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Kalesar National Park
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Kalesar National Park

Yamunanagar, Haryana, India

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Overview

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.

Why visit: The state's one true jungle, shared with three other states' wildlife.

Things to do
  • ›Sal-forest tracks
  • ›Kalesar Mahadev temple
  • ›1898 rest-house
  • ›Yamuna ghats
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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Jun

Entry fee

₹25–100 + vehicle

Est. budget

₹500–1,500

Duration

Full day

Nearby attractions

Within
4.9 km
📍 Nature
4.1

Hathni Kund Barrage

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
11.1 km
🛕 Religious
4.4

Paonta Sahib Gurudwara

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.

Year-round; Hola Mohalla2–3 hrsExplore
14.6 km
📍 Bird Sanctuary
4.2

Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary

Dehradun, Uttarakhand

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

Nov–FebHalf dayExplore
14.7 km
🛕 Religious
4.1

Kapal Mochan Tirtha

Yamunanagar, Haryana

The sin-absolving triple tanks where Shiva, Rama and Guru Gobind Singh all bathed by tradition — a Kartik Purnima fair of five lakh pilgrims.

Kartik Purnima fair (Nov); Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore
20.2 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature
4.0

Ch. Devi Lal Herbal Nature Park, Chuharpur

Yamunanagar, Haryana

One of Asia's largest herbal gardens — 400 medicinal species from sanjeevani lore to everyday tulsi, in walking sections by ailment and clime.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore
21.8 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage
3.8

Chhachhrauli & Kalesar Palace Country

Yamunanagar, Haryana

The little capital of Kalsia state — faded palaces and gates of a Sikh principality, forest roads rolling east to Kalesar's sal.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore
23.1 km
💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious
4.2

Adi Badri (Saraswati Udgam)

Yamunanagar, Haryana

The Shivalik springs held to birth the lost Saraswati — three ancient temples, an excavated stupa mound and the state's revival ghats for the vanished river.

Oct–Mar; Saraswati mahotsav (Jan–Feb)2–3 hrsExplore
24.6 km
💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical
4.0

Chaneti Buddhist Stupa

Yamunanagar, Haryana

An Ashokan-era brick stupa dome intact in a farm hamlet — the Srughna region's survivor that Xuanzang's route notes still explain.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore