Day 28
Delhi-Gir National Park:
By Surface: 6 hrs:
Fly to Ahmedabad in the morning. You will be met and transferred to Gir National Park. Overnight stay in Gir Birding Lodge.
Gir National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1412 sq km tract of dry deciduous forests, acacia scrub, evergreen and semi-evergreen flora and grasslands, fed by rivers and streams. Among the many water-bodies in the reserve is the Kamleshwar Dam, known for its birdlife and for its large crocodile population.
This reserve is the last abode of the Asiatic lion and is also known for its leopard population. Other mammals of Gir are sambar (India’s largest deer), chital (spotted deer), chousingha (the world's only four-horned antelope), nilgai (bluebull antelope), Chinkara (Indian gazelle), wild boar, langur, jackal, jungle cat, rusty-spotted cat, striped hyena and black-naped hare.
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