Encompassing portions of the Bhabar foothill and the Tarai forest belt, the dense jungle of Kaladhungi is spread at the base of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. Located at a distance of about 30 km from Ramnagar, on the road to…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Baur, Choti Haldwani, conservation, Corbett, featured, Forest, Haldwani, Himalayas, Jim, Kaladhungi, Kumaon, Maggie, Nainital, National, Park, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Wildlife
The tropical and northern-dry deciduous forest belt of Haryana is exceptionally rich in birdlife. A substantial chunk of the bird species found in the entire state along with Delhi region could be spotted here in this semi-desert sandy plain area….
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Bhindawas, Bird, birding, Birdwatching, conservation, destination, featured, Forest, Haryana, Jhajjar, Khapadwas, Photography, Rohtak, Sanctuary, sultanpur, travel, Wildlife
During one of my recent visits to the Kalesar National Park, Haryana’s only Sal forest, I finally got an opportunity to visit the famed Hathni Kund barrage on the Yamuna River. Although, I had crisscrossed the barrage as well as…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Bird-watching, birding, conservation, Forest, Haryana, Hathni Kund, Kalesar, Tajewala, travel, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunanagar
It was in mid-January of 2013 when I first got a chance to visit the Kalesar National Park situated in the terai region of eastern Haryana. Although the visit chanced upon at a time when winters were peaking but fortunately…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Asan, Barking Deer, Barrage, Bird, Bird-watching, birding, Dense, Elephant, Forest, Green, Haryana, Hathni Kund, Jungle, Jungle fowl, Kalesar, Monsoon, Muntjac, National Park, Paonta Sahib, Protected, Rajaji, Sal, Sambar, Species, Sunset, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunanagar