ANDHRA PRADESH: The largest of the four South Indian states, Andhra Pradesh, has a varied terrain with a rich and interesting population of birds and animals. a with national park status. While most of the sanctuaries have accommodation, the tourist ...
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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: These islands lying in the Bay of Bengal were once a hill range stretching from Sumatra (Indonesia), 75 miles (120 km) to the south, to Burma. Many of the islands are still covered with rich tropical ...
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Two of Sri Lanka’s most precious and purest gems do not lie hidden in that primeval gravel called llama that lies beneath the island’s layer of alluvial clay; they are found on the surface, spreading over a fair area of ...
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The Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, now one of the 16 Project Tiger Reserves in India, is an interesting example of how development need not be incompatible with the requirements of wildlife. A hundred years ago, a British engineer, Colonel J. Pennycuick, ...
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The large area originally known as Wynad on the northeastern slopes of the Nilgiri mountains now holds three parks in three states. The Wynad sanctuary in Kerala to the west; Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka to the north; and Mudumalai ...
Read More »NAGARAHOLE AND BANDIPUR NATIONAL PARK
Tall trees, swaying bamboos and grassy expanses. Calls of mynas and drongos that pierce the gentle murmur of forest streams. A herd of gaur in the morning sun, with massive horned heads and pale green eyes that stare back at ...
Read More »WILPATTU NATIONAL PARK
Eighteen miles (30 km) south along Route A 12 from the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura is a little evergrowing hamlet amidst green surroundings known as Thmbiriwewa. At this spot is the turn-off to one of Sri Lanka’s most ...
Read More »BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
Bandhavgarh is a new national park with a very long history. Set among the Vindhya hills of Madhya Pradesh with an area of 168 sq miles (437 sq km), it contains a wide variety of habitats and a high density ...
Read More »KANHA NATIONAL PARK
Kanha in Madhya Pradesh (five hours driving from Jabalpur, six from Nagpur) has sometimes been called the N’Gorongoro of India. The simile is apt, albeit Kanha is far greener and its cordon of hills far more densely wooded. Unlike Tanzania’s ...
Read More »GIR NATIONAL PARK AND SANCTUARY
The lion has always occupied a unique position in India. More than 2000 years ago Emperor Ashoka chose to inscribe some of his edicts on the famous lion capital of Sarnath which is today the emblem of the Republic of ...
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