Rajaji National Park is situated in Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri
Garhwal districts of Uttarakhand. Spread over an impressing area
of 820 sq. kms, the famous park comprises of the Shivalik range of the
Himalayas. Rajaji National Park is
the outcome of the merger of Chilla, Motichur and Rajaji wildlife
sanctuaries which were together merged in 1983. The park has been
named after the prominent leader of freedom struggle C.Rajagopalachari was
popularly known as Rajaji.
Rajaji National Park falls in IUCN category 2 of the national parks.
It boasts of wide range of flora and fauna. The forest of the park is diverse
and contained important indigeneous plants like shorea, mallotus, bridelia
and phoeve etc. The park is also famous for tropical and the sub
tropical moist broad leave forest. The park is dominated by thick green jungles
and thus acts as perfect habitat for a wide variety of animals. The park is
home to elephants and tigers. Other notable animals are
leopard, jungle cat, Himalayan black bear, king kobra, striped hyena, Indian
langoor, python, wild boar, Indian porcupine, monitor lizard etc.
The park is reported to have more than 315 species of birds and the
count reaches to 500 and more in the season of migration. The park dominantly holds pea fowls, woodpeckers ,
kingfisher, barbets, great pied hornbill ,himalayan pied kingfisher as well
as fire tailed sunbird. This area is the first resting point for the
migratory birds which cross Himalayas. Species like trout and mahaseer
live in the rivers of the park.
The park is accessible from Dehradun, Kotdwar, Haridwar Rishikesh etc. With such an amazing diversity of living
creatures, the park remains as the favourite of tourists and adventure
loving people.
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HOW TO REACH RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK
The
way from Delhi to Rajaji National Park is via Meerut, Khatauli, Muzaffar Nagar,
Roorkee, Haridwar to Chilla located on the other side of the river Ganges.
Air : Nearest airport is Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 35km. Jolly Grant
Airport which is only a few kilometers away from the Northern Boundary of the
Park has a daily 55 minutes flight from Delhi.
Rail : Nearest railhead is at Haridwar ( 24Km.), Dehradun (56Km.) and Rishikesh (18 Km).
Road : The National Park is 220 kms. from Delhi & from Lucknow it is at a distance of 510km.Chilla is 8 Km. from Haridwar Railway Station which is well connected to major cities and 24 Km. from Rishikesh.
Nearest Attractions : Haridwar (9 Km), Rishikesh (18 Km)
Some Major Accesses : Kotdwar(75 Km.), Dehradun(56 Km), Mussouri (98 Km.).
Road : The National Park is 220 kms. from Delhi & from Lucknow it is at a distance of 510km.Chilla is 8 Km. from Haridwar Railway Station which is well connected to major cities and 24 Km. from Rishikesh.
Nearest Attractions : Haridwar (9 Km), Rishikesh (18 Km)
Some Major Accesses : Kotdwar(75 Km.), Dehradun(56 Km), Mussouri (98 Km.).
Rajaji National Park is situated along the hills
and foothills of Shivalik ranges in the Himalayan foothills and represents the
Shivalik eco-system. On the map it is located between Haridwar (Latitude 290
56’ 40”) and Dehradun (Latitude 300 20’ North) and 790 80’ E Longitude
(Dehradun 780 01’ 15” E (Ramgarh), Chillawali- 770 54’ 30” East). Altitude: 300
meters to 1350 meters
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