Located besides the man made lake,
the Jai Samand Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the year 1957. The
natural environs of the sanctuary provide shelter to countless wild
species including sloth bear, leopard, chital, chinkara, wild boar and a
number of breeding birds like darter, open bill stork, pond heron,
little cormorant and Indian shag. The lake is the best place to view
crocodiles and also a number of fish.
The sanctuary is situated along one of the largest artificial lakes of
the world called the Jaisamand Lake. Fourteen kilometres in length &
nine kilometres in width, the lake has a circumference of nearly
eighty-eight kilometres. Close to Jaisamand is the game sanctuary, which
is spread over an area of about 45 kilometres & has a motorable
road. The sanctuary shelters wild animals like Panthers, Wild Bear,
Spotted Deer, Sambhars etc. |