Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary

Visit Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary

If you are ready for some high-voltage drama amid thrilling days and sleepless nights, then the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary is your ultimate destination. Being one of the few eco-centres of Andhra Pradesh, it has the Indian leopard as its star attraction. This dry evergreen forest has been designed keeping the natural habitats of wildlife intact providing them a haven with a near-natural look.

If you are ready for some high-voltage drama amid thrilling days and sleepless nights, then the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary is your ultimate destination. Being one of the few eco-centres of Andhra Pradesh, it has the Indian leopard as its star attraction. This dry evergreen forest has been designed keeping the natural habitats of wildlife intact providing them a haven with a near-natural look.

One can take the help of local guides to take a tour of the entire area who are well versed with every minute details. Kambalakonda's four mountainous terrains offer some amazing trekking trails coupled with picturesque views of the surrounding landscapes. Be quick with your cameras and capture clicks of leopards, jackals, Indian pangolin, cobras, Russell's viper, Indian muntjac and chitals. Flocks of partridges, Asian paradise-flycatcher, quails, treepies, blue-tailed bee-eater, spot-billed duck and hoopoes can be sighted as well.

Relevant information:
 

• it is located 5km outside the Vishakhapatnam city on the Vijayanagaram-Srikakulam route.
• Spans an area of nearly 70.70square km of land and is a combination of scrubs, meadows, hilly terrains and steep slopes.
• Fee- Adults: Rs.10, Children: Rs.5, Parking: Rs.200, Cottages: Rs.250
• A canteen is available as well.
• Trekking charges is Rs.150 for a group of 10 members.
• The park remains opened from 09:00am to 04:30pm.
• Boating facility is available in the small lake located within its premises.
• In front of this park lies the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, popularly known as the Vizag Zoo.