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Great Himalayan National Park

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The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area is an undisturbed habitat in the ecologically distinct Western Himalayas.

The conservation area covers Great Himalayan National Park plus the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries. Its high-altitude forests and alpine meadows hold diverse flora with the greatest concentration of medicinal plants known for all of the Himalayas. It is the habitat of globally threatened mammals such as Snow Leopard and Himalayan Brown Bear, and globally threatened birds including the Western Tragopan pheasant.

Community Perspective: Jarek is the only reviewer so far, having reached the core zone and providing practical information.

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Full Name
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (ID: 1406)
Country
India
Status
Inscribed 2014 Site history
History of Great Himalayan National Park
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Natural
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  • Natural landscape: Mountain
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  • Glaciers
  • Himalaya
    "The property lies within the ecologically distinct Western Himalayas" (OUV)
Trivia
  • Greatest Altitude Variations
    "Starting from an altitude of 1,700 metres above mean sea level, the highest peak within the park approaches almost 5,800 metres" (Nom File pdf page 275)
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  • Biodiversity hotspot
    Eastern Himalaya, Nepal
  • Plant WHS not in a CPD
    "The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area is home to 805 vascular plant species, 192 species of lichen, 12 species of liverworts and 25 species of mosses. Some 58% of its angiosperms are endemic to the Western Himalayas." (OUV)
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First published: 06/04/19.

Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Great Himalayan National Park

Great Himalayan National Park (Inscribed)

Great Himalayan National Park by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Site visited recently - March, 2019.

As always in similar cases it is not easy to distinguish actual boundaries of Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP). On a road Aut - Banjaar, especially after passing Tirthan river I saw many posts suggesting that you are on the premisses of GHNP, but following the official map I think that park in this part starts only from Sairopa village located on Banjaar - Gushaini road. Reaching that place you are already in so called eco zone, but to reach core zone of GHNP you should go to Gushainin and take a 4-5 km trek from there (1,5 hours, one way).

At the beginning it a local road - take the one on the right side of the river, later on it is just a path (I didn't saw it on my mobile map, it is not also correctly shown on google maps). To reach the core zone of GHNP you should pass through 3 different hamlets (have in mind that it is easy to loose the correct way there as there are local paths to particular buildings). Boundary of GHNP is accessible after one hour hike, the first sign of national park is further kilometer ahead (Darakhali Point).

Unfortunately I did not have much time to have a bigger trek through mountains. There are agencies organising multi-day treks within GHNP. It can be done on the spot in villages (Banjaar, Saitropa, Gushaini). Any of the place can also serve as …

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