Snapshots – Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary

Binsar is a beautiful, quiet and wild Himalayan destination with rich natural surroundings among dense forest. Binsar is perched on top of the Jhandi Dhar hills. This place is situated 33 km north of the Almora town in the Uttarakhand state of India.


A stream in the middle forest reserve of binsar. said to be the primary source of water for the animals. by clakeSnapster

From Binsar one can see the 300 km panoramic view of the Himalayan peaks like Kedarnath Peak, Shivling, Trisul and majestic Nanda Devi from a place called ‘Zero Point’.


View of the peaks from the sanctuary. by Metaphster

Binsar was the summer capital of the Chand Kings, who ruled over Kumaon, from 11th to 18th centuries AD. Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1988, for the conservation and protection of the shrinking broad leaf oak (Quercus) forests of the Central Himalayan region, and it inhabits 200 bird species.


Late evening view from the courtyard. (Slow exposure). by Metaphster


View from Club Mahindra resort, Binsar. by manishmo

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6 Responses to “Snapshots – Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary”

  1. Sanjay Khatri on August 26th, 2008 12:30 am

    lovely pictures and great place. looking forward to visiting Binsar

  2. kamlesh shah on September 10th, 2008 12:20 am

    Excellant photographs. Now I am in dilema as to whether to visit Goa or Coorg first, however no matter, as we are member we can visit both in two separate years. Thanks club mahindra for opening new resort near DELHI AND BINSAR in Uttarakhand titled CLUB MAHINDRA DANCING LAKE RESORT, NAUKUCHITAL.Hope to see photographs, video on website soon.

  3. vinod kr. aggarwal on September 23rd, 2008 10:11 pm

    lovely photographs. I had visited binsar in may and its a very beautiful place. And want to visit again and again.

  4. Samar on October 23rd, 2008 10:39 pm

    Lovely photos

  5. Colonel santosh kumar on November 3rd, 2008 10:26 pm

    hi readers,
    beautiful photographs,,shortly we will be there in this paradise……

  6. Celine on November 23rd, 2008 2:58 pm

    Those are excellent shots!

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