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About Keoladeo
National Park
The government run Bharatpur Forest Lodge is located
within the vicinity of Keoladeo National Park that lies
190-kms from Delhi and 55-kms from Agra in Rajasthan.
Location Description :
Bharatpur forest lodge is ideally Located Inside The
Bharatpur Sanctuary
Accommodation Facilities(Bharatpur forest lodge)
17 excellent air conditioned rooms with attached bathrooms
as well as hot and cold running water facility.
Types of Rooms :
At Bharatpur forest lodge rooms are avaliable of the
following category Superior,Twin Beds, Single/double
Occupancy.
Hotel Information :
18 Rooms All With :-
Attached Bath Romms A/c Cable Tv
Direct Dial Phone Channel Music
Tour Of Bird Sanctuary
24 Hour Room Service Money Exchange Laundry
Doctor On Call Safe Deposit Postal Service
Distance From Agra Airport : 53 Kms
Distance From Rail Station : 8 Kms
Distance From City Centre : 3 Kms
Unmetered Taxis Available At Airport, Station, Bus Depot
Car Transfer Can Be Arranged By The Hotel, On Prior
Request As Per Applicable Rates.
Other Services :
Cycle-rickshaws and bicycles for park trips.
Guides for bird watching are provided at an extra cost.
A stand-by generator.
About Keoladeo
National Park
Just 176 km. from Delhi is a very special wilderness - the
Keoladeo Ghana National Park, one of the finest water-bird
sanctuaries in the world. The 28.73 sq. km. lake and
wetland was artificially created by the Maharaja of
Bharatpur in the 19th century. By building small dykes and
dams and diverting water from an irrigation canal, he
converted this low lying area into a fine wild fowl
shooting preserve.
In a few years, the new wetland surrounded by marginal
forests was able to support thousands of water birds.
Commonly referred to as Bharatpur, the Park is a delight
for bird watchers. Over 300 species of birds are found
here and raised paths, camouflaged by babul trees and
undergrowth make viewing easy. A quiet ride by boat in the
early hours of the morning is also an unforgettable
experience.
There are mixed heronries on the half submerged babul
trees and the cacophony is unbelievable as painted storks,
open bills, spoon bills, egrets, cormorants, white ibis
and multitudes of others, tend their young. Jacanas with
their iridescent colors and elegant tail feathers and
purple moorhen can be seen delicately treading over the
floating vegetation. While harriers and fishing eagles
circle overhead in search of prey, the pied kingfisher
hovers dramatically over the water in a flurry of wings.
There are varieties of storks and cranes and the local
sarus crane is elegant in a livery of grey and red. Every
year Bharatpur waits with coated breath for the arrival of
the Siberian cranes.
There are only two wintering places for this rare species
-one in Iran and the other Bharatpur and these beautiful
birds with their distinctive red beaks and facial patches,
fly over 6400 km from their summer retreats in Siberia, to
get to them. In 1996, there was great jubilation as a
couple of Siberian cranes with a young one made an
appearance in Bharatpur after a lapse of three years.
The forests around the lake at Bharatpur harbor the
sambar, chital, nilgai, jackal, hyena, fox, mongoose and
porcupine. Occasionally, a fishing cat can be seen
scooping its prey also commonly seen sunning themselves
along edge of the paths or at Python Point.
General Information:
Best Time to Visit: Throughout the Year.
Nearest Town: Bharatpur (2 km)
How to Get Here:
Air : Agra (50 km)
Rail : Bharatpur (2 km) .
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