{"id":19958,"date":"2014-04-01T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T07:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=19958"},"modified":"2015-05-20T17:06:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T11:36:12","slug":"chhat-bir-zoo-the-lion-safari-zoo-near-chandigarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/travel\/chhat-bir-zoo-the-lion-safari-zoo-near-chandigarh","title":{"rendered":"Chhat Bir Zoo: The Lion Safari Zoo near Chandigarh"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19964\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/travel\/chhat-bir-zoo-the-lion-safari-zoo-near-chandigarh\/attachment\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh.jpg\" alt=\"Lion Safari Zoo near Chandigarh\" width=\"665\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/lion-safari-zoo-in-chandigarh-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lion Safari Zoo near Chandigarh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Location<\/b><strong>:<\/strong>17 Km from Chandigarh, Punjab<\/p>\n<p>Roaming around with the lions is a daring fantasy that not many would think of living out. \u00a0But what if I say that it is as easy as a pie! The Chhatbir Zoo in the vicinity of Chandigarh is a wildlife heaven that offers to you a unique opportunity to go on a Lion Safari. Once a huge patch of raw scrubland, it was transformed into a magnificent zoological garden in the year 1977. With the course of time, the Chhatbir Zoo has become a well flourished wildlife garden that is counted as one of the major attractions of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>Sprawling across an expanse of 202 acres, the Chhatbir Zoo is the largest zoological garden in North India. It was christened as Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park after its inauguration by the Governor of Punjab. About 80 species of rare and endangered animals, reptiles and birds have been domiciled in the zoo. But it is the Royal Bengal Tiger that accentuates the charm of this place. The near-natural setting of this zoo lets the king of the jungle roam freely in its habitat.<\/p>\n<p>The open countryside around the zoo makes for a surreal environment that is savored by the naturalists. The lush greenery, coupled with the presence of a lake and floral richness makes it the perfect picnic spot for a fun-filled day!<\/p>\n<p><b>Timings<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> 9am- 5pm<\/p>\n<p><b>Closed on Mondays<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Entry<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> Rs. 5 each for children between 3-12 years<\/p>\n<p>Rs.15 for above 12 years of age<\/p>\n<p><b>Car<\/b><b>\/<\/b><b>Jeep<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> Rs.250 extra<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location:17 Km from Chandigarh, Punjab Roaming around with the lions is a daring fantasy that not many would think of living out. \u00a0But what if I say that it is as easy as a pie! The Chhatbir Zoo in the vicinity of Chandigarh is a wildlife heaven that offers to you a unique opportunity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":19964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11315,5],"tags":[2775,5737],"class_list":{"0":"post-19958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india","8":"category-travel","9":"tag-chandigarh","10":"tag-zoo"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34715,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19958\/revisions\/34715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}