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General
information
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Total Area
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3162
sq. kms |
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Best
time to visit
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All
the year |
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Accommodation
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Hotels
& Restaurants |
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Nearest
Town
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Jaisalmer |
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How
to get there
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Air-Jodhpur
Rail -Jodhpur |
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Species
found
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Great
Indian bustard, blackbuck, chinkara, desert fox, bengal
fox, wolf , desert cat etc. |
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More
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Field
Director, Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan |
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The
Desert National Park is an excellent example of the ecosystem of
the Thar desert and its diverse fauna. Sand dunes form around 20%
of the park. The major landform consists of craggy rocks and compact
salt lake bottoms intermediate areas and fixed dunes.
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The
black buck is another common antelope of this region. Its
other notable inhabitants are the desert fox,, wolf and
desert cat. Bird life in this sandy habitat is vivid and
spectacular. Birds such as the sandgrouse, partridges, bee-eaters
larks and shrikes are commonly seen. Demoiselle crane and
houbara arrive in the winter.
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Quenching Thirst |
Handsome
Black Bucks |
The
birds of prey seen here are tawny and steppe eagles long
legged and honey buzzards, falcons and kestrels. But the
most outstanding of the fauna is the great Indian bustard.
This tall heavy bird is an epitome of confidence and grace.
It is common to see five or six bustards near
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Sudarshi
water hole.18 kms. from Jaisalmer is the Akal Wood Fossils
Park which is about 180 million years age. Sea shells and
massive fossilized tree trunks in this park record the geological
history of the desert.
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Indian
Bustard (Kheechan)
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Rajasthan Tour Travel |Bharatpur
Bird Sanctuary
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