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Day 01
Bandhavgarh National Park |
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The
Bandhavgarh National Park is located over an area of 448 square
kilometers generously covered with Bamboo and Sal forests and other
vegetation such as dhobin, Sali and saj. |
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Day 02
Ranthambore National Park |
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 Luxury
Indian Vacations offers to take you wildlife safaris to the
Ranthambore National Park located in Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan,
India that is situated at a distance of 145 kilometers from Jaipur,
Rajasthan, India that was once the hunting ground of the Maharaja of
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Luxury Indian Vacations offers you tailor
made tour packages that take you to Ranthambore that has the
distinction of being one of the largest Tiger reserves in India. The
main reason that led to the establishment of this wildlife national
park was to protect the dying tiger population in India. The
Ranthambore forest was declared as a wildlife park in the year 1955
and was accorded the status of a Tiger reserve in the year 1984.
A luxury wildlife vacation to the Ranthambore National Park opens up
an enchanting wilderness covered with dense forests, bushes, scrubs
and dotted with ancient ruins where you can spot wild animals and
grazers. Dhok trees dominate the Ranthambore vegetation and are
integral to the lifestyle of the local tribes as these trees provide
fodder for the domestic animals. The other trees that dominate the
Ranthambore forests include peepal, mango and banyan trees. Certain
banyan trees in these parts are more than 700 years old.
While on your Ranthambore tours with Luxury Indian Vacations you get
an opportunity to visit the scenic waterholes, gurgling streams that
flow over stunted bushes. Some of the popular animals found at the
Ranthambore National Park include tiger, elephants, sambhar,
leopards, nilgai, langur, Asiatic deer, jungle cat, caracal and
other animals.
You can easily spot rare migratory, woodland and water birds at the
Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary. Some of the popularly sighted birds
at the Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary include spoonbills, parakeets,
quail, storks, kingfishers, Indian horned owl, partridges, geese,
ducks, owls and other birds. There are a large number of peacocks at
the Ranthambore National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India. |
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Day 03
Kanha
National Park |
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and spend your vacations on an exciting and thrilling wildlife
safari at the Kanha National Park located in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh,
India. Majorly a Tiger Reserve Kanha is located on a sprawling area
of 1,945 square kilometers of which 940 kilometers happens to be the
core area and the rest of the land is the park's buffer zone.
Located at a distance of 169 kilometers from Jabalpur, Madhya
Pradesh, India the Kanha National Park offers a natural home to
varied wildlife species. Luxury Indian Vacations arranges for you to
go on jeep safaris to the interiors of this national park with its
nature rich environs so that you can closely watch wild animals in
their natural habitat.
The Surpan River meanders across the grasslands, valleys, hills and
serves as a natural water source to the different species of animals
and birds that stay here. Vegetation and flora at the Kanha National
Park varies with altitude. Large meadows dotted with Sal groves and
dense forests give way to bamboo clusters on the higher reaches and
as you climb higher you come across tropical mixed forests. The top
of the ridges break into acres of grasslands dotted with clusters of
trees.
The ideal time to go on luxury wildlife safaris to the Kanha
National Park in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, India would be during the
months of January through June. Though the Kanha National Park is
home to quite a few bird species it is hard to spot them in these
dense forests. You can easily spot animals such as deer, barasingha,
wild boar, chital, blackbuck, sambar and monkeys.
The bird species that
make the Kanha National Park their home are woodpeckers, herons,
teals, warblers, quails, babblers, pipits, cormorants, drongos,
shrikes, flycatchers, black-winged kite, nightjar, kestrel, doves,
barn owl, lagger, white eyed buzzard, crested honey buzzard,
swallows, mynahs, egrets, parakeets, shaheen falcon, serpent eagle,
sparrows, pigeons, brown fish owl and shikra. Kanha National Park in
Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, India is home to wild animals such as the
Indian porcupine, leopard, sloth bear, jungle cat, hyena, chausingha
and nilgai, tiger, gaur, mongoose, dhole, hare and muntjac among at. |
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Day 04
Bandhavgarh National Park |
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 Luxury
Indian Vacations takes you to the Bandhavgarh National Park situated
in Sahdol in the heart of Madhya Pradesh, India. Tucked away in the
Vindhyachal ranges the Bandhavgarh National Park has dense forests,
swamps and undulating stretches of grasslands that provide the ideal
habitat for wild animals like the tiger, Chinkaras, Leopard,
Chausinghas, Dholes, Porcupines, Indian Bison, Jungle Cats, Ratels,
Boars, Nilgais and Gaur. The Bandhavgarh National Park is located
over an area of 448 square kilometers generously covered with Bamboo
and Sal forests and other vegetation such as dhobin, Sali and saj.
The marshy areas at the Bandhavgarh National Park form the perfect
area for the lovely water birds that make this flora rich national
park their home. This wildlife sanctuary is teeming with different
species of birds.
Luxury Indian Vacations offers to arrange for the necessary entry
permit to enter the Bandhavgarh National Park that is available at
the Park's main entrance. Visitors are not allowed to enter the
Bandhavgarh National Park during the monsoon season and therefore
the perfect time to visit this wildlife sanctuary is during the
months of November to June.
