📍 Bird Sanctuary📍 Nature🐅 Wildlife

Sultanpur National Park

Haryana, India

4.2 (0)

Overview

A winter wetland just beyond Gurugram where 250+ species gather — painted storks nest in acacias, flamingos and pelicans drift the jheel, and Siberian migrants pack the shallows from November to February along an easy 3-km walking trail.

Why visit: Delhi-NCR's best birding morning — herons to hornbills an hour from the city.

Things to do

›Walk the lake loop at first light with binoculars
›Photograph painted-stork nesting colonies (Sep–Nov)
›Climb the watchtowers over the jheel
›Visit the interpretation centre

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

₹40 (Indians), ₹400 (foreigners)

Hours

7 am–4:30 pm; closed Tuesday

Est. budget

₹100–500

Duration

Half day

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