Sultanpur National Park
Highlights: Different species of birds, malls in Gurgaon
How To Reach:
By Air: The nearest airport from Sultanpur National Park is Delhi (46 kilometers)
By Rail: The nearest railhead to visit Sultanpur is Delhi (46 kilometers)
Road: From Delhi hire buses, taxis or jeeps to reach Sultanpur.
Sultanpur is located at a distance of 46 kilometers to the south-west of Delhi in Gurgaon. It is primarily a bird sanctuary nesting a number of resident as well as migratory birds. Mr. Peter Jackson identified this Sanctuary as a bird paradise. In 1972, Sultanpur was declared a water-bird reserve. The forest is full of trees, shrubs and masses of Bougainvillea. At the entrance, there is a small museum that puts on display pictorial exhibition the species of domestic as well as migratory birds. You can hire a guide to take you on a tour of the sanctuary.
Throughout the Park bird watching platforms are constructed. The guests should carry a pair of binoculars to watch these beautiful creatures in their nests without disturbing them. You can easily spot the birds wading, skimming, swimming or flying. There is an island in the middle of the lake where most of the birds make their nests. The visitors are not allowed to use a boat to ferry the lake, so the birds carry on their activities without any fear.
The commonly seen birds at the Sanctuary are grey pelicans, cormorants, grey and pond herons, egrets, common hoopoe, paddy field pipit, sunbird, little cormorant, Eurasian thick-knee, gray francolin, Indian roller, black francolin, white-throated kingfisher, spot billed duck, painted stork, black headed ibis, India crested lark, red vented bulbul, rose ringed parakeet, red wattled lapwing, shikara, Eurasian collared dove, red collared dove, laughing dove, spotted owlet, rock pigeon, magpie robin, greater coucal, weaver bird, bank mynah, common mynah, green bee eater, painted storks who tend to congregate, preen, black-necked storks, white ibis and spoonbills. The presence of a large number of crustaceans, fish and insects attract the birds to this place.
The best time to visit the Park is during the months of December and January as during this period the birds migrate from colder regions to India
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