Desert National Park Travel Map

The Desert National Park is regarded as one of the largest national parks in India, covering a wide area of 3161 sq. km. It was established in 1980 and depicts the ecosystem of the Thar Desert. The main land of the park comprises compact salt lake bottoms, fixed dunes and craggy rocks.The ecosystem of this park supports birdlife in abundance and thus, tourists can find a variety of resident and migratory birds living in this park. Some of these birds include harriers, buzzards, spotted eagles and short-toed eagles. The park is also inhabited by tawny eagles, vultures, kestrel, lager falcons and sand grouse near small lakes or ponds.Desert National Park is home to the endangered species of the great Indian Bustard, which migrates locally in different seasons. Moreover, there are many lakes inside the national park including Rajbaugh Lake, Milak Lake and Padam Talao Lake.Apart from these lakes, the common vegetation seen in the park are palm trees, dhok and ronj. Some of the fossils of plants and animals found in the park are around 180 million years old.Tourists can visit this national park between November and January.