#1 _Talkat_Vanbag
‘Van’ means Forest
and ‘Bag’ means Garden. Talkat
Van-Bag is ‘Forest Garden’ recently developed by Forest Department in the area
of approx. 558.32 hectors which consists of various types of plants and trees
such as coconut, Bettelnut, Mango, cashew, jackfruits as well as paper,
Chickoo, Jalphal, Kokam, Dalchini, Rubber, Gauva, Nagchapha and many more. In
some area department has planted betel nut & coconut trees, rest of the
area are wild forest. This Garden also includes varieties of many medical
plants.
Dodamarg region has lot of forest cover and hence this is
one of the first protected forest areas being developed as ‘forest garden’ for
promoting wildlife tourism.
The Garden has some watchtowers and platforms made for
observation. It has 4-5 walking trails through the forest. One can get very
rich experience of a jungle walk in
this garden. The area has one artificial water pond or tank made by the
department for providing water to animals during summer. It also has one natural
water stream & a small dam over it.
The area has wonderful wildlife sighting records of the
region. It is home for wildlife animals such as Giant Squirrel, Monkey, Barking
Deer, porcupine, Indian Gaur, Leopard and many such wild animals of the region.
Also the area has many endemic species of birds & reptiles of the Western
Ghats.
During post monsoon season & October heat many varieties of
Butterflies can be seen in the garden.
For the one who is real nature lover this place is must
visit.
For the checklists please visit (http://nikunjhomestay.blogspot.in/2016/11/checklists-for-area-around-nikunj.html)
