Turekela Wildlife Sanctuary sits about 98 km from Balangir in western Odisha, a quiet stretch of dry deciduous forest near the Chhattisgarh border. It is not a safari park with ticket counters and fixed slots, and that is exactly why it suits travellers who want raw...
National parks in Tamil Nadu range from tiger forests in the Nilgiri hills to a marine park in the Gulf of Mannar and a tiny blackbuck park inside Chennai itself. The state has five national parks and a long list of sanctuaries, and together they protect elephants,...
Mangalajodi Bird Sanctuary sits on the northern edge of Chilika Lake in Khordha district, Odisha, and it is one of India’s finest places to watch migratory waterbirds at close range. Every winter, 200,000 to 300,000 ducks, geese and waders arrive from Siberia,...
If you are planning a wildlife stop on your Odisha trip, Deer Zoological Park Sambalpur is the one place in western Odisha where you can walk through a real green patch and spot spotted deer grazing a few metres away from you. Set inside Sambalpur town at Sakhipara,...
Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve, spread across Angul, Cuttack, Nayagarh and Boudh districts of Odisha, is the state’s best-known gorge landscape — a 22-km canyon where the Mahanadi River cuts straight through the Eastern Ghats. Notified as a tiger...
Introduction Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the Chandaka forest region on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, is one of Odisha’s most exciting eco-tourism and wildlife destinations. Surrounded by dense forests, natural landscapes, and rich biodiversity, the...
