Adventures in India

Nature lovers and hikers have free range to find peace and exercise exploring the open areas of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and even the reserved areas with due permission from the Forest Department and under the watchful eye of guides from the Nature Information Centre in the Park.

This NIC (as the centre is referred to) also has a collection of wildlife films for viewing at extremely low fees, as well as an information gallery with very useful information about the flora and fauna found in the park.

Bombay Natural History Society provides a team of nature educators at the Nature Information Centre - Project (NIC), to help visitors, students and corporate groups explore the natural wealth of this unique forest.

Where 6 stone quarries once devastated this pristine forestland, since the creation of the park in 1976 a Nature Interpretation Centre utilizing about 165 acres of land, involves itself in all activities concerning nature conservation and other related projects.

The chief focus of the centre is to act as a bridge between civilians and the natural world. Various initiatives designed to intrigue and inform enchant the visitor with the world of natural information on offer. The Centre has a gallery with exhibits ranging from posters to life-sized models and samples to provide very detailed information on a large variety of creatures and plants found in the national park.

A medicinal plant garden provides visual information on the flora of medicinal interest in the area. Wildlife films by famous filmmakers like the Bedi brothers are available for viewing for groups as small as 10 people for really negligible charges. Other initiatives include talks and interactive sessions by environment and nature experts on a wide variety of subjects that are designed to generate interest in the more than 1000 species of plants, 40 species of mammals, 251 species of birds - migratory, and water birds, 38 species of reptiles, 9 species of amphibians besides a large variety of fish, insects and other life forms found here.

Anthropological studies with the adivasis, tree plantation programmes and many other initiatives knitting man with his environment are also a regular feature here.