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 Tour to Goa Wildlife Sanctuaries - Dr.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is the only bird sanctuary which
is 1.8 square km in area. Here one can find a variety of local
and migratory birds. Open throughout the year, the sanctuary
can be visited with the permission of the Chief Wild Life
Warden, Forest Department, Junta House, Panaji. Apart from
a rich variety of coastal birds, one may spot flying foxes,
jackals and crocodiles. The sanctuary is open throughout the
year, though it is better to avoid it during the monsoons
and summers when it can get really hot and humid. The area
consists of mangrove vegetation. Mangrove ecosystems are among
the most productive ones. They provide refuge and breeding
grounds for several varieties of fish and insects which fall
at the base of the food-chain. The "Mangrove Scrub"
type of vegetation that is found here occurs in small isolated
areas along the banks of Mandovi and Mapusa rivers and also
along the Cumbarjua canal.
Places to See in Goa - From Panaji, one needs to take a bus or a cab to the Ribandar
ferry wharf and then take a ferry across the Mandovi River
to the island of Chorao. The sanctuary is within walking distance
from the ferry wharf at Chorao. On the western tip of the
island of Chorao along River Mandovi, mangrove swamps cover
this bird-watchers' paradise aptly named after India's best-known
ornithologist.
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