab Plains
HARIKE WETLANDS
BIRD ON A WIRE
State Punjab
Location At the barrage at the confluence of the Beas and Sutlej at Harike Pattan
Distances 507 km NW of Delhi, 60 km SE of Amritsar
Route from Delhi NH1 to Amritsar......More
Southern Ghats
CHIMMONY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
State Kerala
Location The Chimmony Sanctuary is spread over 100 sq km on the Nelliyampathy slopes of the Western Ghats, in Thrissur District, with a lake extending for 10 sq km in......More
The Terai
CORBETT NATIONAL PARK
FIRST AMONG EQUALS
State Uttaranchal
Location Corbett NP is located in the Ramganga Valley near the Himalayan foothills
Distances 263 km NE of Delhi, 19 km NE of Ramnagar
Route from Delhi NH24 to......More
Trans Himalaya
Changthang Cold Desert WLS
ORIENTATION
The Changthang Cold' Desert Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) stretches over an expanse of 4,000 sq km, at altitudes between 4,267- 5,791m. It has deep gorges and vast plateaus,......More
West Coast
GIR NATIONAL PARK & SANCTUARY
GLIMPSE OF A LOST WORLD
State Gujarat
Location In the south-west of the Saurashtra Peninsula
Distances 415 km SW of Ahmedabad. 65 km SE of Junagadh
Route from Ahmedabad NH8A to Chotila......More
Western Ghat
ANSHI-DANDELI-BHADRA
State Karnataka
Location Anshi NP is situated in Uttara Kannada District. Along with the adjoining Dandeli WLS, situated to its north-east near the Kali River, it makes up the Dandeli Wildlife Division. Bhadra TR,......More
Western Himalaya
BINSAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
WALK THE LINE
State Uttaranchal
Location In the verdant tracts of Ayarpani, 35 km from Almora
Distance 400 km NE of Delhi, 126 km NE of Kathgodam
Route from Delhi NH24 to Rampur; NH87......More
