Biological Parks and Deer Parks

Sajjangarh Biological Park lies at the foot of the Monsoon Palace in Udaipur, spread over 36 hectares. It was established in 2015. Machia in Jodhpur and Nahargarh in Jaipur both followed in 2016.

The park lies in the Aravalli hills of Udaipur, beside Sajjangarh Palace. Also called the Monsoon Palace, it was built on Bansdara peak by Maharana Sajjan Singh of Mewar in the late 19th century.

The park was set up in Udaipur in 2015 to protect the biodiversity of the Aravalli hills. Spread over 36 hectares, it holds tigers, leopards and many other species native to the region.

After being declared a man-eater, Ustad was moved from Ranthambore to Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur in May 2015. He died there in December 2022 at the age of 17.

The park lies about 8 km west of Jodhpur city inside the Machia forest block. Of the block's 604 hectares, 41 hectares were set aside for the park itself.

Kaylana Lake lies west of Jodhpur and the Machia forest block adjoins it. Desert fox, chinkara, desert cat and monitor lizard are among the Thar species shown in the park.

The park opened on 20 January 2016. It was developed as a satellite zoo to replace Jodhpur's old heritage zoo at Umaid Garden, whose enclosures no longer met modern zoo norms.

The park stands near Kukas on the Jaipur-Delhi highway and has run as a zoo since 2016. It is managed by the Rajasthan Forest Department and stays closed on Tuesdays.

Gulab Bagh in Udaipur is also called Sajjan Niwas Garden. Rajasthan's first bird park was developed inside this garden over roughly 3.85 hectares, alongside its rose beds and water bodies.

The park stands on Nanta Road in Kota, about 650 metres from the Abheda Mahal. It is laid out in the shape of the letter O, with enclosures flanking a 1.5 km central walking track.

The park lies in Kota, in the Hadauti region, and holds 44 enclosures. It is organised into three working zones: the Main Block, the Administrative Block and the Green Belt.

It was inaugurated on 18 December 2021. Construction began in 2016 and finished in 2018. Tigers, lions, leopards, bears, wolves and hyenas are among the animals housed here.

Rajasthan's established biological parks are Nahargarh in Jaipur, Abheda in Kota, Sajjangarh in Udaipur and Machia in Jodhpur. Marudhara, Bharatpur, Katti Ghati and Kumbha are listed as upcoming.

Marudhara Biological Park is proposed for Bikaner district. Rajasthan's four established biological parks currently lie in the districts of Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur and Jodhpur.

Rajasthan's proposed biological parks are earmarked for Bikaner, Bharatpur, Alwar and Chittorgarh districts. Jodhpur already runs an established park, the Machia Biological Park.

Katti Ghati Biological Park is proposed for Alwar district. Besides its four established biological parks, Rajasthan has four more listed in the upcoming category.

Kumbha Biological Park is proposed for Chittorgarh district. The other parks on Rajasthan's upcoming list are Marudhara in Bikaner, Bharatpur, and Katti Ghati in Alwar.

Rajasthan's first bird park was built over about 3.85 hectares inside Gulab Bagh, Udaipur. It houses Asian, African, American and Australian species, from macaws and cockatoos to pelicans.

Then Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot dedicated it at Gulab Bagh, Udaipur, in May 2022. The Tourism Department, Municipal Corporation and Urban Improvement Trust jointly funded its construction.

Work began in 2004-05 under the Rajasthan Forestry and Biodiversity Project, financed with help from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, better known as JICA.