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Indian Wildlife Sanctuaries

“Wildlife safari” conjures up images of Africa. However one of the most spectacular and rewarding countries in the world to see wildlife has to be India - with more than 500 beautiful and unique National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Bird Reserves stretching from Kaziranga in the North East Himalayas to Periyar at India’s southern tip, these protected areas cover every conceivable type of habitat, landscape, vegetation and climate and give refuge to some of the rarest and most endangered species in the world. A wildlife or birdwatching tour of India is a truly awe-inspiring and unforgettable experience. Trekking is possible in some areas, while other areas can only be explored by jeep safari, elephant back or boat.

India is of course famous for its national animal, the tiger, but sadly there may be as few as 1400 tigers left in the wild and it is therefore the experience of a lifetime to see one. In comparison with an African safari, the vegetation and terrain in India is such that wild animals are often solitary or in small groups - shy and elusive. Seeing wildlife in India is therefore completely exhilarating - imagine the excitement as your jeep follows the sound of a spotted deer’s alarm call, then the silent wait with bated breath, every sense alert, until suddenly a tiger flashes through the undergrowth in front of you or nonchalantly passes within feet of your jeep - unforgettable!

In addition to the tiger, the amount of wildlife in India’s wildlife parks and sanctuaries is diverse and fascinating and includes many species that are only found here - such as the Asiatic lion, wild ass, barasingha and golden langur. In the North East you may be lucky enough to see a snow leopard or red panda as well as the endangered one-horned rhino. You can see herds of Indian elephant and there are larger varieties of the cat and deer families in India than anywhere else in the world. Altogether there are more than 500 species of mammal and over 1200 species of bird in India as well as many migratory birds – what are you waiting for?

Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Madhya Pradesh)

Alisagar Deer Park
(Nizamabad District - Andhra Pradesh)

Ambapani Sanctuary
(Bhawanipatna - Orissa)

Anamalai Sanctuary (Now Indira Gandhi National Park)
(Near Coimbatore - Tamil Nadu)

Anerdam Wildlife Sanctuary
(Shirpur Tehsil Of Dhule District - Maharashtra)

Anshi National Park
(Karnataka)

Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Thalassery - Kerala)

Askot Wildlife Sanctuary
(Pithoragarh - Uttaranchal)

B.R.Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
(Kemmannagundi - Karnataka)

Balphakram National Park
(Meghalaya)

Bandhavgarh National Park
(Madhya Pradesh)

Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary
(Karnataka)

Bandli Sanctuary
(Mandi District - Himachal Pradesh)

Bannerghata National Park
(Karnataka)

Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary
(Madhya Pradesh)

Belghar Sanctuary
(Orissa)

Betla National Park
(Nearby Ranchi - Bihar)

Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary
(Chikmaglur & Shimoga District - Karnataka)

Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Panaji - Goa)

Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary
(Chandrapur District - Maharashtra)

Bheemeshwari Wildlife Sanctuary
(Mandya District - Karnataka)

Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Western Ghats Of Maharashtra)

Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary
(Haryana)

Bhitarkanika Sanctuary
(Kendrapa District - Orissa)

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Panjim - Goa)

Bor Wildlife Sanctuary
(Hingni in Wardha - Maharashtra)

Bori Wildlife Sanctuary
(Hoshangabad District - Madhya Pradesh)

Bura-Chapuri Wildlife Sanctuary
(Sonitpur District - Assam)

Buxa Tiger Reserve
(West Bengal)

Calimere Sanctuary
(Southeast of Thanjavur - Tamil Nadu)

Campbell Bay National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Chail Sanctuary
(Chail, Solan Valley, Shimla - Himachal Pradesh)

Chambal National Sanctuary
(Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh-Uttar Pradesh)

Chandka Elephant Reserve
(Orissa)

Chandoli National Park
(Maharashtra)

Chandra Prabha Sanctuary
(Near Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh)

Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary
(Chandrapur District - Maharashtra)

Chikhaladara Wildlife Sanctuary
(Vidarbha Region- Maharashtra)

