Monday, August 4, 2008

Images Of Few Animal Found In India


Indian Rhino



Mountain Bird



Chinkara

Indian Forest

The Indian forest are very beautiful and dense. There are different types of trees with different purposes. Trees from these forests are mainly used for making Furniture and Ayurvedic medicines. Ayurveda is a 5000+ year old system of Indian medicine using natural plant extracts.
The Indian jungles are not only known for the flora but also fauna. it has a huge number of animals and birds of varied kinds. India is the only country has both Lions and Tigers!!!
Temperature in these forest depends from one region to another,most of the forest are warm during the day and cool during the night.There are a total of 97 National Parks in India in order to protect the animals from poaching and for the protection and conservation of the endangered species such as Royal Bengal Tigers, Indian Elephants, Indian Rhinos, Siberian Crane, leopards and lions.These are also home for animals such as Apes,Monkeys,Lemur,Mongoose,Wild Dog,Crocodiles,Lizards,Deers,Elephants, Buffaloes, Rhinoceros, Antelopes,Snakes etc.There are lots of species of birds and few are: Cuckoos, koels, malkohas,Francolin, pheasants, tragopan, quail,Buzzards,Eagles, Harriers, Hawks, kites, Vultures etc.

Holiday in North Indian Forest

500 varieties of animals,2000 species of birds and 30,000 types of insects and a wide variety of fish, amphibians and reptile in the forest.North India forest has an mamoth sized list of speciesstarting with Elephant,Tiger,Leopard,Hog Deer,Wild Pig,highly endangered Caracal, Jungle Cat,Hyena, Sloth Bear,Sambar (Asiatic stag) and Nilgai (blue bull) and the list goes on. Snakes include the deadly King cobras to the equally poisonous Kraits, Scorpions and insects are found in plenty. The birds in North India includes the beautiful Peacock, Parrots and thousands of immigrant birds. Common Indian birds are Pheasants, Mynahs, Parakeets, Cranes Hornbills which are rare beyond our borders.

Holiday in South Indian Forest,Bandipur,Madumalai&Masinagudi

Bandipur is at a distance of 225 k.m. from Bangalore and is the tip of karnataka border. Elephant,Deer,Stag,Boar and sometimes if you are lucky you can also see animals such as Tiger,Leopard,Bear etc.In Bandipur one can go for Safari with the forest official and you can also have an Elephant ride.From Bandipur a few K.M. ahead is Madumalai National Park which is located in Tamil Nadu state.The best time to go to Madumalai from Bandipur is just after sunset or early in the morning because most of the aminals comes to cross the road in order to move from one part of the forest to another.In Madumalai you can find the same species that are found in Bandipur. But in Madumalai the forest looks more dense than Bandipur. At the edge of Madumalai National Park you can find a small village called Masinagudi, just 2 K.M. from Masinagudi there are few beautiful resorts like Jungle Retreat,Casa Deep Woods etc.The best suggestion would be to stay overnight in any of the available resort.The officials of the resort organise Barbeque,fire camp, etc every night. Early morning is the best time for trekking. Trekking is best done with the help of the officials of the resort.The official also arranges for safari on request.

Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka

After Madumalai the next place to visit is Nagarhole. There are different routes to reach there but the roads are bumpy, the reason for the roads for not being organised is heavy downpour of rainfall. Nagarhole National Park are denser and taller, with hardwood trees like Rosewood,Teak and Mathi .Sandalwood trees also grow here.The park is home to elephant, tiger, panther, sambar, chital, sloth bear, leopard, jungle cat, jackal and wild dog. About 250 species of birds are present in the Nagarhole National Park some being Malabar trogon, crested hawk-eagle, crested serpent-eagle and Malabar pied-hornbill. Here you can find good number of resorts,hotels and restaurant. After staying a few days in Nagarhole you can go back to Mysore and visit Birds Sanctuary where thousands of Birds migrate from different countries every year.

Holiday in Noth East Indian Forest

kaziranga..in the depth of north-east india is an awe-striking little africa away from africa..if you are looking for an adventure in the core of the nature, you don't have to go lookbeyond india.this incredible place is the greens of assam.Kaziranga is one of the few wild breeding areas outside Africa for multiple species of large cats such as Indian Tigers and Leopards. Kaziranga was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006 and has the highest density of tigers in the world,Other felids include the Jungle Cat, Fishing Cat and Leopard Cats.The park has the distinction of being home to the world's largest population of the Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros,Wild Asiatic,Water Buffalo etc.so here is an exotic place where raw beauty lies. where this place gives an adrenaline rush on every turn, it also rejuvenates the calling soul.

Holiday in North West Indian Forest (Gir Forest)

There are a count of 2,375 distinct fauna species in the Gir Forest, including 38 species of animals, around 300 species of birds, 37 species of reptiles and more than 2,000 species of insects. The carnivores group mainly comprises of Asiatic lions, Leopards, Jungle cat, Hyenas, Jackals, Mongoose and Civet cats. The main herbivores of Gir Forest is Chital, Nilgai (or Bluebull), Sambar, Four-horned Antelope and Chinkara. The most magnificent animal in this forest is the Lion, these lions were once found across northern Africa, south west Asia and northern Greece. Now there are only around 350 left in the wild and all of them are in the Gir Forest National Park.

There are few hotels and resorts in Gir, bookings are encouraged.