JALDAPARA Enjoy an exciting elephant safari in the early morning and meet the Indian rhino “Up, Close and Personal.” Return to your Forest Bungalow located right within the forest to take your hot cup of Darjeeling tea and get ready for a hectic day of wildlife and bird watching from your window. Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is one of India’s best forests renowned for its growing population of Rhinoceroses. This 216 square kilometers forest of grasslands, woods, sandy river banks, flowing streams and lines of tall trees was founded in 1941 to protect the Indian one-horned rhino. The sanctuary is located in Jalpaiguri district, in the Alipurduar sub-division. The Torsa River flows through this forest. Apart from Rhinos and elephants, Jaldapara is also famous for the healthy population of birds it supports like Bengal Florican, paradise flycatcher, hornbill and racket-tailed Drongo here.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:18:03 +0000
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