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Name of National Park / Sanctuary |
Best time
to
Visit |
Animals &
Species found |
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Andhra Pradesh |
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Kolleru Pelicanry |
December - March |
Pelicans, flamingo, heron, painted
stork, avocent, teal and tern |
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Nagarjunasagar Srisailam
Sanctuary |
October – June |
Tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild boar, chital, sambar, nilgai,
blackbuck, jackal, fox, wolf and crocodile. |
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Assam |
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Kaziranga
National Park |
February - May |
Great Indian one horned rhinoceros, wild buffalo, elephant,
gaur, leopard cat, wild boar, civet cat, swamp deer, hog
deer, sambar, tiger, python, pelican, partridge and
florican |
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Manas
National Park |
February |
Elephant, tiger, panther, gaur, wild buffalo, great Indian
one-horned rhino, golden langur, civet cat, otter, swamp
deer, hot, water monitor, wild boar, great pied hornbill,
florican |
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Bihar |
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Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary |
October - June |
Tiger, leopard, sambar, chital, nilgai, wild boar, wild cat,
peafowl, etc |
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Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary |
October – June |
Elephant, leopard, wild boar, wild cat, peafowl, etc |
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Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary |
Throughout the year |
elephant, panther, wild boar, barking deer, gaur, chital, sambar,
peafowl. |
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Goa,
Daman And Diu |
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Mollem Wildlife Sanctuary |
November - May |
Gaur, sambar, mouse deer, barking deer, panther, flying
squirrel, porcupine, civet cat, ant-eater, slender loris,
grey jungle fowl |
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Gujarat |
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Gir
National Park |
December - mid June |
Asiatic lion, panther, striped hyena, sambar, nilgai, chital,
four horned antelope, chinkara, wild boar, crocodile.
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Indian Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary (Little
Rann of Kutch) |
January - mid June |
Wild ass, nilgai, wolf, chinkara. |
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Marine
National Park |
November - February |
Corals, octopus, puffer-fish, stork, heron, ibis, flamingo,
pelican, wader. |
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Jammu and Kashmir |
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Dachigam
National Park |
April - November |
Leopard, black bear, brown bear, serow, musk deer, hangul (barasingha). |
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Himachal Pradesh |
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The
Great Himalayan National Park |
April - June, Sept. to October |
Thar, serow, goral, black bear, kalij, chir, koklas, chakor,
partridge, civet, marten, flying fox |
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Karnataka |
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Bandipur National Park
(Tiger Reserve) |
March - August |
Indian elephant, tiger, gaur, sambar,
chital, barking deer, wild dog, wild boar, jackal, sloth
bear, panther, four horned antelope, Malabar squirrel,
olive pigeon, jungle fowl, partridge, bush quail, etc |
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Bennarghatta
National Park |
Throughout the year |
Elephant, sloth bear, chital, barking deer, grey partridge, bush
quail, jungle fowl, etc. |
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Nagarhole National Park |
October - March |
Elephant, tiger, panther, chital,
sambar, sloth bear, junglefowl, partridge, etc. |
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Kerala |
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Periyar
National Park
(Tiger Reserve) |
October - April |
Elephant, tiger, panther, wild dog, gaur, sloth bear, nilgai,
wild boar, sambar and barking deer. |
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Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary |
October - April |
Elephant, gaur, leopard, tiger, sloth
bear, nilgai, chital, sambar, crocodile. |
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Madhya Pradesh |
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Kanha
National Park |
March - June |
Tiger, panther, gaur, barasingha, chital, samber, blackbuck,
four-horned antelope, barking deer, mouse deer, nilgai,
wild dog, boar |
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Bandhavgarh
National Park |
November - June |
Tiger, panther, gaur, chital, sambar, nilgai, chinkara, barking
deer, bear, wild boar and a variety of upland birds. |
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Maharashtra |
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Tadoba
National Park |
May - June |
Tiger, panther, sloth bear, gaur, samber nilgai, chital,
