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Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

4.2 (0)

Overview

Uttarakhand's first Ramsar site at the Asan–Yamuna meet, where winter rafts up rare red-crested pochards and ferruginous ducks.

Why visit: Painted storks to Pallas's fish eagle — Doon's best easy birding.

Things to do

BirdwatchingBoating

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

Free (boating extra)

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

4.5 km

🛕 Religious

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Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh

Guru Gobind Singh's Yamuna-bank court of four poet-years — the white gurudwara where the Dasam Granth's verses flowed, with his weapons enshrined.

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💎 Hidden Gem🦌 National Park

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Yamunanagar, Haryana

Haryana's only sal forest — a Shivalik wedge on the Yamuna where elephants wander in from Rajaji, leopards den and a colonial rest-house sleeps.

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📍 Nature

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Yamunanagar, Haryana

Where the Yamuna leaves the hills — a gate-run barrage splitting her into canals for two states, with Shivalik views and winter waterbirds.

Oct–Mar (Jul–Sep for spate)2–3 hrsExplore