The Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary is located at a distance of 145 kilometers from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and the nearest railway station is located at Sawai Madhopur that is at a distance of 14 kilometers from the Ranthambore National Park. The Ranthambore National Park is one of the largest Tiger Reserves in India. Located near the outer fringes of the Thar Desert and surrounded by the Vindhya and Aravali hill ranges, Ranthambore National Park is Rajasthan's most well known tiger reserve under Project Tiger. Home to an exotic variety of animals in is 392 sq km area, one can spot sambhar, cheetal, wild boar, leopard, sloth bear, jackal, hyena among others. Two rivers flow through the Ranthambore National Park - the Chambal River in the South and the Banas River in the North. Six man-made lakes and many perennial streams pass through the entire national park. In 1955, the Ranthambore National Park was declared a game sanctuary; and in 1980, it attained the status of a national park. Wildlife safaris in Ranthambore offers the best of flora and fauna of the desert land as well as plain area near the hills. The Ranthambhore forest consists of deciduous vegetation. You see a lot of dhok trees during your wildlife tours to Ranthambore, Rajasthan, India. These trees form the main vegetation and also serve as the main source of fodder for animals. The Ranthambore forests have plenty of mango, peepal and banyan trees. Some of the banyan trees in Ranthambore, India are more than 700 years old. |
