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Hemis National Park
Wildlife | Jammu and Kashmir | India
Hemis National Park is known as the snow leopard capital of India situated at an altitudinal...
Updated On: 8/26/2009
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 The name of the Hemis National Park is taken from the famous monastery Hemis Gompa, spread out over 600 sq. Km and is located in the Ladakh division of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir at a distance of around 40 Kms southeast of Leh. The beauty of the Hemis National Park multiplies when it gives an overview of Indus River and the catchments areas of Markha, Sumdah, and Rumbak streams.
The park is known as the Snow Leopard Capital of India situated at an altitudinal range of 3,300 to 6,000 m, and hosts a remarkable variety of wildlife. Finally, the park came into existence in 1981 as one of the national parks of India. It is also bounded by the historical river of Indus that make the area one of the prime attractions for domestic and international tourists where they have full opportunity to navigate the natural beauty with mountains of various shapes and sizes, mixed with vast flatlands, deserts etc.
Wild Attractions
The land of Hemis National Park is rare for its dry forests of juniper, birch, fir, alpine grasslands and scrublands. The park is full of many endangered animals, which are normally found in the cold region along with an interesting assemblage of cold desert flora. Some of the famous attractions of the Hemis Park are snow leopard, tibetan wild or kiang, ibex, serow, tibetan antelope, palla's cat, srapu, bharal, red fox, rhesus macaque, hanuman languor, wolf, marmot, tibetan argali and ladakh urial etc. The famous flora of the park comprised of sparse grasslands, herbaceous vegetation, junipers, myricaria, poplar, salix, birch, astragalus, taraxacum, leortopodium, ephedra and many sparse grasslands.
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Air
Indian Airlines and Jet airways operates direct flights from Delhi to Leh (1047 km) regularly. Indian Airlines operates flights at regular intervals from Srinagar, Jammu and Chandigarh.
Rail
The nearest railway station is Jammu-Tawi in Jammu.
By Road
Regular buses, which ply from Leh towards the Hemis national park. |
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Medium and lower budget hotels are available at Leh, 30kms drive from the park. There are home stay facilities available in the park in the villages of Chilling, Rumbak, Kaya, Sku etc along the Markha trekking route which provide clean rooms and traditional Ladakhi meals. It was developed by the Snow Leopard Conservancy with support from the Mountain Institute and the Unesco. Camping is permitted within the park. |
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