Nal Sarovar Boat rideis approximately 3 hours boat ride in the beautiful natural lake declared as Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary. The lake is famous for mainly inhabited by migratory birds as their wintering ground. It is the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat.
Package Rate & persons allowed in one boat:
- INR 4500/- to 4800/- for Indians (Per Boat)
- INR 10,000 to 12,000/- for Foreigners (Per Boat)
One Boat can accommodate maximum 6 person. Age till 12 years considered as child and more than 12 years considered as adult for safari booking. If number of adults are less then more children can be added up to 6. Since the rates are per Jeep and not per person, rates will be same for 1 person and for 6 persons boarding the boat.
What is Included in this Package?
- Permit issued by Forest department to enter into the lake
- Boat, Guide,Helmsman (Boat driver)
- Payment processing charges, agency service charge & GST
What is Not Included?
- Camera fees, if any. (There is no charge for Mobile Phones)
Reporting Place & Time: Boarding / Reporting point for safari Nal Sarovar Lake enrty gate. Visitor Need to report at least 30 minutes before scheduled Safari time. There is ample parking facility for visitors to park their vehicles approx 1 km from lakesite.
Safari Timings and Availability of Permits: The Bird Sentury opens at 6 am and closes at 5:30 pm on all the the days throughout the year.
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellation Before 10 Days: 75% Refund
- Cancellation Before 05 Days: 50% Refund
- Cancellation Before 02 Days: 25% Refund
- Cancellation Less than 02 Days: 0% Refund
- Days are calculated excluding the Safari Boarding day & Cancellation request day.
- Cancellation request received after 6 PM will be considered on next working day.
- Cancellation policy mentioned above is subject to change.
It is mandatory to provide ID proof detail of all members while booking. ID proofs submitted while Safari Booking will be verified with the original ID proofs at safari boarding time. Boarding will not be possible if found any discrepancy and any refund will not be processed in this case. No ID proofs are accepted other than mentioned in the Booking Form.
Once the safari is booked, any kind of modification is strictly NOT possible, like Change in the ID proof number, name of person including spelling mistake, addition or deletion of person, change in safari date or time slot, etc.
We will refund full amount within 2 working days in case of unavailability of requested safari.
Forest depart reserves the right to cancel the permit or slightly modify the timing in unavoidable circumstances. Decision of the forest department will be final in such case.
Migratory birds in winter are the greatest fascination at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary and it houses more than 250 types of migratory as well as occupant birds. Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is a significant piece of Gujarat. The wildlife devotees who visit Gujarat for Asiatic Lions would be satisfied to track down such different birds with a rich variety of flora and fauna.
Migratory birds start arriving in October and stay till the end of March. The migratory birds have the largest population in the peak season of winters. There are about 360 islets in the lake and most of them lie exposed when the water level is low. The lake plays host to migratory birds who arrive from Central Europe, Central Asia, Australia, and Siberia
Flora & Fauna at Nalsarovar
The sanctuary comprises around 48 species of Algae and 72 species of flowering plants. The common aquatic plants include Cyperus sp., Scripus sp., Typha Ungustata, Eleocharis palustris, Ruppia, Potamogeton, Vallisneria, etc.
The important migratory and residents birds in this sanctuary include lesser and greater flamingos, rosy and dalmatian pelicans, painted storks and open-billed storks, purple herons and grey herons, little egrets, intermediate egrets, and great white egrets, grey wagtails, white-throated kingfishers, and pied kingfishers, Oriental darters, whiskered terns, and little terns, glossy ibis, western yellow wagtails, red-wattled and yellow-wattled lapwings, little and great cormorants, common kingfishers, black-tailed godwits, wood sandpipers and at least seven species of ducks – ruddy shelducks, common shelducks, lesser whistling ducks, knob-billed ducks, Indian spot-billed ducks, tufted ducks, and ferruginous ducks.