Variety Of Jungle Cats Can Be Seen In Bhitarkanika National Park Orissa

Orissa is a state still maintaining lot of tradition and nativity located in the upper south eastern part of India, just below West Bengal, Chattisgarh in the west, Jharkand in the north and Andhra Pradesh in the South, having Bhubaneshwar as its Capital, majority of population composed of Hindus, unilingual with Oriya as the spoken language, attracting tourists to visit ancient temples, virgin beaches, good number of tribal areas, wildlife reserves, awe inspiring monuments, with lot of festivals and celebrations, Orissa tourism would win the heart of every traveler going there.

Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa is an unique spot formed in wetland composed of three protected areas, first the Bhitarkanika National Park itself and the other two being The Bhiterkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and The Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary.

The Bhitarkanika National Park is literally a mangrove forestry with numerous creeks and mudflats in the Kendrapara district of Orissa, in the estuary of Brahmani, Baitarani, Dhanira and Mahanadi river systems, offering wonderful and picturesque site with it for visitors Orissa tour to enjoy.

This Park is also the prime habitat of different forms of jungle cats such as leopard cat, fishing cat, jungle cat, hyena, wild boar, spotted deer, sambar, porcupine, dolphin, salt water crocodile, python, king cobra, marine turtle, apart from variety of migratory birds, thus making it a wonderful spot of Eco-tourism.

Apart from Bhtarkanika National Park there are other important places to visit and festivals to witness in Orissa that include
• Puri Jagannath Temple
• Rath Yatra at Puri
• Sun Temple Konark
• Chillika Lake
• Chandpur Beach
• Gopalpur on Sea
• Konark Dance festival

Orissa tourism and other Travel Agencies have constructed a number of Orissa tour packages, enabling travelers visit most of these places and events, such as
• Five days Orissa tour package covering Bhubaneswar, Puri and Konark
• Six days package taking the tourists to Taptapani and Gopalpur in addition
• Three days Orissa tour package to Bhitarkanika
• Six days package covering Tiarpara Sanctuary
• Three days Orissa tour package Similipal Sanctuary
• Fifteen days package to villages in Orissa
• Fifteen days Orissa wildlife tour package

There are one month long Orissa tour packages too offered at affordable prices organized by Orissa tourism, to give the visitor opportunity to know about the traditional Orissa or Odhisha, its original name.

All Orissa tours can be booked on line with Orissa tourism or other Tour organizing agents and Bhubaneshwar, the capital city of Orissa is connected by Air, Train and Road, with quite a number of flights, trains or buses operating respectively in each of these modes.