Location:
Chamoli (Uttar Pradesh)
Established In: 1972
Main Species: Musk deer, Snow Leopard, Snow
Cock
Best season: June 15 to November 15
Founded in 1972,
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls over an area of 967 sq. km of the
Garhwal Himalayas. This stretch of the Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts
affords a splendid view of mountains and dales, forests and grasslands,
exotic butterflies and flowers.
The Garhwal
Himalayas have some of the highest peaks in India, housing the sacred
Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines as well as several forest reserves. It
is from here that the holy Ganga and Yamuna rivers originate.
THE WILDLIFE
POPULATION
The sanctuary is
home to a host of wild inhabitants. The population includes the snow
leopard, tahr, serow, snow cock, ghural, sambhar, musk deer, fox, deer,
jackal, hare and Himalayan mouse. Khaleej and monal pheasants are some
of the many avian species.EXCURSIONS
The important
places in the vicinity, worth visiting are Kedarnath, Triyuginarain,
Kalimath, Chopta and Rudranath.
HOW TO GET
THERE
Air: The nearest
airport is Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 315 km away.
Rail: The nearest railhead is at Rishikesh.
Road: The place is reachable by all season motorable roads
