The Sasan – Gir Wildlife Reserve
“An army of Sheep led by a Lion, is better than an army of Lions, led by a sheep”.
- Alexander The Great
TheGir Wildlife Reserve is located in the Junagadh district of Gujrat in an area of 1400 sq.km for conservation of the majestic Asian Lions since 1965. Though the Gir is known for Lions there is a varied wildlife that awaits you; Bears, Panthers, Chinkara, Blackbuck, Antelopes and the spotted rusty cat all of them in their natural habitat. The Darwin’s theory of Survival of the Fittest is put to test here in the natural habitat. Its not just the animals that will enthrall you, it’s a paradise even for birders – there are almost 200 varieties of birds here some amongst them rare as peafowl, grey partridge, Bonelli's eagle, crested serpent eagle, jungle bush quail, painted sandgrouse in the lake of Kamleshwar Dam. Well that’s not just it as we got a crocodile farm visit too. The best time to visit here from October to January as it starts getting colder and the wildlife comes out for lazing around in the sun. The Kankai Mata temple and Tuslishyam Hot Springs are located close by. Junagadh is alo about 60 kms from the wildlife reserve and one can even visit the Junagadh Fort here. We can also do the Best of Gujrat Tour with the wildlife sanctuary. The Gujrat Tour will cover the Akshardham, Kankaria Lake and Water Amusement Park and Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad. We will also visit the birthplace of Lord Krishna at Dwarka and visit the Dwarkadhish temple.
The Sasan-Gir Tour Itenary
Day 1: Arrival in Ahmedabad with local sightseeing and a visit to Akshardham temple and Kankaria Lake.
Day 2: Arrive at Junagadh and we will visit the Junagadh fort today along with Navlakha palace local sightseeing such as Darbar Hall, Ashoka Rock and Uparkot.
Day 3: The Sasan Gir Wildlife Safari and stay at the Sasan Gir Forest Reserve.
Day 4: Arrival at Somnath temple and after aarti departure to Porbardar for local sightseeing.
Day 4: Arrival at Dwarka – morning darshan at Dwarka, Nageshwar Jyotirlinga, Bet Dwarka, Rukmini Temple.
Day 5: Departure to a full day excursion to the medieval step well of Adalaj. Visit the 11th Sun Temple at Modhera for its equisite carvings. Vist another step well called Rani-ki-Vav at Patan and then we visit the workshop of silk weavers.
Day 6: This is an optional tour to the Little Rann of Kutch or we can include optional tour of Palitana Jain Temple and Diu.
Customise your tour the way you would like as we have separate tours of wildlife or temple or handicraft, we can mix them accordingly.
