When talking about adventure activities most of us would surely imagine about land, air and water adventure sports. However, in the hills and forests one must try the thrill and adventure involved in wildlife Jungle Safaris, where you can easily get a lot of fun and thrills on your holidays. These are guided expeditions mostly in National Parks and Wildlife sanctuaries of Uttarakhand where you’ll surely get to experience a diversity of flora and fauna with a number of things that you might have never seen and experience before. Wildlife Jungle Safaris mostly cover all the important aspects of a particular region as this isn’t your usual tour where you’ll be presented with a handful of information.
BENEFITS OF GUIDED JUNGLE EXPEDITIONS: Additionally with thrill seeking and fun you’ve also got yourselves a whole lot of information on the topography, wildlife, plant species, weather and other important information of the whole region that would be handy in the future. With the assistance of experienced professionals you’ll get a closer look on the diverse wildlife and their habits and way of living. Travel guides would present you with almost all the information about the place, climate, nearby regions, habitation and all other related factors.
These forests also have nearby local villages where you get to experience the way of living of people and their survival instincts.
Wildlife Jungle Safari Places
1. Corbett
Corbett National Park is probably the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The Corbett national park is among the most famous regions to spot the majestic Bengal tiger. Other than that plenty of flora and fauna is available for exploration in the park area. The tiger reserve area in Corbett National park has drawn the attention of many adventure lovers since many decades with its breathtaking landscapes and diversity in wildlife. The entire area of Corbett Tiger Reserve stretches till 1288.31 sq kms and covers three districts of the state viz., Nainital, Almora and Pauri. Beautiful rivers, ridges and streams crossing the entire terrain provide the region with amazing types of landscapes. The vivid mosaic od habitats that are dry and wet, mountainous and plain, grasslands and plains support a number of animal and plant species that represent the plains and Himalayan ecosystem as well.
2.binsar Wildlife
Just 22 kms ahead from the famous town of Almora lies the most serene and beautiful region of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. Located within the vicinity of the Himalayas on the top of the hills of Jhandi Dhar, the place is located at 33 kms north of the town of Almora in the state of Uttarakhand. A traveller can see Himalayan peaks such as Shivling, Trisul, Nanda Devi, Kedarnath. Earlier the town of Binsar was summer capital of Chand Kings, who ruled the Kumaon hills from 11th to 18th centuries AD. The town of Binsar got established in 1998 for protection and conservation of shrinking broad lead oak (Quercus) forests of the Central region of Himalayas and also has got more than 200 bird species. The town of Binsar got a museum regarding the fauna and flora of the region. The wildlife sanctuary is mainly known for a wide variety of flora that ranges from around 25 to 24 different types of bushes and trees to seven other grass varieties. The sanctuaries higher altitudes get covered with rhododendron and oak trees. The months of March and April are when the flowers, mainly the ruby red rohodendron remain in full bloom.
3.raja Ji National Park
The famous Rajaji National park and Tiger reserve encompasses Shivaliks, near the Himalayan foothills and spreads over an area of about 820 km2 and for about 3 different districts of the state viz. Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal and Haridwar. In the year 1983 three other wildlife sanctuaries were merged up namely the Rajaji, Motichur and the Chilla. The name the national park is mainly kept after independent India’s last Governer-General C. Rajagopalachari who was among the very first recipients for the highly prestigious Bharat Ratna award in 1954. The park is one of the largest ecosystems of the Shivalik Range and is rich in fossils that are 10 million year old. Besides having different kinds of brooks and streams the place offers a number of opportunities for nature lovers for captivating wildlife and landscape. Rajaji National Park is a habitat for diverse wildlife species like the Leopard, Tiger, Cheetal, Himalayan bear, barking deer, Himalayan yellow-throated marten, wild boar, Sambar deer, jackal, hyena, leopard cat, sloth bears, king cobra, Indian cobra, monitor lizard and the famous Asian Elephant.