–› Corbett National Park

The Corbett National Park, where Project Tiger was launched in 1973, is regarded as India's finest national park and its major attractions are the Tiger, Indian Elephant and Leopard.Corbett national park is drained by the Ramganga river, the dam at Kalagarh forming a huge lake to the west of the national park. The park is essentially a large low valley.

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–› Dudhwa National Park

Further east along the Terai, the Dudhwa National Park, which is also a Tiger Reserve, is located in the district of Lakhimpur - Kheri, very close to the Nepal border.

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–› Gir National Park

Created to protect the last wild population of Lion outside the African regions, Gir National Park is situated in the southwest of the peninsular state of Gujarat. Spread over an area of 116 square-miles, the Gir sanctuary has been home to lions since 1913 when the Lion population over here fell drastically to just 20 animals.

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–› Kaziranga National Park

Located on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra River in the far North East of India, Assam, Kaziranga National Park covers an area of approximately 430-sq-kms with its swamps and tall thickets of elephant grass making it the ideal habitat for the Indian One-Horned Rhino. Due to limitless poaching of this prehistoric survivor, the Kaziranga National Park was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1940.

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–› Ranthambore National Park

The 392 sq km of Ranthambhore National Park is perhaps India’s finest example of Project Tiger, a conservation effort started by the government in an attempt to save the dwindling number of tigers in India. Situated near the small town of Sawai Madhopur, the Park has seen its ups and downs, and there were times not so long ago when poachers were having a field day in the Park.

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–› Sunderbans National Park

This park is located in the vast swampy delta of two great Indian rivers, the Brahmaputra and the Ganga, in West Bengal. It extends over a vast area. mangrove forests, swamps and forested islands, covering over 1,300 sq. km.

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–› Keoladeo Ghana National Park

Amongst India’s premier wildlife sanctuaries is the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, situated at the border between the states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. It’s a marshy area, stretching over 29 sq km of kadam forests, grasslands and shallow lakes. Created by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in the 19th century by diverting water from an irrigation canal, Keoladeo was founded as a shooting preserve, but given the status of a bird sanctuary in 1956.

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–› Sariska National Park

Sariska National Park lies in the Aravalli hills and is the former hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Alwar. The reserve was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1958 and came under the "Project Tiger" as a tiger reserve in 1979. The park covers quite a large area of 800 square kilometers, 480 square kilometers of which form the core area of the national park.

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–› Bandipur & Nagarhole National Park

In Karnataka, the two attractive wildlife parks of Nagarhole and Bandipur, though separate entities, are part of a larger contiguous wildlife reserve that includes the Mudumafai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and the Waynad Reserve in Kerala. Both the parks are easily accessible from Mysore. The 874.20 sq. km.

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–› Periyar National Park

Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve is set high in the ranges of the Western Ghats in Kerala. The park has a picturesque lake at the heart of the sanctuary. Formed with the building of a dam in 1895, this reservoir meanders around the contours of the wooded hills, providing a perennial source of water for the local wildlife.

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–› Nanda Devi National Park

The nanda Devi National Park, spread over 630 sq. kms. of area in the vicinity of nanda Devi Peak (25, 675 ft./7816 mts), India's second highest mountain has a unique combination of flora and fauna. The park was established in 1980 and inclues some of the hightest mountain peaks of the western Himalayas.

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–› Bandhavgarh National Park

This is a small National Park, but with the highest known density of tiger population in India.The Bandhavgarh National Park is located within the district of Sahdol in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.It is Situated at a distance of 195 km from Jabalpur and 225 km from Khajuraho. The Bandhavgarh National Park is a premier wildlife preserve in the Vindhya mountain range of Central India.Areas consists primarily of Sal(Shorea robusta) forests, which is the main tree-cover found in the entire park. Before becoming a national park, it was the game reserve of the Maharajas of Rewa.

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