Hope you enjoyed the journey to Konark Sun Temple, Udaygiri & Khandagiri Cave and Shanti Stupa in Dhauli. Today we shall take you inside Nandan Kanan Zoological park in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
Nandankanan means 'The Garden of Heavens' and is spread over 400 acres. It's one of the must visit places in Bhubaneshwar, especially when kids are accompanying you. It's very different from Zoo you see in cities by Delhi. It's a zoo and botanical park. Some part of it is also declared as sanctuary.
We took a guide along and he was very good. It was fun to learn from him about various birds hiding behind the leaves, their characteristics and tricks to locate some of the beautiful birds. We loved the fact that birds had huge space to fly around and their cages were not small. There are huge areas covered with iron nets and these compounds have good vegetation.
Monsoons made our visit more adventurous :) and thanks to our guide for arranging umbrellas on rent. Colors were popping up due to rains. We loved the fact that everyone had enough space inside the zoo to walk and enjoy monsoons.
Nandankanan zoo is home to about 1600+ individual animals representing 160+ species, including 60+ species of mammals, around 80 species of birds and approximately 20 species of reptiles. Some areas of the zoo can be explored on feet and few regions can be explored in closed jeep.
Nandankanan zoo entry fee is 25 rs for Indians and 10 rs for kids. It's 100 Rs for foreigners. And Zoo timings are - 8am to 5pm during October to March and opens at 7:30am during rest of the year. Check out more at - http://nandankanan.org/ticket.php
One can see White Tigers, Aquaria, Asiatic lion, three Indian crocodilians, Sangal lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, Indian pangolin, mouse deer and countless birds, reptiles and fish have been breeding successfully at Nandankanan. Various species of crocodiles, lizards, turtles, and snakes can be seen inside Nanadankanan Zoological Park.
There are buses available from different parts of Bhubaneshwar to Nandankanan Zoo. One can also hire a taxi.
This beautiful landscaping encourages you to keep walking and you don't realize how much you have already walked.
If you liked this post and found it helpful, I would request you to follow these things when traveling -
- Manage your waste well and don’t litter
- Use dustbins. Tell us if you went to a place and found it hard to locate a dustbin.
- Avoid bottle waters in hills. Usually you get clean water in hills and water bottles create lot of mess in our ecosystem.
- Say big no to plastic and avoid those unhealthy snacks packed in plastic bags. Rather buy fruits.
- Don't play loud blaring music in forests of jungle camps. You are a guest in that ecosystem and disturbing the locals (humans and animals) is not polite
If you liked this post and found it helpful, I would request you to follow these things when traveling -
- Manage your waste well and don’t litter
- Use dustbins. Tell us if you went to a place and found it hard to locate a dustbin.
- Avoid bottle waters in hills. Usually you get clean water in hills and water bottles create lot of mess in our ecosystem.
- Say big no to plastic and avoid those unhealthy snacks packed in plastic bags. Rather buy fruits.
- Don't play loud blaring music in forests of jungle camps. You are a guest in that ecosystem and disturbing the locals (humans and animals) is not polite
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