Rajaji National Park
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Location :
Haridwar, Dehradun, Pauri (Uttaranchal).
Covered Area : 820 sq. kms.
Main Attractions : Elephant
Best Time To Visit : Mid-November
To Mid-June.
Accommodation
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Arrival
Information :
-- By Rail : Nearest railway station is Dehradun, Haridwar.
-- By Air : Jolly Grant Airport, which is only a few kilometers away from the Northern Boundary of the Park has
a daily flight from Delhi.
-- By Road :It is very well connected by road from Saharanpur, which in turn is very well connected by rail to
Delhi, Lucknow, Amritsar,
Jammu Tawi and Calcutta.
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Nearby Excursions : Rishikesh,
Haridwar.
-- Nearby Cities : Dehradun
The Rajaji National Park
is rich in faunal wealth because of the varied types of ecological niches
existing in the reserve. The main groups occur are birds, mammals
& reptiles snakes and lizards, amphibians (frogs & toads)
and fishes, and chiefly the invertebrate groups are, the scorpions,
centipedes, Odonata (dragon & damselflies), hymenoptera (wasps,
bees, etc.) Isoptera (termites) and lepidoptera which comprises more than 60
species. Our National bird Peacock
is found here in abundance.
The smaller carnivores as copredators are leopard cat, jungle cat , civet
cat and yellow throated martin. Besides, other mammals like hyaena, jackal and
bengal fox are not an uncommon sight and work as scavangers in the park.
all 49 mammals species are belonging to 42 genera, in 21 families and
nine orders have been recorded. According to census done in 1999 there are 445
elephants, 32 tigers and 177 leopards, besides thousands of other wild animals
in the park.
315 birds species
are reported to occur in the park. Birds like ducks, teals, cormorants, egrets,
lapwing, pond herons, pea fowl, jungle fowl, various species of partridges and
pheasants, drongo, crows, owlets and nightjars, birds of prey, etc, are quite
common.
Twenty eight species of snakes, 12
species of turtles & tortoises and 9 species of lizards among
Reptilia are being recorded from the park.
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