Wildlife Tourism- The Call of the Wild

 

Uttarakhand also treasures some of the most breathtaking destinations for Wildlife Tourism - presenting a perfect retreat for picnics and excursions. The snow-capped mountains, rolling meadows, high-altitude lakes and dense forests in the hills of Uttarakhand support exotic wildlife, bird life and plant life. These wonderful creations of nature add a dash of splendour to nature’s abundance that exists in the environs of the Uttarakhand. Some National Parks and Sanctuaries are created to preserve this gift of wildlife and enable visitors to have a privileged view of the same – Corbett National Park, Rajaji National Park, Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Nanda Devi National Park, Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary. In the Wilderness of these Parks and Sanctuaries animals like tiger, elephant, leopard, leopard cats, jungle cats, fishing cats, snow leopard, snow cock, musk deer, chitals, barking deers, sambar, Himalayan black bears, brown bears, bharals, monals, crocodiles, gharials (descendants of the prehistoric reptiles) can be seen along with many species of birds, butterflies and snakes.