Glimpses of India

Himalayan Habitats
The highest mountain ranges in the world and geologically speaking, the youngest, the Himalayas offer some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world.
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Trysts in the Terai

The thickly forested foothills of the Himalayas, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, are generally referred to as the Terai.
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The Land of The Rhino
A few centuries ago, the Indian one horned rhinoceros ranged across the northern Indian plains, in the wetlands of the rivers Indus, Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
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Kipling Country
In Madhya Pradesh, one can see the forests immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book - the home of Balu, Bagheera and Mowgli. Two National Parks here preserve pockets of what were once splendid forests that extended across Central India.
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Wildlife Trails
Though known as a desert state, Rajasthan has excellent wildlife retreats.
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Of Lions & Varied Wildlife
Gujarat has splendid wildlife reserves that are quite out of the ordinary. The Gir National Park is where the last surviving population of the Asiatic lion is to be found.
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Southern Jungles
The forests in South India survive mainly along the Western Ghats - a range of fairly high hills that run parallel to the west coast.
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Eastern Habitats
Three wildlife reserves - the Palamau Tiger Reserve in Bihar with its deciduous forests, the Sundarbans National Park in Bengal with its extensive mangroves and the jungles of the Simlipal Reserve in Orissa, provide an insight into the wild life variety of eastern India.
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Wildlife in the North East
Unspoiled, inaccessible pockets of primeval forests in the north eastern states preserve rich biospheres, together with a wealth of wildlife.
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Enigma of Bastar
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