Chilika Lake
(South West of Puri - Orissa)

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Idukki - Kerala)

Churdhar Sanctuary
(Solan Valley, Shimla - Himachal Pradesh)

Corbett National Park
(Southwest of Nainital - Uttaranchal)

Coringa Sanctuary
(East Godavari District - Andhra Pradesh)

Cotigoa Wildlife Sanctuary
(Canacona District - Goa)

Dachigam
(Nearby Srinagar - Jammu and Kashmir)

Dajipur Bison Sanctuary
(Border Of Kolhapur District - Maharashtra)

Dampha Tiger Reserve
(Mizoram)

Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary
(Karwar - Karnataka)

Daranghati Sanctuary
(Near Rampur Bushahr, Shimla - Himachal Pradesh)

Desert National Park
(Rajasthan)

Dibru - Saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary
(Assam)

Dudhwa National Park
(Indo-Nepal Border - Uttar Pradesh)

Eravikulam Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Munnar - Kerala)

Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Warangal - Andhra Pradesh)

Fossil National Park
(Madhya Pradesh)

Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary
(Orissa)

Galathea National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Gangotri National Park
(Uttarakhand)

Gir National Park & Sanctuary
(Gujarat)

Gorumara National Park
(West Bengal)

Govind National Park
(Uttar Kashi - Uttaranchal)

Great Himalayan National Park
(Himachal Pradesh)

Gugamal National Park
(Amaravati District - Maharashtra)

Guindy National Park
(Tamil Nadu)

Gulf of Kutch Marine National Park
(Gujarat)

Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
(Tamil Nadu)

Gulmarg Biosphere Reserve
(Southwest of Srinagar - J&K)

Gundlabrahmeshwaram Wildlife Sanctuary
(A.P) (Andhra Pradesh)

Harike Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary
(Punjab)

Hastinapur Sanctuary
(Meerut, Ghaziabad - Uttar Pradesh)

Hazaribagh Sanctuary
(Bihar)

Hemis National Park
(Jammu and Kashmir)

Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Thodupuzha - Kerala)

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park
(Vishakapatnam - Andhra Pradesh)

Indravati National Park
(Madhya Pradesh)

Intanki National Park
(Nagaland)

Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Siliguri - West Bengal)

Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary
(Nearby Jammu - J&K)

Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary
(Aurangabad District - Maharashtra)

Jijamata Udyan Zoo
(Byculla District - Maharashtra)

Kabini Wildlife Sanctuary
(Karapur - Karnataka)

Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary
(Near Kozhikode - Kerala)

Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary
(Bihar Border - Uttar Pradesh)

Kalakadu Wildlife Sanctuary
(Tirunelveli District - Tamil Nadu)

Kalasubai Harischandragad Wildlife Sanctuary
(Ahmednagar District - Maharashtra)

Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary
(Khajjiar, Chamba District - Himachal Pradesh)

Kalesar National Park
(Haryana)

Kanger Ghati National Park
(Kanger Valley)

Kanha National Park
(Mandla - Madhya Pradesh)

Kanwar Sanctuary
(Parbati Valley, Kullu - Himachal Pradesh)

Karlapat
(Bhawanipatna - Orissa)

Karnala Bird Sanctuary
(Panvel Taluka Of Raigad District - Maharashtra)

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
( Andhra Pradesh)

Katepurna Sanctuary
(Akola District - Maharashtra)

Katrniaghat Sanctuary
(Near Indo-Nepal Border - Uttar Pradesh)

Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Chittor - Andhra Pradesh)

Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary
(Jannaram - Andhra Pradesh)

Kaziranga National Park
(East Of Guwahati - Assam)

Kedarnath Sanctuary
(Chamoli - Uttaranchal)

Keechan Demoiselle Crane Sanctuary
(Rajasthan)

Keibul Lam Jeo National Park
(Near Imphal - Manipur)

Keoladeo Ghana or Bharatpur National Park
(Bharatpur - Rajasthan)

Khangchendzonga National Park
(Sikkim)

Khijadia Bird Sanctuary
(Gujarat)

Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary
(Khammam District - Andhra Pradesh)

Kishanpur Sanctuary
(Uttar Pradesh)

Kishtwar High Altitude National Park
(Jammu - J&K)

Kolleru Bird Sanctuaries
(West Godavari District - Andhra Pradesh)

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary
(Satara District - Maharashtra)

Krishna Sanctuary
(Near Avanigadda Village - Andhra Pradesh)

Kudremukh National Park
(Karnataka)

Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
(Near Kottayam - Kerala)

Kunthakulam Bird Sanctuary
(Nanguneri Taluk - Tamil Nadu)

Kutch Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
(Gujarat)

Lakhari Valley Sanctuary
(Ganjam - Orissa)

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary
(Nagaon District - Assam)

Little Rann of Kutch
(Gujarat)

Madhav (Shivpuri) National Park
(Madhya Pradesh)

Maharana Pratap Sagar
(Himachal Pradesh)

Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
(Vanasthalipuram - Andhra Pradesh)

Mahavir Sanctuary
(Lalitpur - Uttar Pradesh)

Majathal Sanctuary
(Himachal Pradesh)

Malvan Marine sanctuary
(Sindhudurg District - Maharashtra)

Manali Sanctuary
(Kullu - Himachal Pradesh)

Manas National Park
(Guwahati - Assam)

Manjira Bird Sanctuaries
(Near Sangareddy,Medak District - Andhra Pradesh)

Marine Sanctuary & Marine National Park
(Jamnagar - Gujarat)

Mathikettan Shola National Park
(Kerala)

Middle Button Island National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Mollem National Park
(Goa)

Mouling National Park
(Arunachal Pradesh)

Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
(Rajasthan)

Mount Harriet National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Mrugavani National Park
(Andhra Pradesh)

Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Udhagamandalam - Tamil Nadu)

Mukurthi National Park
(Tamil Nadu)

Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary
(Tirunelveli District - Tamil Nadu)

Murlen National Park
(Mizoram)

Nagarahole National Park - (Rajiv Gandhi National Park)
(Karnataka)

Nagarjunasagar Tiger Reserve
( Andhra Pradesh)

Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary
(Tirora Range Of Bhandara Forest - Maharashtra)

Nalsarovar Bird sanctuary
(Gujarat)

Namdhapa National Park
(Arunachal Pradesh)

Nameri National Park
(Sonitpur District - Assam)

Nanda Devi National Park
(Chamoli - Uttaranchal)

Nandan Kanan
(Chandaka Forest - Orissa)

Nandini Wildlife Sanctuary
(Nearby Jammu - J&K)

Nandurmadhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary
(Niphad Tehsil Of Nashik District - Maharashtra)

Narayan Sarovar Chinkara Sanctuary
(Gujarat)

National Chambal Sanctuary
(Etawah, Agra - Uttar Pradesh)

National Zoological Park
(Near Old Fort - Delhi)

Nature Parks
(Shimla District - Himachal Pradesh)

Navegaon National Park
(Navegoan, Gondia - Maharashtra)

Nawab Ganj Bird Sanctuary
(Nearby Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh)

Nayagaon Mayur Sanctuary
(Beed District - Maharashtra)

Nehru Zoological Park
(Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh)

Nelaputta Bird Sanctuaries
(Nellore District - Andhra Pradesh)

Neora Valley National Park
(West Bengal)

Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Southeast of Western Ghats - Kerala)

Nokrek National Park
(Meghalaya)

North Button Island National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Orang National Park
(Tezpur - Assam)

Orchid Sanctuary
(Gangtok - Sikkim)

Overa Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Pahalgam, Kashmir - J&K)

Overa-Aru Biosphere Reserve
(Southest of Srinagar - J&K)

Pabha or Milroy Sanctuary
(Lakhimpur District - Assam)

Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary
(Morigaon District - Assam)

Padmatala Sanctuary
(Phulabani - Orissa)

Pakke (Pakhui) Tiger Reserve
(Arunachal Pradesh

Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Warangal - Andhra Pradesh)

