Vansada Tourism, Gujarat India
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Vansada, India Overview
Vansda National Park
You crane your neck to see the tops of the towering trees, the teak perhaps flowering, the bamboo brakes aplenty. The canopy is so thick you find parts of the forest in darkness, and are amazed to remember you are still in Gujarat, so lush and dense is the world around you. You see wild mango groves, perhaps even a wild relative of the banana plant, and weaving in between are gigantic creepers. You check abashedly behind you for dinosaurs. You stop short so as to not scare away the beautiful butterfly that has landed in front of you, and as it flies away, you are distracted and crouch, like a child, to watch a colorful centipede scurry its fuzzy way along. You begin to notice not only the giant trees but also the tiny creatures that fit between the cracks in the bark. Soon even the ferns and mushrooms on a rotting log seem like ornate decoration. You are surprised by an expanse of the Bharadi grasslands tucked away east of the center of the park. And at the Ambika river, you are enchanted by the varieties of orchids, delicate and colorful.
And since you've fallen in love with Vansda, you decide to spend a night deep in the forest and learn more about it from the Kilad Nature Education Campsite. After an evening campfire and a morning guided tour, you now walk around with even bigger eyes and ears, noticing not only the creatures that you do see, but the tracks and droppings and song that tell you about the creatures that you don't.
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Vansada, India History
The 24 square km of this national park lie at the east end of the Navsari district in South Gujarat. It forms a continuous tract with both the forests of Valsad district to the south, and the forests in the Dangs to the east, which provide better access than from the Navsari side, so it is managed by the South Dangs Forest Division. It used to belong to the King of Vansda until he gave it to the state. It was declared as a protected area in April 1979, and we are fortunate that there has not been tree felling since as early as 1952.
The terrain here is flat in parts and undulating in others, and is drained by the river Ambika into the sea near Navsari. The park borders land developed by the Revenue Department on the southwest, and by the Ambika along the northeast. The area that surrounds the park marks the northern and western limits of the Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadris.
The rain gods of these parts are generous, sending over 2,000 mm of average rainfall a year, which keeps the forest lush. Parts of it are so dense that they are dark even during the day. The thick canopy is most easily recognizable by its tall teak and bamboo, with some trees reaching a height of 120 ft. Most parts are moist deciduous forest, with kaatas bamboo, but some parts are dry deciduous forest and have manvel bamboo. Just southeast of the center of the park there are also the Bharadi grasslands. Vansda Park cradles 450 species of plants, and including the bamboo and teak, 443 species of these are flowering plants, such as adad, dudhkod, khakhro, timru, haldu, chopadi, bondaro, shimlo, and ambla. The northeastern side of the park where the Ambika winds its way through is home to many varieties of orchids.