Description:
One of the most well kept and famous zoological parks of India, the name Nandankanan means, the Garden of Gods. Nandankanan is set amid the forest and the lake of Chandaka with a beautiful Botanical garden. Famous for its whooping population of the white tigers, around 35 presently, Nandankanan zoo is home for many a rare species of the tigers. The park boasts of keeping the animals in the most natural conditions and breeding the rare mammal such as the white tiger in captivity to the maximum.
A good excursion point, the zoological park and the botanical gardens are hardly 20 kms away from the capital city of Bhubaneshwar. The botanical gardens have many a rare species of plants and flowers. Given the status of a sanctuary in 1960, the Nandankanan has various mammals, birds, reptiles and plants. The lake standing in between the zoo and the botanical garden provides an added attraction to the park. The ropeway plying between the zoological park to the botanical gardens, over the lake is exciting.
