The picturesque landscape of the Rajaji National Park of Dehradun is distinct for its rich biodiversity. Rajaji National Park of Dehradun occupies an area of 820 square kilometers on the foothills of Shiwalik ranges of the Great Himalayas.

Rajaji National Park at Dehradun was formed in 1983 by combining the 3 sanctuaries of Dehradun namely Rajaji, Motichur and Chillaand. This was renamed as Rajaji National Park after the famous freedom fighter Late Sri C Rajgopalachari.

Rajaji National Park in Dehradun is thickly foliated by the Sal forest, the Western Gangetic moist and northern dry deciduous and Khair-Sissoo forests.

The wild animals that you can find in the Rajaji National Park in Dehradun are as follows:

Elephant Leopard
Himalayan yellow throated marten
King cobra
Jungle cat
Indian langur
Monitor lizard
Barking deer
Rhesus macaque
The goat-like Goral
Sloth bear
Himalayan black bear
Jackal
Indian hare
Indian Porcupine
Wild boar
Tiger
Pythons

The Rajaji National Park in Dehradun shelters more than 400 species of birds such as:

The Great Pied Hornbill
Fire tailed Sunbird
Greater Scaup
White-naped Woodpecker
Great Hornbill
Black-bellied Tern
Pallas's Fish Eagle
Himalayan Pied Kingfisher
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
Rusty-flanked Tree creeper
Woodpeckers
Pale-footed Bush Warbler
Northern Goshawk
Black-necked Stork
Scaly Thrush
Reed Bunting
Barbets Fowls
Pheasants
Raptors
Orioles

Rajaji National Park in Dehradun give an opportunity to the visitors and wild life lovers to watch the elephants roaming majestically in the jungle or even a tiger picking its way through the tall grass from far. The Rajaji National Park is a home to 23 species of mammals.

The Ganga adjacent to Rajaji National Park at Dehradun houses various species of fish such as

Mahesheer
Kalabanse
Goonch
Chilwa
Trout

Contact:
Rajaji National Park
5/1, Ansari Marg
Dehradun
Contact No: 0135-2621669 / 2744225

Last Updated on 15 April 2011

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