One such place is the Sanjay Van near Vasanth Kunj and Mehrouli. Spread over an acre of 10 kilometers, it is part of the ridge area and it is located in south west Delhi adjoining the Jawaharlal Nehru university. Sanjay van has a historical angle also as a part of the remnants of Qila Rai Pithora, a fort built by the king Pritviraj cjauhan in 12th century, lies within it.
You can reach this park through different points like the qutub institutional area or the Neela hauz entry. When you reach the qutub institutional area, it is already a zone without any buses plying, but you would encounter boys zooming past in motor cycles. There are many food joints here thanks to the institutes located nearby and you can have a good breakfast or meal in one of them as once inside the forest, you may not get anything to eat.
The forest is full of medicinal trees and herbal plants. If you are in the company of someone who can identify the various trees, it is good as I was lucky to have. There are also numerous bird varieties like purple sunbird, Asian koel, white breasted kingfisher, red wattled lapwing.
After walking some distance through the path where we came across various trees on both sides, we reached a small lake which is home to many water birds. I do not have much knowledge of bird species, but bird lovers would surely spot many birds here and...
Read moreAwesome place to fill your lungs with Oxygen. Its a huge place with tracks, parks, several points added in recent years. You can never get bored of Sanjay Van. If you are a beginner here, do carry your camera. You will get lots of opportunities to click.
Sanjay Van is full with peacocks, have seen other wilds animals as well few times. But peacocks are something which you can easily find. Several other kind of birds can be found here. They have a beautiful park in the center as well which is accompanied by a lake too. This lake is basically the part of water treatment plant.
They recently added a family of goose to the central park, which looks nice. Do visit the pahari inside and tajendra point.
It's best if you can manage an hour daily in the morning. You will never find a better place in Delhi for jogging and...
Read moreIt's very beautiful landscape in delhi, situated near mehruli and covered 10km^2 area,it have many entrance gates, biodiversity is beautiful, lake revive is seen there, medicine plants are planted there, it is home of many birds and animals, mountain view is perfect where all forests looks so beautiful, jogging tracks is presented there as there are many joggers comes there, no noise of human n traffic is presented there, it's best place for nature lover, who just revive there body in nature bath, beautiful scenery,beautiful plants, beautiful lake, tracks, birds etc,...
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