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The site India Travels and Destinations offers
you details regarding online reservation and tour booking
for wildlife tours to the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. The Bharatpur
Bird Sanctuary is located at a distance of 57 kilometers from
Agra, India.
Bharatpur is popularly known as the Keoladeo Ghana National
Park. Keoladeo is basically the name of an ancient temple
that is located at the center of the Bharatpur bird sanctuary
in Agra, India. This wildlife park is situated on the Delhi-Jaipur
highway and a perfect place to go bird watching as this wildlife
sanctuary is one of the best bird sanctuaries in the world.
In the year 1760 the Ajan Dam was constructed to save the
town of Bharatpur from annual floods and the depression that
came into existence after extraction of soil for building
the dam turned into the Bharatpur Lake. This area was developed
to serve as a duck shooting wildlife preserve for the royalty
of Bharatpur. This area was declared to be a national park
in the year 1982.
The 40 square kilometer swampy Bharatpur bird sanctuary
is home to more than 300 species of birds. During your wildlife
tours to the Bharatpur Bird sanctuary or the Keoladeo National
Park you get an opportunity to see a variety of water birds
and migratory birds. The special feature of the Bharatpur
bird sanctuary in Agra, India is the fact that Siberian Cranes
fly in and stay at this bird sanctuary during the winter months.
Besides birds you can also spot animals such as the boar,
Chital, Nilgai and Sambar during your wildlife tours to the
Bharatpur bird sanctuary or the Keoladeo National Park in
Agra, India.
The perfect time to go on wildlife tours to the Bharatpur
bird sanctuary in Agra, India is during the months of October
to January. During your wildlife tours to the Bharatpur bird
sanctuary Agra, India you get an opportunity to see various
species of pelicans, cranes, flycatchers, buntings, larks,
pipits, wagtails, stints, eagles, hawks geese, shanks, ducks
and warblers.
There are quite a few well-known forest trails at the Bharatpur
bird sanctuary that can be traversed on foot or on cycles.
Boat rides on the lakes at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary
during your wildlife tours to this lovely bird sanctuary can
prove to be the most interesting and exciting bird watching
experience of your life.
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