Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Orissa, India

Introduction of Wildlife Parks of Orissa

For Nature lovers, the state of Orissa offers delightful and adventurous wildlife tour. I simply love this place. There is nothing as exotic tourist destination on earth as like Wildlife. There are variety and rare kinds of specious animals in the earth like Lions, Leopards, Rhinos, Elephants, birds, crocodiles and reptiles can be spotted in the Orissa. The dense forest are the idle nest for the specious animals like Deer, Sambar, Black Panthers, Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Hyena, Wildboar, Bear, Porcupine, Reptiles, Blackbuck, Monkey, Squirrel, Jungle Cat, Hyena, Jackel, Karanja Lizards, Chameleon and Mangoose. Come and enjoy the exciting wildlife tour experience by visiting the most famous wildlife sanctuaries like Nandankanan, Similipal and Bhitakanika. This wildlife tour of Orissa giving the tourists an excellent opportunity to see nature's bounty, propagated. You can view the rare Tigers like White Tigers as well as Royal Bengal Tigers on the wildlife national parks of Orissa.



Nandan Kanan Wildlife Sanctuary :


This wildlife park established in the year 1979 on the Chandaka Forest of Khurda District. The name Nandankanan means "garden of pleasure", and this park combination of zoo, botanical garden and sanctuary 15-20 km from Bhubaneswar, the capital city Odisha. This wildlife sanctuary covering the 4.40 sq.km. area approximately. Nandan Kanan also famous for breeding center for gharial crocodiles. This wildlife sanctuary is famous for - the white tiger, with important research and breeding center. This Nandan Kanan wildlife park, endangered with variety of other species such as the Asiatic Lion, three Indian crocodilians, sanghai, lion tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, Indian pangolin, mouse deer and countless birds, reptiles, and fish. You can enjoy the rope-way journey that connecting to the Zoo with the Botanical Gardens over the lake. The boating facilities offers excellent entertainment opportunity for the tourists. A thrilling experience awaits you on the Lion Safari ( a wide stretch of open ground infested with Lions where the tourist get the chance to see lions on their natural habitat). The toy train journey with your children and family have added new feathers to Nandan Kanan, that making it a hot family favorite destination.


Similipal Wildlife Park :



Similipal National Park is not only the wonderful wildlife sanctuaries of Orissa but also one the famous wildlife national park of India. Similipal wildlife park is one of the 18 tiger conservation parks of India, situated in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. This similipal national park spread over a sprawling area of 2750 sq. kms approximately. The beautiful waterfalls, deciduous trees and Sal forests surrounded by thick wooden slopes, ridges, luxuriant grassland and picturesque hills. In 1973 Simlipal was declared as one of the tiger reservation projects in the country. In 1979 it declared as the wildlife national park of Orissa, India. The panoramic view of the waterfalls at Barehipani and joranda are simply enchanting of fish, are abundance in most of the rivers in the similipal park. You can find a wide variety of rare species in the reserve of similipal including spices like Tigers, Panthers, Elephants, Gaurs, Four horned Antelopes etc. Ratel, Pangolin, Giant squirrel, sambar, Cheetal and many more. The park has innumerable medicinal and aromatic plants, which act as a major source of income for the tribals people of the area. This wildlife tour of Similipal gives you an amazing travel experience for ever.


Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary :



Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the popular and most renowned wildlife sanctuaries in Odisha or Orissa. This Bhitarkanika wildlife park is famous for the rare breeding center for the Olive Ridley turtles and crocodiles. This wildlife sanctuary is spreading near about 650 sq kms area approximately and was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1975. In 1998 is converted into a national park. The rare species called Olive Ridley Sea Turtles flock here as one of the major tourist attraction of the park. The thick mangrove forest of Kendrapara district of Orissa, is home to a number of endangered and migratory birds. Tourist can find variety of reptiles, different types of mammals, birds, amphibians and fish in this park. Some of the rare mammals such as Hyena, Fishing Cat, Jungle Cat, Smooth Coated Otter, Civet, Indian Porcupine, Wild Boar, Spotted Deer and Sambar. Visitors get the chance to view the precious inhabitants spices on their natural habitat.



Some of the other popular wildlife sanctuaries in Orissa include Gahirmatha, Chilka, Sunabeda, Kotagarh, Karlapat and Debrigarh sanctuaries.