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Van Vihar National Park

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

4.2 (0)

Overview

A lakeside safari-park where rescued tigers, lions and bears live in near-wild enclosures along a 5-km cycling road.

Why visit: Cycle past tigers beside the Upper Lake.

Things to do

›Tiger & bear enclosures
›Lakeside cycling
›Waterbird flocks
›Sunset from the drive

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

₹20–200

Est. budget

₹150–400

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

0.9 km

📍 Park

4.1

Bhopal's Sair Sapata & Shaurya Smarak

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The lakeside leisure pier with its suspension bridge and toy train, beside the moving Shaurya Smarak war memorial.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

2.3 km

🏞️ Lake

4.3

Upper Lake (Bhojtal) & Kerwa

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Raja Bhoj's 1,000-year reservoir — sailing, kayaking and the VIP-road sunsets, with Kerwa's forest cafés and zip-lines behind.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

3.6 km

📍 Mosque

4.5

Taj-ul-Masajid

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

One of Asia's largest mosques — pink minarets and a vast courtyard begun by Shah Jahan Begum, the 'crown of mosques'.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

4.4 km

📍 Museum

4.4

Manav Sangrahalaya (Museum of Mankind)

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

A 200-acre open-air anthropology park — full-scale tribal homesteads, coastal villages and rock-shelter trails above the Upper Lake.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)Half dayExplore

4.9 km

🏞️ Lake

4.4

Bhopal (City of Lakes)

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The begum-built capital around the vast Upper Lake — nawabi old city, Asia's grandest mosque and India's finest museums side by side.

Oct–Mar2 daysExplore

6.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum

4.7

Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

India's most beautiful museum — tribal artists themselves built these immersive galleries of Gond, Bhil, Baiga and Korku life-worlds.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)2–3 hrsExplore