Highlights : Once an impregnable fortified city - today more famous for the Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary. Where soft gray and white   clouds with sudden  flashes of brilliance- change to a whirring of wings and bird songs as they draw nearer. The Indian Saras and Siberian Crane, all in the sky loud with the beat of feathers against a sunset of the most incredibly, stagnant sway. This tour takes the participating members to the most famous of North India’s bird sanctuary where one can watch more than three hundred varieties of avifauna in their natural habitat including the annual migratory birds - Siberian Cranes.  
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Once an impregnable fortified city - today more famours for the Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary. Where soft grey and white clouds with sudden flashes of brilliance- change to a whirring of wings and bird songs as they draw nearer. The Indian Saras and Siberian Crane, all in the sky loud with the beat of feathers against a sunset of the most incredibly, stagnant sway.

Keoladeo Ghana sanctruary covers 52 sq kms in area. Thorny babul trees their tops clear of the water, hold the nests of the thousands of birds which gather here. Varieties include the painted stork, egret, pelican, ibis, cormorant, darter, cranes. There are exotic migrants from Afganistan,Central Asis, Tibete as well as grey lag geese from Siberia, Siberian cranes from the Artic , barheaded geese from China.

The best way to see the birds however is by boats punted through the rusties.

By October, the migration has begun and thousands of birds descend on Bharatpur. The most eagerly awaited are the wintervisitors - the rate Siberian crane which return here annually inspite of the ecological destruction enroute on the migration path. During the winter month, large heronries the established and a loud respertoire of birds calls replaces the serenity of summer. It is said that 2000 painted storks breed in an area of just 2.5 sq.km.

The best time to see birds at Bharatpur is early mornign or late evening. A mettaled road runs into the park and visitors can hire bicycles or cycle rickshaws from the entry point.

ACCESS
Connected by Rail and road with major cities. About 184 kms by road from Delhi and 55 kms from Agra. Direct rail links to Delhi to Bombay.

ACCOMMODATION : Ashok forest lodge

SEASON : October to February