Wildlife
Tours India
Lion & The Rann of Kutch
Duration :
06 Nights - 07 Days
Places Covered : Delhi - Ahmedabad - Bhavnagar -
Gir - Zainabad - Ahmedabad - Delhi or Mumbai
The lions that figure in
the stories off the Bible and ranged through Persia to North of India are now
confined to a tiny pocket in the Saurashtrian Peninsula in Western India.
Called the Asiatic Lion, little more than two hundred of these magnificent
animals survive in the 300 sq. km. Of Gir National Park. Their numbers have recouped
from about 20 in 1913 to present level after the Nawabs of Junagarh initiated
conservation measures.
Gir also has a large population of Leopards that
are more easily seen here than elsewhere. Also to be seen are Samber, Chital,
Chinkara, Chousingha, Nilgai and wild boar.
North of Gir is the little
Rann of Kutch where the last stand of wild asses survive numbering over 1000.
They are found in herds of 30 or so and are capable of with standing great dehydration.
This is also a guest place for Cranes, flamingoes and lots of other birds found
in large numbers.
Day 01 : Delhi - Ahmedabad - Bhandavgar
Fly
to Ahmedabad and drive to Bhavnagar enroute visiting Veladadar sanctuary for Black
bucks.
Day 02 : Bhandavgar - Gir
Drive to Gir and evening
excursion into the Park.
Day 03 : Gir
Morning and afternoon
Jungle excursion in the Park .
Day 04 : Gir
Morning and afternoon
Jungle excursion in the Park.
Day 05 : Gir - Zainabad
Drive
to Zainabad in the Little Rann of Kutch , Evening excursion to the Rann of Kutch.
Day 06 : Zainabad
Full-day excursion to the Rann of Kutch.
Day 07 : Zainabad - Ahmedabad - Delhi or Mumbai
Drive to
Ahmedabad and fly to Delhi OR Mumbai.