At one point of time in
history the Bandhavgarh forests served as the hunting preserve of
the Rewa royalty. This wildlife area was designated as a National
Park in the year 1968. |
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Day 05
Bharatpur - Jaipur |
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tiny bird sanctuary located on the Delhi-Jaipur highway has an
interesting history. This area used to be the royal hunting preserve
of the erstwhile Bharatpur royalty.
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Come and watch exotic birds like the spoonbills and Siberian cranes
that visit the 40 square kilometer swampy Bharatpur bird sanctuary
during the winter months. Luxury Indian Vacations offers to take you
to the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary that is popularly known as the
Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Keoladeo is an ancient temple that is
situated at the center of the Bharatpur bird sanctuary. This tiny
bird sanctuary located on the Delhi-Jaipur highway has an
interesting history. This area used to be the royal hunting preserve
of the erstwhile Bharatpur royalty. The rulers of Bharatpur held
annual duck shoots in the area every year and in fact the bird
shooting exploits of the visiting guests and dignitaries have been
recorded on engraved stone plaques near the ancient Keoladeo temple.
This wildlife park was notified as a bird sanctuary in the post
independence period and was declared as a national park in the year
1982. The beat way to spot exotic bird species at the Bharatpur Bird
Sanctuary is to carry a set of binoculars and course the well
defined wooded trails on foot or on bicycles. Take boat rides on the
lakes located within the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary and spot colorful
bird species such as cranes, hawks, geese, pelicans, buntings,
flycatchers, pipits, wagtails, larks, eagles, stints, shanks, ducks
and warblers, spoonbills.
Apart from the more than
300 bird species that make the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary their home
this national park is home to quite a few wild animals such as the
Sambar, Chital, Nilgai and others. |
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Day 06
Corbett |
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 Luxury
Indian Vacations offers you online tour packages for those
interested in wildlife tours and tiger spotting to the Corbett
National Park located in Uttaranchal, India. Situated at a distance
of 297 kilometers from Delhi, India at a height of about 1,200
meters above the sea level. The right time to go on wildlife safaris
to this large wildlife national park is during the months of October
to June. The Corbett National Park was initially named after Sir
Malcolm Hailey who was the Governor of the United Provinces in
British India but later this wildlife park was renamed after Jim
Corbett-the celebrated hunter-author-naturalist-photographer.
Corbett has the distinction of being the first Indian National Park
that was established in the year 1936.
Luxury Indian Vacations take you to the Corbett National Park
located on the Himalayan foothills, rich in flora and fauna. The
vegetation in this area consists mainly of a variety of trees and
shrubs such as Shisham, Sal, Bakli, Khair, Gurail, Lantana shrubs
and Bamboo trees. These dense forests and undergrowth provide a
natural habitat to wild animals and birds such as elephants, sambar,
muntjac, chinkara, pada, gazelle, chital, monkeys, reptiles and more
than 585 bird species such as flycatchers, parakeets, robins,
babblers, bulbuls, Indian Pied hornbill, cuckoos, Great Pied
hornbill, warblers and finches.
A great way to spot
wildlife at the Corbett National Park is to go on elephant or jeep
safaris. Watch animals in their natural habitat and be pleasantly
surprised at the natural wonders that are an integral part of the
plant and animal kingdom. |
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Day 07
Kaziranga National Park |
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 Kaziranga
is a title of a remarkable success story of conservation of the One
Horned India Rhinoceros and other wild lives in the North East
India. It is not only the homeland of the Great Indian One Horned
Rhinoceros, but also provides shelter to a variety of wild lives. It
is one of the significant natural habitat for in situ conservation
of biological biodiversity of universal value. The values and
criteria made Kaziranga National Park to get inscribed in the World
Heritage Site List 1985. The Kaziranga National Park area consists
of 429.93 Sq.Km. with an additional area of 429.40 Sq.Km. and
situated in the two districts of Assam, namely Golaghat and Nagaon.
The total area of the park within Nagaon district is 175 Sq.Km., out
of which 135 Sq.Km. falls under Bagori Forest Range office and 40
Sq.Km. falls within Ghorakati Forest Range office. Few centuries
ago, the Indian one horned Rhinocerous ranged across the north
Indian plains in the wetlands of the rivers Indus, Ganga, and
Brahmaputra. Today this survivor from the prehistoric times is found
only in pockets in the north eastern state of Assam and in Nepal. In
Assam, their Rhino habitat is limited to just two national parks -
Kaziranga and Manas.Kaziranga National Park is a birding paradise;
the grasslands are a raptor country that can be seen on safari makes
a remarkable experience. |
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wildlife
tours to dense woods and deep wilderness crisscrossed with silver
strips of rivers and streams that offer a natural habitat to a
variety of wild animals and bird species. Over the years for various
reasons quite a few animal and bird species are on the verge of
extinction and have been identified and labeled as endangered
species. The Government of India has established a number National
Parks and Bio Reserves with the objective of trying to prevent these
endangered animals from complet.