#Van_Vihar_National_Park
#National_Park_series
🔆Van Vihar National Park
✅Van Vihar National Park is a national park in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh in central India.
✅ Declared a national park in 1979.
✅In 1994 the Central Zoo Authority recognized it as a medium-sized Zoo
It is situated right next to the famous Upper Lake of Bhopal also known as the “Bada Talab” which is a Ramsar Site and one of the two lakes of Bhoj Wetland.
✅It harbors herbivores like Chital, Sambar, and blue bull under free ranging condition and the animals like tiger, lion, leopard, hyena, crocodile and gharial under captive condition.
✅Van Vihar Safari Park is a paradise for bird enthusiasts, where one could found birds like Peacocks, Munias, barlets, wagtails, bulbuls, orioles, Kala Teetar, Blue Kingfisher, Phakta and migratory birds such as Tree Pie and Drongo