Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary is a wonderful forest area teeming with wildlife and plant species. It is an ideal destination for tourists who love to be amidst nature and enjoy the scenic pristine beauty of animals and birds in their natural habitat. Situated in the Adilabad District in Andhra Pradesh State, this picturesque sanctuary is approximately 250 km from Hyderabad city. The Sanctuary was built in the year 1964 to safeguard the various endangered species of flora and fauna.

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park, the wild life paradise, is situated in the Jubilee Hill region of Hyderabad. The park commands a total area of more than 345 acres that is filled with flora and fauna. There are over 130 kinds of rare bird species, 20 types of reptiles and 25 mammal species in the vast park land. Dangerous jungle cats, wild jungle boars, deadly snakes, rabbits, mongooses, civets, partridges, peacocks and fowls live in unison, sharing the park area. Tourists from all over the globe make it a point to visit the Brahmananda Park when they are on an Indian holiday.

Himayat Sagar Lake is a perfect place for picnic. This lake is counted amongst the beautiful lakes of Hyderabad. The road of the dam constructed on this lake offers a thrilling experience of driving. A peaceful combination of fresh air, lush green grass and gleaming water makes this lake a wonderful tourist spot.

Set up in 1959, National Zoological Park is considered to be one of the best zoological parks in Asia. The park has been specifically designed to provide a natural habitat to 2,000 species of birds and animals. It also serves as an excellent picnic spot.

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is undoubtedly one of the finest bird parks in the globe. It is a haven for rare fauna, Siberain cranes, water birds and various migratory birds. The bird sanctuary is also home to animals such as Sambhar, Chital, Boar and others.

Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the western border of Vindhyachal ranges and covers 50 sq. km area of Bassi in Chittorgarh District of Rajasthan. It is situated 5 km from Bassi Fort Palace, 25 km from Chittorgarh and 120 km from Udaipur. 

Nanda Devi Sanctuary is situated in the Chamoli district of Uttaranchal. Beautiful surroundings with abundant flora and fauna like Brahma-Kamal and Bharal (blue mountain goat) make this a residence of nature. This park has been declared as a world heritage site.

Located to the west of the Himalayas, the Valley of Flowers is exactly that: brimming with blooms of all kinds, shapes and sizes. It is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural beauty. A haven for rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, brown bear, blue sheep and the snow leopard, this place has a great landscape which, in turn, complements the rugged mountain wilderness of the Nanda Devi National Park.

Manas National Park is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. It has earned for itself recognition in terms of wildlife preservation for its Tiger Reserve, Elephant Reserve and Biosphere Reserve. Manas National Park is located along the Himalayan foothills and is a part of several districts of the state of Assam, India including Darrang, Kamrup, Nalban, Barbeta and Bongaigaon.

The Gologhat and Nagaon districts of Assam in India are host to one of the best National Parks in the world, known as the Kaziranga National Park. This World Heritage Site is home to almost two-thirds of the world’s entire one-horned Rhinoceroses population. It also has the highest number of tigers amongst all tiger preservation areas. This resulted in Kaziranga National Park being proclaimed as a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The Park also shelters elephants, swamp deer and several thousand animals, including a quite a few bird species.

Nature is a gift bestowed upon man by God, especially when it comes to the Borivali National Park. The park’s unimaginable beauty and charm has left people in Mumbai absorbed and astonished. It is a precious and a valuable gift which Mumbai cannot afford to lose.

If you are a history buff, then Akal Fossil Park is the place that could be of great interest to you. It will take you back in time to the pre-historic Jurassic Age, when the dinosaurs roamed freely on our planet Earth. This is the place where a dense forest stood around 180 million years ago. The area got submerged by the sea, and the trees transformed and got preserved in fossilized form

The Desert National Park is situated in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, near the town of Jaisalmer. It has been declared as a protected sanctuary under the Indian Wildlife Act. It is one of the largest national parks in India; spread in an area of 3162 sq km. around twenty percent of the whole area is covered by massive sand dunes.

The Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Southern Kerala’s Western Ghats. The sanctuary is spread over a sprawling area of more than 75 km. This unique wildlife park embraces parts of Udumpanchola and also Thodupuzha districts in Kerala. Some of the wild animals that can be seen in Idukki wildlife sanctuary are jungle cat, wild elephants, wild dogs, bears, bisons, wild boars and deer.

Chithirapuram was earlier one of the most underrated hill stations of Kerala. However, with a boom in tourism industry, the hill station recognized its real worth as a cherished tourist destination. The place is famous for tea plantations and all other good reasons. As a result, there is availability of huge number of tourist packages to this place.

Chinnar wildlife sanctuary is located in Kerala, the southernmost state of India. The place is well known for sheltering rich variety of plants and animal species. Some of these species fall in the category of endangered species. The place offers beautiful landscapes and is visited by a number of tourists every year.

The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is said to be the one and only home of the pure Asiatic Lion. The national park itself, which is a fully protected area, measures around 258 square kilometres while the sanctuary is 1154 square kilometres in totality. Gir National Park and Sanctuary is considered the most important of its kind in Asia due to its protected species of animals. It is located in the district of Junagadh State of Gujarat.

Corbett National Park, the oldest National Parks in the country, was formerly formed as Project Tiger in August 1936, as an Indian wild life protection program. With its main objective to secure shelter of perilously endangered species, the Bengal Tiger or the famous White Tigers.

I had heard a lot about it and for last three years was waiting for the right time to go there – the right time being when it rained and in ample amount. Sadly, the right time never came and this time I decided to still go to the Keoladeo National Park.

In what was once, the hunting lodges of the Mysore Maharajas now lies the Kabini Sanctuary. It is right inside the Karapur forest and is filled with nature’s bounty. There are pools, spectacular valleys and rapids to appeal to your adrenaline.

Punnathur Kotta in Kottapadi is famous for the herd of elephants that live here in service of the Guruvayoor Temple in Thrissur district of Kerala, South India. This Anakotta or elephant pound is very popular with tourists who come here to spend a day with these gentle tuskers. All these elephants belong to the Guruvayoor temple and are trained for temple-related dutues.

The Silent Valley National Park stretches across an area of 89.52 square kms across the Kundali Hills in the Western Ghats in Kerala. It’s an undisturbed tropical, evergreen, rain forest that houses many rare plants and herbs. The Park is also home to a wide variety of butterflies.

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats is a part of the Wayanad plateau in Kerala, South India. The Park presents a unique wilderness experience to anyone who would like to spend a day in nature’s lap amidst thick forests and exuberant wildlife.

The Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve is a wonderful wildlife park with a rich biosphere of flora and fauna. The park whose total area is about 778 km sq, is located 1200 to 1800 m above sea level. Dense vegetation surround the man-made Periyar lake. The flora varies from low-lying grasslands near the lake to steep hills, further away.

Eravikulam National Park in Kerala is a 97 sq. km. wildlife park which has the largest population of the endangered nilgiri tahr. The Park is located in the Kannan Devan Hills of the western ghats in Kerala state, India. The Park is set in an elevation of 2000 meters above mean sea level. It’s a rolling plateau of grasslands, shrubs and dense forests with Anamudi (2690 m) as its highest peak.