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About Bharatpur
Bird Sanctuary
Birder's Inn
is located near the entrance of the Keoladeo National
Park; The Birder's Inn is a quiet, peaceful haven for
visitors to the area. Offering gracious hospitality and
comfortable lodgings. This beautiful little lodge is the
ideal place for the keen bird-watcher, offering the very
best services in terms of naturalists and guides to share
their experience and insight to make visits to the Park
truly adventurous.
About Bharatpur
Bird Sanctuary
The marshes of Keoladeo, more popularly known as
Bharatpur, was the private hunting reserve of the
Maharajas of Bharatpur. It was developed in the late 19th
century by creating small dams and bunds in an area of
natural depression to collect rainwater and by feeding it
with an irrigation canal. Over the years, the lakes
attracted great numbers of waterfowl and the Maharajas
held grand shoots with family, friends and visiting
dignitaries. Two-thirds of the park lies under water, the
extent and volume depending on the intensity of the rains.
The remaining one-third of the park is covered in dry
deciduous forests (with Acacia, Ber, Kadam and Khajur
trees) and extensive grasslands. On the raised ground
outlining the wetlands grow a profusion of Acacia trees,
where the resident water birds nest, often in large mixed
colonies, a spectacular sight during the monsoon.
Keoladeo is famous as one of Asia’s finest birding areas,
with over 380 resident and migrant species, including the
Common, Demoiselle and the rare Siberian Cranes. It is
also an excellent place to watch mammals like Golden
Jackal, Striped Hyaena, Fishing Cat, Jungle Cat, Nilgai,
Sambar, Blackbuck and wild Boar. The park derives its name
from the temple of Keoladeo (Shiva) and ‘ghana’ which
locally means dense, implying the nature of the
vegetation. During the cool winter months it is also
possible to see large Indian Pythons sunning themselves.
Season
:
The park is open throughout the year. Best months are
August-November for resident breeding birds and
November-March for migrant birds.
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