Contained in the Garhwal Himalaya, the park is situated in district Chamoli. It contains the catchment region of the Rishi Ganga which is Dhauli Ganga’s eastern branch that streams at Joshimath into the Alaknanda River. The region is a huge glacial basin, separated by a sequence of equivalent, north-south leaning ridges. These grow up to the surrounding mountain border next to which are approximately dozen crests, the better recognized with Dunagiri, Changbang & Nanda Devi East.

Jungles are limited mainly to the Rishi Gorge & are subjugated by fir, rhododendron & birch equal to approximately 3,350 m creating a wide belt among these & the alpine fields are birch jungle , through an rhododendron understorey. Environment is drier inside 'Inner Sanctuary', flattering roughly xeric up the major Nanda Devi glaciers. Afar Ramani, the plants change from jungle to waterless alpine area, amid scrub juniper fitting the leading wrap inside the 'Inner Sanctuary'. Juniper provides route to grasses attitudinally, flat mosses & lichens, & on riverine earth to yearly basil & dwarf willow.

Plenty of ungulate populations are main main famous thing of the basin, particularly musk deer of Himalayan (planned as 'lower risk' endangered class). Also common are Mainland serow & Himalayan tahr.  Goral allocation does not emerge to expand to inside the basin, though the type does happen in the national park neighborhood. Big carnivores are general leopard, black bear of Himalayan & brown bear, the reality of it however has to be established. The mereprimate here is ordinary langur, though exterior the park limits rhesus macaque is seen. Biosphere reserve reported approximately 83 classes.

A sum of one hundred and fourteen bird species concerning to thirty families was documented through the nineteen ninety three Nanda Devi Scientific & Ecological Expedition, around sixty seven for the 1st time. Classes plentiful through May & June comprise crested black tit, yellow-bellied fantail flycatcher, orange-flanked bush robin, blue-fronted redstart, Indian tree pipit, vinaceous-breasted pipit, ordinary rosefinch & nutcracker. Species prosperity was established to be maximum in moderate forests, amid a major decrease in prosperity as height improved.

General Information

History

According to Notification No. 3912/14-3-35-80 of September 6, 1982, Nanda Devi National Park was recognized as a national park starting from November 6, 1982. Dang (nineteen sixty one) give an historical description of the Handa Devi Basin investigation. The 1st recorded effort to go in the holy sink was by W. W. Graham in eighteen eighty three, however he was not capable to continue past the ravine of the lesser Rishi Ganga. Later efforts by Dr T. G. Longstaff in eighteen seventy & Hugh Ruttledge in nineteen twenty six, nineteen twenty seven and nineteen thirty two as well met with disappointment. Lastly, Eric shipton and H. W. Tilman in 1934 found a way in the 'Inner Sanctuary' through a way up the ravine of the higher Rishi Ganga. Afterward, Tilman and N. E. Odell in 1936 completed the 1st climb of Handa Devi, supposedly the mainly exceptional climbing achievement of the pre-2nd World War age. Their accounts of this innate haven only 1st drew notice to the stunning peak wilderness, subsequently which the region was recognized as a sport sanctuary on January 7, nineteen thirty nine (Government Order No. 1493/XIV-28). Usually named as 'Handa Devi Sanctuary', it was altered to sanjay Gandhi National Park during notification. Locals opposed & the region was gazetted finally as Handa Devi National Park. In 1988, December it was emblazoned on the World Heritage record. The park forms the heart region of a great deal larger region (200,000ha), expanding distant north as the Dhauli Ganga, which has been projected as a biosphere preserve.

Best Time To Visit

Yearly merely from 1st May to 31st October Nanda Devi National Park is unlocked.

Snow in winter creates admission to the Nanda Devi National park unfeasible for the other part of the year.

Distance From - National Park

Joshimath: 23 km

Badrinath: 65 km

Dehradun: 303 km

Haridwar: 303 km

Rishikesh: 325 km

How To Get There

By Air

Nanda Devi National Park’s Closest Airport is Jolly Grant Airport of Dehradun.

By Rail

Nanda Devi National Park’s nearest railway station is Rishikesh.

Road

Joshimath of Garhwal area of Uttarakhand state is the closest main city to the Nanda Devi National Park 
Tourists have to trek from Joshimath to the Nanda Devi National park.

Things To Do In - National Park

Visiting The Park

Nanda Devi National Park is largely divided into 2 pieces - the Inner & External Sanctuaries.

The Inner Sanctuary consists of ~ 2/3rd of the Nanda Devi National Park's whole region & comprises Mount Nanda Devi beside Devistan I (twenty one thousand nine hundred and nine feet), Devistan II (twenty one thousand four hundred and twenty one feet) & Rishi Kot (twenty thousand four hundred and fifty nine feet).  Also, the Inner Sanctuary has 2 main glaciers - the Uttari Rishi Glacier (north) & the Dakkhni Rishi Glacier (south) that border the Nanda Devi Mountain.  

The Outer Sanctuary is alienated from the Inner Sanctuary through high crest (the Rishiravine), by which runs the Rishi Ganga branch. The Outer sanctuary is surrounded on three sides by nineteen mountain crests, every one taller than nineteen thousand feet.

The whole region includes the catchment region of the Rishi Ganga. It is an eastern branch of Dhauli Ganga that goes in river Alaknanda at Joshimath.

Entry Rules Into Nanda Devi National Park

From 1982, & in a proposition to protect its delicate ecosystem & the attractiveness, visitor flood at Nanda Devi National Park has turned into the most controlled among Indian National Parks.  Merely about five hundred people are allowed to go to the Nanda Devi National Park every period. 

Present Access Precincts Are Listed Below

•Entity access is forbidden.  Guests can merely penetrate the park in set.

•Every set may have maximum of 5 guests.

•Utmost 2 groups are allowed in 1 day

• Maximum 4 groups are given permission to enter in one week.

A listed guide is compulsory to journey with every group. 

•Visitors under fourteen years are not permitted inside.   

Activities in Park

Trekking, Camping, Wildlife.

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Accommodation

Except camping there is no accommodation, inside Park. Joshimath at 23 km distant provides complete lodging alternatives. There are various hotels completing the requirements of visitors of every hues & pockets. Tourist Rest House can be used by visitors for stay. A P.W.D. Inspection House provides lodging to the tourists.  

Weather

25.9 deg C is the maximum Temperature and 12.5 deg C is the minimum Temperature in Nada Devi National Park.  Lying in the high elevation, Nanda Devi National Park has a dissimilar weather. For 6 months, the area remains beneath a snow wrap. Other part of year, the area has an arid weather with intense rain from June month to August. In the month of May to June temperature rises a bit & one may visit Nanda Devi National Park in this period.

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