National Park/Sanctuary,
State & District |
Area and best time to visit |
Nearest Airport (A) and Railway Station
(R) and their distance from the Reserve |
Species found |
Dachigam National Park
Jammu & Kashmir - Srinagar |
141 sq. kms
April to November |
(A) Srinagar - 22 kms
(R) Jammu - 200 kms |
Leopard, black bear, brown bear, serow, musk
deer, hangul |
Corbett National Park
Uttar Pradesh - Nainital/Garhwal |
520.82 sq. kms
November to May |
(A) Pantnagar (Nainital) - 110kms
(R) Ramnagar (Nainital) - 51 kms |
Elephant, tiger, panther, sloth bear, nilgai, sambar,
chital, wild boar, porcupine, peafowl, red jungle fowl, partridge,
crocodiles, goral and chousingha |
Dudhwa National Park
Uttar Pradesh - Lakhimpur Kheri |
498.29 sq. kms
November to May |
(A) Lucknow - 250 kms
(R) Dudhwa - 4 kms |
Tiger, panther, sloth bear, sambar, swamp deer, chital,
hog deer, barking deer, nilgai, peafowl, junglefowl, partridge |
Desert Sanctuary
Rajasthan-Jaisalmer, Barmer |
3162 sq. kms
All the year |
(A) Jodhpur
(R) Jaisalmer (32 km) |
Great Indian bustard, blackbuck, chinkara |
Sariska National Park
Rajasthan-Alwar |
765.80 sq. kms
All the year except July, August & September |
(A) Jaipur - 108 kms
(R) Alwar - 21 kms |
Tiger, panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet,
sambar, nilgai, chousingha, partridge, green pigeon, red spurfowl |
Keoladeo Ghana National Park
Rajasthan-Bharatpur |
28.73 sq. kms
1st Oct to end of Feb. |
(A) Agra - 50 kms
(R) Bharatpur - 2kms
176 kms from Delhi
176 kms from Jaipur
52 kms from Agra
35 kms from Mathura |
Siberian crane, cormorant, stork, spoon bill,
quail, coot, heron, teal, tern, sambar, chital, blackbuck, wild boar,
civet |
Ranthambore National Park
Rajasthan, Sawai Madhopur |
392 sq. kms
All the year except July, August & September |
(A) Jaipur - 145 kms
(R) Sawai Madhopur - 11 kms |
Tiger, panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, chital,
nilgai, bear, wild boar, partridge, green pigeon, red spurfowl |
Manas Tiger Reserve
Assam-Barpeta |
2840 sq. kms
Nov. to April |
(A) Guwahati (186 kms)
(R) Barpeta Road - 40 kms |
Elephant, tiger, panther, gaur, wild buffalo, rhino,
golden langur, civet, otter, swamp deer, hog deer, sambar, pigmy hog,
wild boar, great pied hornbill, florican |
Kaziranga National Park
Assam-Jorhat |
430 sq. kms
Nov. to April |
(A) Guwahati - 217 kms
Jorhat - 84 kms
(R) Jorhat |
Great Indian one-horned rhino, wild buffalo, elephant,
gaur, leopard cat, wild boar, civet, otter, swamp deer, sambar, tiger,
python, pelican, partridge, florican |
Namdhapha National Park
Margherita-Arunachal Pradesh |
180.7 sq. kms
October to March |
(A) Dibrugarh - 163 kms
(R) Ledo - 56 kms |
Tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, snow leopard, gaur,
goral, takin, hoolock gibbon, slow loris, musk deer, binturong, red
panda, assamese macaque, hornbill, jungle fowl, pheasants |
Keibul Lam Jao National Park
Manipur-Central |
40 sq. kms
December to May |
(A) Imphal (32 kms)
(R) Dimapur (229 kms) |
Brow-antlered deer, wild boar and water birds |
Wild Ass Sanctuary in and around the Little Rann of
Kutch
Gujarat-Surendranagar |
4841 sq. kms
January to mid June |
(A)Ahmedabad - 156 kms
(R) Dhrangadhra - 25 kms
Bajana - 10 kms |
Wild ass, nilgai, wolf, chinkara |
Bandhavgarh National Park
Madhya Pradesh-Shahdol |
105.40 sq.kms
November to June |
(A) Jabalpur - 170 kms
Khajuraho - 210 kms
(R) Umaria (S.E. Rly) - 30 kms |
Tiger, panther, gaur, chital,
sambar, nilgai, chinkara, barking deer, bear, wild boar and a variety
of upland birds |
Palamau Tiger Reserve
Bihar-Daltonganj |
1026 sq. kms
All the year |
(A) Ranchi - 180 kms
(R) Chipadohar - 80 kms |
Elephant, panther, wild boar, barking deer,
gaur, chital, sambar, peafowl |