chinkara, crocodile |
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Dhakna-Kolkaz Sanctuary
(Tiger Reserve) |
April - May |
Tiger, panther, gaur, sloth bear, sambar, barking deer, four
horned antelope, wild boar, chital and birds. |
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Manipur |
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Keibul
Lamjao National Park |
February - April |
Brown-antlered deer, wild goat and water birds. |
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Dampa Wildlife Sanctuary |
November - February |
Elephant, tiger, leopard, sambar, barking deer, Himalayan bear,
wild boar, wild dog, wild cat, gaur, leopard cat, king
cobra, python, hornbill, pheasant, etc. |
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Nagaland |
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Intangki Wildlife Sanctuary |
November - March |
Gaur, boar, elephant, barking deer, bear, clouded leopard,
panther, tiger, pangolin and various kinds of reptiles |
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Orissa |
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Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary |
Summer and winter |
Gharial and mugger, tiger, leopard, jungle cat, civet, gaur,
ratel four-horned antelope, hornbill, jungle fowl and
other birds |
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Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary |
Winter |
Salt-water crocodile, leopard cat, hyena, jungle cat, leopard,
wild boar, chital, sambar, giant squirrel, water monitor,
sea-turtle, king cobra, python, painted stork, adjustant
stork, openbilled stork, white ibis, black ibis, etc |
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Chilka Wildlife Sanctuary |
Winter |
Blackbuck, chital, ibis, crane, cormorant, egret, flamingo, and
pelican. |
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Simlipal
National Park
(Tiger Reserve) |
Winter |
Tiger, Elephant, Gaur, chital, leopard, mouse deer, flying
squirrel and mugger |
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Punjab |
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Harike Headworks Sanctuary |
October - March |
Duck, pochard, teal, coot, waterhen, geese, nilgai and wild boar |
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Rajasthan |
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Ranthambore
National Park
(Tiger Reserve) |
All year round except July, August and September |
Tiger, panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, chital, nilgai,
bear, wild boar, partridge, olive pigeon, red spur fowl,
etc |
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Sariska
National Park
(Tiger Reserve) |
All year round except July, August and September |
Tiger, panthaer, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, chinkara,
nilgai, four horned antelope, partiridge, olive pigeon,
red spur fowl |
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Desert Sanctuary |
All year round |
Great Indian bustard, blackbuck, chinkara |
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Sikkim |
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Kanchendzonga
National Park |
February - April, October and November |
Snow leopard, clouded leopard, marbled cat, civet, binturong,
Himalayan black bear, red panda, Tibetan wild ass, blue
sheep, serow, goral, takin, musk deer, pheasant,
partridge, olive pigeon. |
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Tamil Nadu |
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Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary |
February - June |
Elephant, gaur, chital sambar, tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild
dog, etc. |
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Mundanthuri Wildlife Sanctuary |
September - November |
Tiger, chital, sambar, wild boar, lion-tailed macaque |
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Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary |
January - September |
Blackbuck, chital, wild boar, flamingoes |
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Kalakkadu Wildlife Sanctuary |
Whole year |
Lion-tailed macaque |
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Uttar Pradesh |
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Corbett National Park
(Tiger Reserve) |
November - May |
Elephant, tiger, panther, sloth bear,
nilgai, sambar, chital, wild boar, porcupine, peafowl, red
jungle fowl, partridge, both species of Indian inland
crocodiles, goral and four-horned antelope. |
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Dudhwa
National Park |
November – May |
Tiger, panther, sloth bear, sambar, swamp deer, barking deer,
nilgai, peafowl, junglefowl, partidge, etc. |
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West Bengal |
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Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary |
December - May |
Rhino, elephant, tiger, leopard, wild boar, gaur, barking deer,
hog deer, sambar and a variety of birds |
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Sunderbans
National Park
|
September - May |
Tiger, different species of deer, wild boar, estuarine
crocodile, Gangetic dolphin |
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