Come and enjoy delightful bird tours at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary or the Bharatpur National Park located at a distance of 57 kilometers from Agra, India. Popularly known as the Keoladeo Ghana National Park this wildlife national park is deemed to be one of the best bird sanctuaries in the world.
The Bharatpur Lake is basically an artificial water body that came into existence when the Ajan Dam was constructed to save the town of Bharatpur from annual floods. The depression that came into existence after extraction of soil for building the dam turned into the Bharatpur Lake. This area developed into a duck shooting wildlife preserve for the Bharatpur royalty. Bharatpur was declared to be a national park in the year 1982.
The 40 square kilometer marshy Bharatpur bird sanctuary is the natural home to more than 300 bird species.
The unique feature of the Bharatpur bird sanctuary in Agra, India is the fact that Siberian Cranes fly in and make this bird sanctuary their winter home.
Apart from birds you can also spot animals such as the Chital, boar, Nilgai and Sambar during your wildlife tours to the Bharatpur bird sanctuary or the Keoladeo National Park in Agra, India.
The ideal time to go on wildlife and bird watching tours to the Bharatpur bird sanctuary in Agra, India is during the months of October to January. You can spot various species of pelicans, flycatchers, cranes, buntings, pipits, larks, wagtails, eagles, stints, hawks geese, ducks shanks, and warblers.
The well-known forest trails at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary that can be traversed on foot or on bicycles or you could choose to take a boat cruise on the Bharatpur Lake and watch water birds very closely.
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