Wednesday, 15 June 2011

NAVEGAON AND NAGZIRA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY- TWIN ESCAPES INTO THE ARMS OF NATURE


Navegaon, which is located in the easternmost part of Maharashtra, boasts of a national park, the dr. Salim ali bird sanctuary and a picturesque lake set amidst verdant hills. The navegaon national park is the abundant with varied wildlife species ranging from leopard, sloth bear, gaur, sambar, chital and langoor. The park has a watch tower from which one can get a panoramic view of the surrounding forest. 

The dr. Salim ali bird sanctuary is home to at least 60% of the bird population in Maharashtra. In addition, winter brings a flock of migratory birds, making a navegaon a bird-watchers delight.

The adjacent nagzira wildlife sanctuary is a picturesque wildlife sanctuary, blessed with abundant vegetation and is in the natural habitat of 34 species of mammals, 166 species of reptiles and 4 species of amphibians. A wide variety of insects, ants and butterflies also abound in these forests. The wild life habitat consists mostly of tigers, panthers, bison, sambar, nilgai, wild boar, sloth bear and wild dogs.    

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