OT Staff & Waquar Habib
Home to giant tortoises, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies and equatorial penguins, the Galápagos offer unmatched biodiversity shaped by isolation, inspiring Darwin’s theory of evolution.
The park shelters Komodo dragons—the world’s largest venomous lizards—alongside wild boars, buffalo and vibrant coral reef species, creating a Jurassic-like ecosystem across volcanic islands.
This mangrove forest hosts swimming Bengal tigers, estuarine crocodiles, fishing cats and rare river dolphins, thriving in brackish waters and tidal creeks.
Kaziranga boasts the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses, plus swamp deer, wild elephants and migratory birds like pelicans and storks during winter.
A biodiversity hotspot, Manas protects pygmy hogs, golden langurs, clouded leopards and wild water buffalo, blending grasslands and forests along the Himalayan foothills.
This mountain range harbours lion-tailed macaques, Nilgiri tahrs, endemic frogs and vibrant butterflies, making it one of the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biodiversity.
Sharp limestone formations shelter indri lemurs, bats, colourful chameleons and rare amphibians, thriving in a surreal karst landscape unlike any other on Earth.
Seasonal floods transform desert into wetlands, attracting elephants, lions, leopards, hippos and over 400 bird species, making it Africa’s most dynamic wildlife spectacle.
The reef supports over 1,500 fish species, sea turtles, dugongs and reef sharks, forming the planet’s largest coral ecosystem visible even from space.
A sanctuary for the endangered Iberian lynx, imperial eagles and migrating birds, Doñana’s marshes and dunes offer critical refuge for Europe’s rarest fauna.