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Asiatic Lion Safari & Wild asses-ALSWS 2009 |
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Gir National Park
Gir Forest is the only place in the world, apart from Africa, where the lion can be seen in its natural habitat. It is here that one of the earliest efforts at conservation began. In 1900 the Nawab of Junagarh, in whose territory most of the Gir Forest lay, had invited Lord Curzon, viceroy at that time, for a lion shikar. When the viceroy accepted, a newspaper published an anonymous letter which questioned the propriety of an important person doing further damage to an endangered species. Lord Curzon not only cancelled
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his shikar but also advised the nawab to protect the remaining lions, which the nawab dutifully did. Now the Gir Forest is one of the most important game preserves in India.
The Gir lion is a majestic animal with a bigger tail tassel, bushier elbow tufts and a smaller mane than its African cousin. Earlier in the 20th century there were only a hundred lions left in the Gir; the 1979 census enumerated 205. The forest is one of the few remaining places where a visitor can drive through open scrub country, dry tropical thorn forests and an evergreen corridor along the riverside. The forest harbors a variety of smaller animals and birds. There is also a newly developed crocodile farm. Other predators in the Gir are panthers and striped hyena.
A safari through the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch in northwest of Gujrat. A safari through this region gives one a chance to come face to face with a wide variety of birds and other wildlife. A safari through the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is a unique experience. A safari through this region gives one a chance to come face to face with a wide variety of birds and other wildlife. Besides the Wild Ass, the sanctuary is home to a host of other animals and nearly 350 different species of birds, including the common crane, pelican and the lesser flamingo. Apart from this, one can also get a rare insight into the lifestyles of the numerous ethnic groups and local tribes, which live in and around the Rann.
Asiatic Lion Safari & Wild asses-ALSWS 2009
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Ahmedabad / Bhavnagar / Zeenabad |
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Ahmedabad / Bhavnagar / Zeenabad |
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| Itinerary |
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London by Air India direct flight to Ahmedabad in the state of Gujrat India. |
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Reach at about 10 A.M. at Ahmedabad International Airport.
Breakfast at the river-facing Cama Park Plaza, After breakfast we will move onwards for our first wildlife destination Bhavnagar. The Journey is approx. 200 K.M. & will take about 4 hrs.We reach Bhavnagar at about 5 P.M. Check in at The Nilambag Palace Hotel a Heritage property & rest for the evening. |
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Morning & Evening game drives at Velavadar National Park. Blackbuck National Park Velavadar in the Bhal region of Saurashtra is a unique grassland ecosystem that has attracted fame for the successful conservation of the blackbuck, the wolf and the lesser florican.
This exclusively Indian animal is perhaps the most graceful and beautiful of its kind. It has ringed horns that have a spiral twist of three to four turns and are up to 70 cm long. The body's upper parts are black and the under parts and a ring around the eyes are white. The wolf and the jackals are the main predators in the park. More than 1500 Blackbucks are found within the park. |
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Early Morning after breakfast drive to Gir National Park by Road- 200 K.M from Bhavnagar & will take about 5 Hrs to reach.
Lunch at Gondal at the Riverside Palace/Orchard Palace. It's a heritage hotel good for birding with many species coming in to the orchards and on the river-shores. After Lunch we proceed to Gir National Park Evening Game safari. |
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Morning Evening game Safari. |
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After morning Game drive drive to Zainabad the Little Rann of Kutch -280 K.M.
A safari through the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch in northwest of Gujrat. A safari through this region gives one a chance to come face to face with a wide variety of birds and other wildlife. A safari through the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is a unique experience. A safari through this region gives one a chance to come face to face with a wide variety of birds and other wildlife. Besides the Wild Ass, the sanctuary is home to a host of other animals and nearly 350 different species of birds, including the common crane, pelican and the lesser flamingo. Apart from this, one can also get a rare insight into the lifestyles of the numerous ethnic groups and local tribes, which live in and around the Rann. |
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Interestingly, the Little Rann gets a fair number of winged visitors in the winter months. Among these, the blue-tailed bee-eater that comes all the way from Europe, the common crane and the demoiselle crane from Siberia, the ceraneous vulture from Egypt and the houbara bustard from Iran and Iraq are the ones most commonly sighted. |
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After early break fast we leave for Ahmedabad international Airport to catch our onward flight to London. Zainabad to Ahmedabad is 100 K.M. 2 ½ Hrs Drive |
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