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Maneland Jungle Lodge
About
Gir National Park
The Gir Lodge is 65 km from Junagadh railway station and
60 km from Keshod airport. Situated at the edge of the
world-renowned Gir Forest, the only home of the Asiatic
lion. The Gir National Park and Sanctuary, covering 1400
sq km of dry deciduous forest and tropical thorn forest,
is home to the leopard, jungle cat, rusty spotted cat and
hyena.
Among the prey species are the sambhar, cheetal,
four-horned antelope, wild boar and hare. Gir is also a
bird watcher's paradise as it has more than 200 species of
avi-fauna.
Place
: Gir National Park, Gujarat
Location
: The resort is located just adjacent to Gir National
Park. It is 150 km from Rajkot in the state of Gujarat.
Accommodation
: 1Double & twin bedded standard & deluxe rooms with
attached toilets. Hot and cold running water.
Facilities
: A restaurant serving Indian, Continental and Chinese
cuisine.
A stand-by generator.
Folk music and dance on request for groups.
To and fro transport from Delhi, Sawai Madhopur or Jaipur
can be arranged at an extra cost.
Activities
: Wildlife viewing by jeeps, nature walks, treks, village
visits etc.
Access
: Drive from Rajkot: 4 hours
Drive from Gondal: 2
hours
Drive from Ahmedabad:
9 hours
Air-conditioned overnight trains from Ahmedabad to
Junagadh and vice versa. Gir is only 65 km (1 hour drive)
from Junagadh.
Best time to visit
: November-April
About Gir National Park
As the rays of the setting sun, dip beyond the unending
horizon, and darkness spreads its flanks - a reverberating
roar rips the stillness of the night. Yes, these are
rumblings, which roll down the hills to remind, yes you
are in the company of great the Asiatic Lion whose panting
can be heard over a Km. of forest.
Declared as sanctuary in 1965, sprawling in an area of
1412 sq. Kms. Gir, with its dry deciduous forest, has a
luxuriantly rich ecosystem-endowed with floral and faunal
plentitude. Understandably, then, identifying Gir with
Lions only, would be unfair to other wild inhabitants of
this park. Because, occupying the same territory with
equal claim, are 32 species of mammals, 28 species of
reptiles, nearly 300 species of birds and innumerable
species of insects. Glorifying the maxims of harmonious
coexistence, is the motley assemblage of Chital, Samber,
Nilgai, Leopard, Hyaena etc. Not to mention, the numerous
varieties of birds, whose sprightly hops, melodious
twittering-softly add to the sublime symphony which nature
has orchestrated here.
Gir - a proud heritage possessed by the present
generation, is not merely a heaven of wildlife. It
symbolizes history , that has witnessed the vicissitudes
of nature, the travails of wildlife development, the
gradual recognition given to this nature's bestowal, and
consequent emergence of conservation ideology. Despite the
onslaught of biotic disturbances and climatic hostilities,
Gir - with its virginal identity, stands as a testimony of
nature's intrinsic self reviving power.
Gir promises to unfold before you the unexplored vistas of
wilderness and the splendour of wildlife, which is
tranquil yet vibrant, serene yet colourful, silent yet
communicative, distracting and yet captivating.
It took a royal decline to an offer of a lion hunt and
then nearly a whole of a hundred years to pull the Asiatic
Lion back from the brink of near extinction. Now that the
species seems finally secure, the management is faced with
another paradox. Unaware of the awe they continue to
inspire and retaliatory risks they face, the lion tends to
follow it's wild instincts and venture out of man-made
boundaries and reach upto the waves of the Arabian sea.
The Asian Lion is amongst the rarest animals in the world
and its best to visit him in summer, where the trees are
bare, the grass has withered and he's down at the watering
holes to quench his thirst. As you roam the sanctuary
you'ed encounter the straight probing gaze of a Nilgai,
the flighty stare of a Chital and if you're lucky the
stralthy menance of the Leapord or the gentle call of a
Lioness to her cubs.
Only if man would make an attempt to understand that!
Perhaps, you would!
Location
: Gir, 42-kms From Junagadh, Gujarat
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Nearest Access
: Junagadh (42-kms)
Main Wildlife Found
: Asiatic Lions, Leopards, Chowsingha
Coverage Area
: 1412.13-sq-kms.
1412.13-sq-kms.
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