HINGOLGADH SANCTUARY THE NATURAL PLACE LIKE THE MOST..

HINGOLGADH SANCTUARY THE NATURAL PLACE LIKE THE 

MOST..

                       Hingolgadh Sanctuary is a natural place I like the most. It is located in Jasdan Taluka of Rajkot District. It is just 180 km away from Ahmadabad. Monsoon and winter are the best seasons to visit this beautiful place. I visited this sanctuary during the Diwali holidays. It has a large forest area, with a variety of trees like gorad, vikalo, baval and gugal. The area is mountainous and rocky. The sanctuary gets full of life during rainy season with beautiful shades of green color all around and the area buzzing with life.

                           You can see animals like the chinkara, nilgai, Indian porcupine, Indian hare, mongoose, wolf, hyena, jackal, etc. There are 230 species of birds. The whole sanctuary is filled with the chirping of birds. There are bulbuls and weaver birds too. There are 19 species of snakes of which 3 are venomous and 16 non venomous. In fact, there is a snake house and a cactil house, too. The area was declared as a 'Private Forest' in 1973 and a "Wildlife Sanctuary" in the year 1980 and has been given special protection since then. In 1984, the management was handed over to GEER (Gujarat Ecological Education and Research) Foundation, Gandhinagar. It holds a 3 - day nature camp for students | I learnt a lot about nature, ecology, birds and animals, hill - slopes, soil and soil erosion, soil depth, etc. The sanctuary is popularly known as Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary as the basic learning objectives of its management.

                          The Valley of Flowers is a height of 14, 000 feet in western Himalaya, range. All you can see is - flowers flowers all around Emerald mountain crean meadows, white clouds and colourful flowers! It is so amazing - so magical! - The Valley of Flowers has a variety of flowers and plants. There are 600 species of magnoliya, 30 species of ferms and 62 species of sunflower. Other beautiful flowers are: vajradanti, ajwayan, blue poppies, kanphuliya, sallampanja, banfsa, balsam, bariti, haldiphool, etc. | The botanists have discovered 58 new plants, many of which are rare and endangered. There are many medicinal plants also. 

                     Brahmkamal is the most famous flower for medical use and as a religious offering to the Goddesses - Nanda Devi and Sunanda Devi. The park is also rich in fauna There are 13 species of endangered mammals. You can see snow leopards, gray langus, Himalayan black bears, red foxes, himalayali weasels, musk deer, ghorals, thars, bharaj or blue sheep, flying squirrels, etc. Besides, 114 species of birds were seen in this park. The main attracts are: Himalayan vultures, yellow a billed choughs, koklass pheasants, picasants, yellow-mane woodpeckers.