Palamau Tiger Reserve
(Nearby Daltonganj - Bihar)

Palani Hills National Park
(Tamil Nadu)

Panna National Park
(Madhya Pradesh)

Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Rajahmundry - Andhra Pradesh)

Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Palakkad - Kerala)

Peechi Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Thrissur - Kerala)

Pench National Park
(Near Nagpur - Maharashtra)

Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala)

Periyar (Thekkady) National Park
(Kerala)

Peshwe Udyan
(Pune - Maharashtra)

Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary
(Raigad District - Maharashtra)

Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park
(Mizoram)

Pin Valley Park
(Lahaul Spiti District - Himachal Pradesh)

Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary
(Medak District - Andhra Pradesh)

Pong Lake Sanctuary
(Dharamsala, Kangra District - Himachal Pradesh)

Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
(Porbandar - Gujarat)

Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary
(Chinnur, Adilabad District - Andhra Pradesh)

Pulicat Sanctuary
(Nellore District - Andhra Pradesh)

Radhanagri-Dajipur
(Kolhapur District - Maharashtra)

Rajaji National Park
(Haridwar Dehradun, Pauri - Uttaranchal)

Rajamala Wildlife Santuary
(Near Munnar - Kerala)

RamNagar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Nearby Jammu - J&K)

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
(Mysore District - Karnataka)

Rani Jhansi Marine National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Ranipur Sanctuary
(Uttar Pradesh)

Ranthambore National Park
(Ranthambore - Rajasthan)

Ratanmahal and Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary
(Champaner - Gujarat)

Renuka Sanctuary
(Near Nahan, Sirmour District - Himachal Pradesh)

Rollapadu Bird Sanctuaries
(Near Nandikotkuru - Andhra Pradesh)

Saddle Peak National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Sagareshwar Sanctuary
(Khanapur Tehsil - Maharashtra)

Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
(North Goa)

Salim Ali National Park
(Jammu and Kashmir)

Sanjay Gandhi National Park - Borivili National Park
(Mumbai Maharashtra)

Sanjay-Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary
(Madhya Pradesh)

Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary
(Rajasthan)

Satkosia Basipalli Sanctuary
(Orissa)

Satpura National Park
(Madhya Pradesh)

Shamirpet Deer Park
(Near Secunderabad - Andhra Pradesh)

Shendurni Wildlife Sanctaury
(Near Kollam - Kerala)

Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Vadodra - Gujarat)

Silent Valley National Park
(Near Mannarkkad - Kerala)

Simbalbara Sanctuary
(Paonta Valley, Sirmour District - Himachal Pradesh)

Simplipal Tiger Reserve
(Mayurbhanj District - Orissa)

Singalila National Park
(West Bengal)

Sirohi National Park
(Manipur)

Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary
(Madhya Pradesh)

Sivaram Wildlife Sanctuary
(Adilabad District - Andhra Pradesh)

Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary
(Sonitpur District - Assam)

South Button Island National Park
(Andaman and Nicobar)

Sri Venkateswara National Park
(Andhra Pradesh)

Srilanka Malleswara Wildlife Sanctuary
(Near Cuddapah - Andhra Pradesh)

Srisailam Sanctuary
(Near Nagarjunasagar - Andhra Pradesh)

Sultanpur National Park
(Haryana)

Sunderban National Park
(Calcutta - West Bengal)

Surinsar Mansar Wildlife Sanctuary
(Nearby Jammu - J&K)

Tadoba National Park
(Near Chandrapur - Maharashtra)

Tal Chappar Sanctuary
(Rajasthan)

Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary
(Thane District - Maharashtra)

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
(Near Kothamangalam - Kerala)

The Great Himalayan National Park
(Nearby Kullu - Himachal Pradesh)

The Hemis Altitude National Park
(Near Leh, Ladakh Region - J&K)

The Sanjay Gandhi National Park
(Borivali, Mumbai - Maharashtra)

Thol Wildlife Sanctuary
(Mehsana District - Gujarat)

Tikarapada
(Anjul District - Orissa)