Himalayan National Park :India February 14, 2006
Hemmed in on three sides by the towering peaks of the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh’s Great Himalayan National Park is undoubtedly the place to go for a rendezvous with the wildlife of these mountains. Here, amidst dense forests of blue pine and cedar, in high alpine meadows and mountain slopes which remain covered with snow throughout the year, lives one of the densest and most impressive populations of Himalayan wildlife.
The town closest to the Great Himalayan National Park is Kullu, which is about 60 km from the park. Kullu, as one of the most popular tourist destinations of Himachal Pradesh, is very well-connected to the rest of the country. Kullu’s airport, at Bhuntar, receives flights from across India, while the local bus station has links to most major cities in northern India, such as Shimla, Chandigarh, Delhi and Ambala. The nearest major railhead is at Chandigarh, although there’s a smaller rail station at Jogindernagar.
Himalayan bio-diversity always brings out a kind of mystique, that’s impossible to find anywhere else in the world. Corbett National Park, based at Ramnagar, 250-kms northeast of Delhi and 63-kms southwest of Nainital, is one of India’s premier wildlife reserves. Established in 1936 by Jim Corbett among others, as the Hailey National Park, India’s first, and later renamed in his honour, it is one of Himalayan India’s last expanses of wilderness.
Among the animals found in this part of the Western Himalayas are Musk Deer, Ghoral, Thar, Bharal, Serow, Brown Bear, Leopard and Snow Leopard. Bird life includes a variety of colourful Pheasants- Monal, Khalij, Cheer and Tragopan.
- Posted in : North India Tiger Park, Wild Life in India
- Author : seo4india
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