Bikaner Excursions - Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary
Located on the Jaisalmer road, the Gajner wildlife Sanctuary is situated at a distance of 32 km. from the town of Bikaner. Earlier the Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary used to be royal hunting grounds of the Maharaja of Bikaner and this place was the venue of Maharaja Ganga Singh legendary Shikar Parties. There is a luminous lake inside the sanctuary and in the boiling summer months, one can see a variety of wild animals that come to the lake to slake their thirst.
Apart from being a recurrent favorite with the resident animal species of Gajner Wildlife sanctuary, the lake also represents a variety of avian species. The Imperial Sand Gouse is particularly eye-catching by its presence in the winter months. Indeed, the sanctuary is a bird watcher's delight. The Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary is habitat to a number of wild animals and some of the resident species include wildfowls, deer, antelope, nilgai, chinkara, black buck, desert foxes and wild boars to name just a few.
In the center of thickly wooded dense jungle and the surrounding haunting wildlife, there is the elegant Gajner Palace Hotel where visitors can check-in for accommodation. Apart from accommodation, the Gajner Palace Hotel regularly conducts a jungle safari which takes visitors into the deepest realms of the mysterious Gajner Sanctuary. The hotel has its own fashionable fleet of Vehicles and all jungle safaris are accompanied by an extremely knowledgeable guide who has years of knowledge of Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary. Today this royal hunting wildlife habitat is a good place to see Blackbuck, Chinkara, Chittal, Sambar, Wild Boar and Bustard. The Maharaja still uses the lodge for weekends.
