|
*Nearest Airport
(A) and Railway Station (R) and their distance from the Reserve |
|
National
Park / Sanctuary, State & District |
Area and best time to visit
|
Distance*
|
Species found
|
|
Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh-Mandla & Balaghat |
1945 sq. kms
March to June |
| (A) |
Nagpur - 270
kms |
| (R) |
Jabalpur -170
kms
Nagpur - 260
kms
Chiridongri (S.E
Rly) - 110 kms |
|
Tiger, panther, gaur, barasingha, chital, sambar, blackbuck, chousingha, barking deer, mouse deer, nilgai, wild dog, boar |
|
Gir National Park and Sanctuary
Gujarat-Junagadh |
1412.13 sq. kms
December to mid June |
| (A) |
Keshod - 86 kms Rajkot - 186 kms |
| (R) |
Sasan Gir (W. Rly) village is near the Rly. station |
|
Asiatic lion, panther, striped hyena, sambar, nilgai, chital, chousingha, chinkara, wild boar, crocodile |
|
Simlipal National Park Orissa-Mayurbhanj |
2200 sq. kms
Winter
|
| (A) |
Bhubaneswar - 350 kms |
| (R) |
Baripada - 50 kms |
|
Tiger, elephant, gaur, chital, leopard, mouse deer, flying squirrel and mugger |
|
Sunderbans National Park West Bengal-24 Parganas |
1330.10 sq. kms
Sept.- May |
| (A) |
Dum Dum - 112 kms |
| (R) |
Port Canning Eastern Railway - 48 kms |
|
Tiger, different species of deer, wild boar, estuarine crocodile, Gangetic dolphin |
|
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary West
Bengal-Jalpaiguri |
100 sq. kms
Oct.-May |
| (A) |
Bagdogra - 13 km from Siliguri |
| (R) |
Hashimara - 20 kms |
| (R) |
Birpara - 20 kms |
|
One-horned rhino, tiger, wild elephant, deer, swamp deer, hog deer, wild pig, peafowl |
|
Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh-Guntur, Prakasam, Kurnool, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda |
3568 sq. kms
Oct.-June |
| (A) |
Hyderabad |
| (R) |
Hyderabad |
|
Tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild boar, chital, sambar, nilgai, blackbuck, jackal, fox, wolf and crocodile |
|
Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary
Karnataka-Mysore |
27 sq. kms
July-Aug |
| (A) |
Bangalore
- 110
kms |
| (R) |
Srirangapatnam
- 10 kms |
|
Open-billed stork, white ibis, little egret, cattle egret, darter, cormorant, pond heron, river tern, spoon bill, crocodile |
|
Vedanthangal Water Birds Sanctuary Tamil Nadu |
0.3 sq. kms
Nov.-Feb. |
| (A) |
Meenambakkam
-
70 kms |
| (R) |
Chingleput
- 28 kms |
|
Different water birds
|
|
Nagarhole National Park
Karnataka-Coorg |
643.39 sq. kms
Oct.-Mar.
|
| (A) |
Bangalore - 220 kms |
| (R) |
Mysore - 90 kms |
|
Elephant, tiger, panther, chital, sambar, sloth bear, jungle fowl, partridge |
|
Bandipur National
Park Karnataka-Mysore |
874.20 sq. kms
March-Aug |
| (A) |
Bangalore - 190 kms |
| (R) |
Mysore - 65 kms |
|
Elephant, tiger, gaur, sambar, chital, barking deer, wild dog, wild boar, jackal, sloth bear, panther, chousingha, malabar squirrel, green pigeon, jungle fowl |
| Mudumalai Sanctuary Tamil Nadu-The Nilgiris |
321 sq.kms
Feb. to June |
| (A) |
Coimbatore - 160 kms |
| (R) |
Ooty - 64 kms
Mysore |
|
Elephant, gaur, chital, sambar, tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild dog |
| Periyar National Park Kerala-Iddukki |
777 sq. kms
Oct.-April
|
| (A) |
Cochin - 200 kms |
| (R) |
Madurai - 140 kms
Kottayam |
|
Elephant, tiger, panther, wild dog, gaur, sloth bear, nilgai, wild boar, sambar and barking deer |
