World Elephant Day 2022: 5 destinations for Elephant Safaris in India - Check list
World Elephant Day 2022: The World Elephant Day is dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has shared a message of conserving the creatures on their Twitter handle.
"On this #WorldElephantDay, let's pledge to conserve these majestic creatures who are the architects of ecosystems & gardeners of our forests.
#WorldElephantDay2022," the Ministry tweeted.
"The successes in elephant conservation must be viewed in context of the larger efforts underway in India to minimize human-animal conflict, and integrating local communities and their traditional wisdom in furthering environmental consciousness," Prime Minister Narendra Modi also tweeted.
On #WorldElephantDay, reiterating our commitment to protect the elephant. You would be happy to know that India houses about 60% of all Asian elephants. The number of elephant reserves has risen in the last 8 years. I also laud all those involved in protecting elephants. pic.twitter.com/E1BnabkWUz
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 12, 2022
Elephant Safaris in India - List
Elephant Safari in Jim Corbett National Park
Corbett National Park is a part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve; a Project Tiger Reserve lies in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. Corbett is India's oldest and most prestigious National Park established in the year 1936. Pic: Official Website
Elephant Safari in Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park is a National Park based in Assam. The park hosts two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses and is a World Heritage Site. Pic: Official Website
Elephant Safari in Bandhavgarh National Park
Spread in Madhya Pradesh, Bandhavgarh National park is filled with ranges of wildlife species. Pic: Reuters
Elephant Safari in Kanha National Park:
Located in Mandla and Balaghat districts, Kanha Reserve is the only paradise for wild beings in India which has the most framed natural fineness in the form of landscape harbors amidst the top hills and valleys of highest grasslands in the Maikal range of Satpuras. Pic: https://www.wwf.org.uk/
Elephant Safari in Periyar National Park
Located in Kerala it is one of the most visited protected areas in India. PTR bagged the title of the Best Managed Tiger Reserve among 50 Tiger Reserves in the country in terms of Management Effectiveness Assessment in 2018 by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Pic: https://www.wwf.org.uk/