OT Staff
This place is home to leopards, striped hyenas, desert foxes, golden jackals, chital, Indian palm civets, blue bulls, jungle cats, Indian pittas, dusky eagle-owls, Indian roller, shikra and other fauna.
Every year, more than 100 migratory bird species arrive at Sultanpur National Park in search of feeding grounds and to pass the winter. Visitors can see them from four watch towers (machans).
Some 245 kilometres from Delhi-NCR is Jim Corbett National Park, India’s first national park. Visitors can spot Indian elephants, leopards, the Bengal tiger, jungle cats, chital, sloth bears and more animal species here.
Situated in Alwar, this reserve in the Aravall Hills is home to Bengal tigers, rhesus macaques, sambar deer, chital, wild boar, sandgrouse and crested serpent eagles. It is 198 kilometres from Delhi-NCR.
Also known as the Mussoorie Wildlife Sanctuary, this protected area is home to leopards, elephants, Bengal tigers, Himalayan goats, antelopes, red-breasted partridges, brahminy kites and red-billed blue magpies.
Once a private game reserve, Ranthambore National Park is one of the world’s best known wilderness areas. Apart from the Bengal tiger, visitors can also spot sloth bears, leopards, caracals, jackals and mongooses here.
Encompassing the Shivalik Hills, Rajaji National Park is home to the goral, Himalayan tahr, chital, sambar deer, Northern red muntjac, Indochinese hog deer, nilgai, wild boar, sloth bear, Bengal tiger and Indian leopard.
Formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Keoladeo National Park is recognised as one of the world’s most important bird breeding and feeding grounds. It is 201 kilometres from Delhi-NCR.