The Keibul Lamjao National Park (Meitei: Keibul Lamjao Leipakki Lampak) is located in the Bishnupur district of Manipur, a state in Northeast India. It covers an area of 40 km² (15.4 mi²), making it the only floating national park in the world. The park is part of Loktak Lake and is currently listed on UNESCO’s tentative list of potential World Heritage Sites under the name “Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area (KLCA).” This listing includes Loktak Lake’s buffer zone (140 km²) and Pumlen Pat (43 km²).
Kaziranga National Park is located in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath, and Nagaon districts of Assam, India. The park is home to two-thirds of the world’s Indian rhinoceroses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A census in March 2018, conducted by the Forest Department of Assam and wildlife NGOs, reported that the rhino population in the park is 2,613.
Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha–Kisli National Park, is a tiger reserve in India and the biggest national park in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It spans 940 km² (360 square miles) across two districts, Mandla and Balaghat. The park is home to Bengal tigers, Indian leopards, sloth bears, barasinghas, and dholes.
Hemis National Park is a high-elevation national park located in Hemis, within the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is about 50 km (31 mi) from Leh, one of the capitals of Ladakh. The park is globally known for its snow leopards and is believed to have the highest number of them in any protected area worldwide.
The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is a national park in India, located in the Banjar area of Kullu in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The park was created in 1984 and covers an area of 1171 km; the land within the park ranges in height from 1500 to 6000 meters. The park is home to many types of plants and over 375 species of animals, including about 31 mammals, 181 birds, 3 reptiles, 9 amphibians, 11 annelids, 17 mollusks, and 127 insects.
Gorumara National Park (Pron: ˌgɔ:rʊˈmɑ:rə; Gorumara Jatio Uddan) is a national park in northern West Bengal, India. It is located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills and has grasslands and forests. The park was established in 1992.
Eravikulam National Park is a 97 km national park located in the Idukki and Ernakulam districts of Kerala, India, along the Western Ghats. The park is found between 10º05’N and 10º20’N, and 77º0’E and 77º10’E. It is the first national park in Kerala and was created in 1978.
Dudhwa National Park is a protected area located in the Terai region of wet, grassy lands in northern Uttar Pradesh, India. The park covers an area of 490.3 square kilometers, with an additional buffer zone of 190 square kilometers. It is part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, which includes the Kheri and Lakhimpur districts.
Dachigam National Park is a protected area located 22 kilometres (14 miles) from Srinagar city in the Srinagar district of Kashmir, on the east side of Dal Lake. It covers an area of about 141 square kilometres (54 square miles). The name of the park means “ten villages,” which honors the ten villages that were moved to make room for the park.
Jim Corbett National Park is located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India. It was created in 1936 as India’s first national park and is named after Jim Corbett, who helped establish it. The park was the first in India to join the Project Tiger program.