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Location
: Rajampet Of Cuddapah District And Chandragiri And Bailapadu
Of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.
Coverage Area : 353-sq-kms.
Main Attractions :
Best Time To Visit : Throughout the year
Accommodation
: Forest rest houses at Tirupati, rajampet, Talakona, kaarapet.
APTDC Guest Houses at talakona.
 Sri
Venkateshwara (also spelt as Venkateswara) National Park is located in
Rajampet of Cuddapah district and Chandragiri and Bailapadu of Chittoor
district of Andhra Pradesh. It is the third best zoo in AP, just after
Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad and Vishakhapatnam. It is a part of
the Sri Venkateshwara wild life sanctuary and extends over an area of
353-sq-kms. Tirupati is the abode of Lord Venkateswara and has daily
visitation of about 40,000 people. Park is developed with a spiritual
theme - arrival of the auspicious elephant calf (rescued from cyclone)
called "Venkanna".
Flora and Fauna :
Dry
decidious mixed forests with patches of moist decidious forests in the
valleys. Some of the Rare and epidemic plant species like red
Sanders , Shorea talura, shorea thubuggai, terminalia pallida,
sandalwood, Cycas beddomei, Syzygium alternifolium, Psilotumnudam etc.
occur in this area. The main attractions of this park are 'Mayuravan'
(the house for enchanting peafowl), 'Mrugavani' (the house for
herbivores), 'Vrukavihar' (Living place for smaller carnivores), along
with parakeets, manias, ducks, geese and a variety of other birds like
flamingos, swans, pelicans, raptors etc
Flora and Fauna :
Mangrove forest on the estuary of river Krishna harbouring Fishing
Cat, Otter Jackal, Estuarine crocodile and a variety of seasonal birds.
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