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  Anerdam Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Located in Shirpur Tehsil of Dhule District on the southwestern range of Satpura range, the Anerdam wildlife sanctuary is one of the most famous sanctuaries in Maharastra. India is well-known for its diversities and tourists can explore this variety in every aspect of the country’s tourist attractions............ Read More  
 
  Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary  
  When it started its journey in 1969, Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary was called Molem Game Sanctuary. Situated at Molem in Goa and spread over a sprawling area of 240 sq. kms. This sanctuary which was earlier known as Mollem Game Sanctuary was subsequently renamed as Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary and........... Read More  
 
  Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary  
  The Bhamragarh wildlife sanctuary has got a great variety of flora and fauna. The commonly found flora in Bhamragarh wildlife sanctuary is dominantly the tropical dry deciduous forest. Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary is located about 120kms to the south-western side of Chandrapur. The sanctuary covers........... Read More  
 
  Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary  
  The Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Ambegaon taluka of Pune District.The Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary is positioned at an altitude of 2100 feet to 3800 feet, and is spread over the districts of Pune, Raigad and Thane districts of the north-western part of Maharashtra. Bhimashankar........... Read More  
 
  Chandoli National Park  
  Chandoli National Park, Maharashtra is one of the popular national parks in India. It is located in the western part of the state of Maharashtra and is surrounded by the Kolhapur District, Satara District, Sangli District and Ratnagiri District. Plenty of tourists and nature lovers visit the Chandoli........... Read More  
 
  Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the district of Chandrapur in Maharashtra. Gond Tribals live within the Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary.The sanctuary covers an area of around 134.78square.kilometers.There are various tanks and water places around like Murgikunta Tank, Raikonta Tank, Wainganga........... Read More  
 
  Chikhaldara Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Chikhaldara is located in Amaravati district of Vidarbha region. It is named after "Keechaka". This is the place where Bheema killed villainous Keechaka and threw him into the valley. It thus came to be known as "Keechakadara" - "Chikhaldara" is its corruption. Chikhaldara........... Read More  
 
  Gugamal National Park  
  The Gugumal National Park, Amravati, Maharshtra is one of the most well known national parks in the state of Maharashtra. The Gugamal National Park was built in 1974, and the park spreads over an area of about 1673.93 square kilometers. Located in Chikhaldara and Dharni Tehsils of Amaravati District........... Read More  
 
  Kalsubai Harishchandragad Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Kalasubai Harischandragad Wildlife Sanctuary is situated at Akole Tehsil, in the district of Ahmednagar. The Kalasubai peak has an altitude of 1646m and is the highest peak in Western Ghats. The area is part of Sahyadri and Kalsubai (1646 metres) in the highest peak of western ghats in the state............ Read More  
 
  Karnala Bird Sanctuary  
  The Karnala Bird Sanctuary is located in Panvel Taluka of Raigad District, outside Mumbai, India near Matheran and Karjat. Karnala Bird Sanctuary , is 60 km from Mumbai, on the Mumbai-Goa Highway, NH-17. Karnala is a densely forested tiny sanctuary sprawling over 4.8 sq km of area. Karnala Bird Sanctuary........... Read More  
 
  Katepurna Sanctuary  
  Located in the Akola district of Maharastra, Katepurna Sanctuary is just at the right distance from the township. Covering an area of little above 450 square kilometers,It is indeed a refreshing package from the busy city life to enjoy the beauty of flying birds, greenery, and wildlife. Presence of the........... Read More  
 
  Koyana wildlife sanctuary  
  Sanctuary is located in Satara District in Western Maharashtra . Koyana wildlife sanctuary includes Eastern and Western catchments of Koyana dam. the sanctuary sprawls over an area of about 426.52 sq km.It was notified in 1985 as a wildlife sanctuary.The sanctuary is well protected by the large extent........... Read More  
 
  Malvan Marine sanctuary  
  Malvan Marine Sanctuary is the only marine sanctuary located in Malvan Taluka of Sindhudurg District in the Konkan region of the state. Malvan is one of the biologically richest coastal regions in Maharashtra. covering an area of 29.22-sq-km. The golden sands and casuarinas plantations at the Malvan........... Read More  
 
  Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Melghat Tiger Reserve is located on southern offshoot of the Satpura Hill Range in Central India, called Gavilgarh hill in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Reserve is a catchment area for five major rivers viz. Khandu, Khapra, Sipna, Gadga and Dolar, all of which are tributaries of the river Tapti............ Read More  
 
  Nandurmadhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary  
  Nandurmadhmeshwa, situated around 60 km from Nashik, is famous for housing a bird sanctuary. The bird sanctuary was established in the year 1950 and since then, has been serving as home to thousands of migratory birds. Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary is located in Niphad Tehsil of Nashik district in........... Read More  
 
  Navegaon National Park  
  The Navegaon National Park with an area of 135 sq km is located in Navegaon, Maharashtra. Established in 1975.There is also a picturesque lake that situates amidst the green hills of Navegaon. Places of interest around the national park are Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (60 km), Itiadoh Dam (20-km), Tibetan........... Read More  
 
  Pench National Park (Maharashtra)  
  The Pench National Park is located in northwestern Maharashtra in India, about 70 km from the city of Nagpur.The Pench National Park and Tiger Reserve extends over an area of 257 sq. km. in the lower southern reaches of the Satpura hill ranges, along the northern boundary of Nagpur District. It was declared........... Read More  
 
  Phasand wildlife sanctuary  
  The Phasand wildlife sanctuary is located in Murud and Roha Talukas of Raigad district in Konkan region, covering an area of 53-sq-km. This man made sanctuary is homeland for varieties of floras and faunas. The sanctuary represents a coastal woodland ecosystem of Western Ghats............ Read More  
 
  Radhanagri Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra and is about 52 km from Panhala. It lies between the reservoirs of Shahu Sagar and Lakshmi Sagar. The sanctuary is popularly referred as the "Bison Sanctuary" as the Indian Bison or Gaur is the prime species found........... Read More  
 
  Sagareshwar Sanctury  
  Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Sangli District of Maharashtra. A man made sanctuary, Sagareshwar is an artificially cultivated forest without perennial supply of water. The sanctuary covers a land area of about 10.87 sq.km and is forested with grassy hill slopes.Main attraction is to reach........... Read More  
 
  Sanjay Gandhi National Park  
  The Sanjay Gandhi or Borivali National Park has the distinction of being the only National Park in Mumbai. Notified in 1974.Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located in Borivali, east of the Thane district, at distance of 40 km north from Mumbai. In the Lion Safari Park, visitors can view lions as close........... Read More  
 
  Tadoba National Park  
  Tadoba National Park is situated in the district of Chandrapur in the north-eastern part of Maharashtra. Often referred to as 'The Jewel of Vidharba', it is the oldest national park in Maharashtra. The National Park is 623 km² in area, The Park gets its name from the local tribal God, 'Taru'............ Read More  
 
  Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary  
  Tansa wildlife sanctuary is located in Wada, Shahapur and Mokhada Talukas of Thane district. The sanctuary covers a wide area of around 320sq.kms.Covering an area 320-sq-km. in Konkan region. The wildlife sanctuary at Tansa comprises the catchment area of Tansa Lake and the surrounding forests of Shahapur,........... Read More  
 
  Tipeshwar Sanctuary  
  Tipeshwar wild life sanctuary is located in Pandarkawada Tehsil of Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region covering an area of 148.63-sq-km. The place is quite hilly and undulated and thus has different types of vegetation cover that varies with the altitude.Tipeshwar Sanctuary in Maharashtra is an ideal........... Read More  
 
  Yawal Sanctuary  
  Located in the Yawal Tehsil of the Jalgaon district of Maharastara, the Yawal Sanctuary is a fabulous place to visit to enjoy the wildlife. It is an excellent wild life habitat in western Satpura hill ranges similar to Melghat tiger reserve. Yawal Sanctuary is a veritable heaven for nature lovers. This........... Read More  
 
 
  Country wise Wildlife Sanctuaries in Africa
Nigeria(12)South Africa(49)
  State wise Wildlife Sanctuaries in India
Andaman and Nicobar(8)Andhra Pradesh(20) Arunachal Pradesh(8) Assam(13)
Bengal(2)Bihar(4) Chhattisgarh(7) Goa(4)
Gujarat(20)Haryana(3) Himachal Pradesh(14) Jammu & Kashmir(10)
Jharkhand(4)Karnataka(21) Kerala(16) Madhya Pradesh(16)
Maharashtra(25)Manipur(1) Meghalaya(2) Mezoram(4)
Nagaland(1)Orissa(14) Punjab(1) Rajasthan(13)
Sikkim(4)Tamil Nadu(15) Tripura(2) Uttar Pradesh(9)
Uttarakhand(12)West Bengal(8)