The diversity of India’s climate and topography is reflected in its rich flora & fauna. India is renowned for its tigers, elephants and rhinoceroses, but these are just three of the more than 500 species of mammals living in the country, these include the wild ass, the one-horned rhinoceros, the black buck and the Indian elephant. The variety of wildlife you can see in India is truly astonishing. 


India is blessed with over 2000 species and sub-species of birds. The diverse bird life of the forests includes large hornbills, serpent eagles and fishing owls, as well as the elegant national bird, the peacock. Water birds, such as herons, ibises, storks, cranes, pelicans and others, are seen not only in parks but also at numerous special water bird sanctuaries. 



Among the other wildlife are over 500 species of reptiles and amphibians, including magnificent king cobras, pythons, crocodiles, large freshwater tortoises and monitor lizards. There are also 10,000 insect species including large and colourful butterflies.

The jungles are thick and wooded with the flora to back up the fabulous fauna. Evergreen forests in the north-east and along the Western Ghats, moist and dry deciduous forests of the plains, swampy marshes of Bengal and Madhya Pradesh and, pinewoods of the Himalayan foothills - each pave for a different ecosystem, sheltering unique forms of plant and animal life.