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If you wish to spend some time watching birds and enjoying their activity, perhaps there is no better place than the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. The bird sanctuary is located on the Agra-Jaipur highway, in the state of Rajasthan. The sanctuary is about 175 kilometres from Delhi. If you are coming from Agra, the sanctuary is just 55 kilometres away.
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is also known as Keoladeo National Park. The bird sanctuary has about 400 species of birds. You may not be able to watch all of them in a single day but you can easily spot 100-150 species of birds in a single day. Some of the species of birds that may come across on your Bharatpur tour may include Sarus, Dusky Eagle Owls, Solitary Lapwing, Dalmatian Pelicans, Demoiselle Cranes, Indian Courser and Indian spotted Eagles. You can also watch 20 species of ducks at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary.
There are proper pathways inside the sanctuary and one can comfortably enjoy bird watching in the sanctuary. If you wish, you can rent a bicycle for few hours and explore the bird sanctuary on your own.
Besides being a wonderful bird sanctuary, Bharatpur has a number of other tourist destinations that one can tour to in Bharatpur. Lohagarh Fort is an important landmark in Bharatpur that one can visit. The fort was designed and built by the founder of Bharatpur, Maharaja Suraj Mal. Some of the monuments that you can visit inside the fort include Kothi Khas, Mahal Khas, Kishori Mahal, Fateh Burj and Jawahar Burj. The government museum is another interesting place that you can visit on your tour to Bharatpur.
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