Tuesday 6 September 2011

Ranthambore National Park Exotic Indian Wildlife


Ranthambore National Park is a superlative Indian wildlife sanctuary and it is a very famous national park of Asia. National Park is located in Swai Madhopur district of Rajasthan state. It is well- known for the tigers and many other animals. It is declare a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and change into the division of project tiger in 1973 and it is declared National Park in 1980.
The National Park is scattered approximately in 400sq.km and it is located nearby Thar Desert. Indian Wildlife natural beauty fauna and flora are main attraction of this park. National Park is also known as heritage site of Rajasthan. This park is an ideal goal to spot the royal Bengal tigers. Indian wildlife includes endangered and rare animals such as tigers, Asian elephants, leopards and nilgai. Species present are hyena, jungle cat, jackal, wild boar, porcupine, marsh crocodile, sloth bear, langur, spotted deer, Indian gazelle, sambar and Asiatic stags. This park is also a house to a variety of beautiful and colorful birds. There are includes birds such as Sandpipers, Darters, Great Crested Grebe, Flamingos, Gulls, Egrets, Indian Gray Hornbills, Asian Palm Swift, Snipes, Nightjars, Common Kingfishers, Bee Eaters and Finches in the park.
The landscape is covering with the belt of dry deciduous forests with very old Banyan Trees, Pipal Trees, Dhok Trees, Ranj Trees, Salai Trees, Ber Trees and Palm Trees. This Park contains a very big variety of birds, animals, insects, amphibians and reptiles within it. According to government data this National Park is the residence of over 270 different species of birds, 300 different species of trees, 50 different species aquatic plants, 30 different species of mammals, 12 different species of reptiles and including the tigers. It is wealthy in fauna and flora both.
The Ranthambore National Park is the first Project Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. It is counted among best national parks in India. This park is surrounded by the river Banas in the north and river Chambal in the south. There are three water features Milak Tank, Rajbaugh Lake and Padam tank are a residence to range of migratory birds.

Jogi Mahal and Ranthambore fort are major tourist attractions here. The Jogi Mahal is most famous for its second biggest Banyan tree in India. This fort is one of the oldest forts in Rajasthan and it was built in the 10th century.

How to Reach There: Jaipur is the nearest Airport about 170 KM. Sawai Madhopur is the nearest Railway station about 11 KM connected railway network from all Indian major cities.

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