Lying between the two historic cities of India, Agra and Jaipur, the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary has an interesting legendary tale attached to it. Created by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in 1890 as a shooting reserve for the large number of migratory birds, the area was enclosed with embankments and further divided it with earthen dams called 'bunds' creating a large number of marshes and lakes. Thus, Bharatpur is mainly an artificial creation, with two-thirds of the park under water and the remaining land covered with grasslands and dry deciduous forests.

In 1965 when government banned the haphazard shooting of birds, the area was declared a National Park in March 1982. The Koladeo Ghana National Park or the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary as it is commonly known was accepted as a World Heritage Site in 1985 and till date continues to be one of the most visited bird sanctuary by both the birds themselves and the numerous visitors who shoot them, with camera now. If you also wish to capture the beauty of these mesmerizing birds, then join us on Tours to Bharatpur.

Over 375 species of birds are found here and raised paths, veiled by babul trees and undergrowth make viewing a pleasurable activity. Cruising along the waters in boat in the early hours of the morning is also unforgettable experience. There fare mixed heronries on the half submerged babul trees and the dissonance is mind-boggling as painted storks, open bills, spoon bills, egrets, comorants, white ibis and multitudes of others, tend to their young ones. Jacanas with their shimmering colours and graceful tail feathers along with purple moorhen can be seen delicately treading over the floating vegetation.

During the monsoons thousands of egrets, herons, storks, cormorants, darters, spoonbills and ibises breed here, forming a congested heronry. Small acacia trees are jam-packed with nests of several various other species.

Opened all the year round, the best time to visit the fabulous place of Bharatpur is winters. Another popular attraction of the place is the Bharatpur Palace that is an architectural marvel of Mughal and Rajput dynasties.