Bhavani Ramesh - Author at Dave's Travel Corner https://www.davestravelcorner.com/author/bhavani/ Seeing the World One Step at a Time Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:59:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Borivali National Park, Mumbai: The Urban Jungle https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-asia/borivali-national-park-mumbai-the-urban-jungle/ https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-asia/borivali-national-park-mumbai-the-urban-jungle/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:56:05 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=33612

Sanjay Gandhi National Park or Borivali National Park, as its popularly known, lies in northern suburb of Borivali, Mumbai. It is 104 km2 (40 sq mi) of forest surrounded by the traffic, noise and the chaos of one of the most populated cities in India. It is remarkable that such a large national park exists INSIDE a city! It has a vast population of flora and fauna; some rare butterflies, deer and even 22 leopards! It is a designated UNESCO heritage site; in part because of the Kanheri Caves built here around 2400 years […]

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