Hingol National Park
Hey, adventurous people! Having a bad day? Want to visit some snowy, high and mountainous areas? Just wait a while. I am going to tell you about even more adventurous and exotic place to have fun and bet that you will forget about every other hilly area. Are you ready? So let’s start.
Have you ever heard about “Hingol National Park”? It is the wildest and daring place for all tourists to visit. It is equipped with:
- Delightful landscapes.
- Fierce wildlife.
- Mud volcanoes.
- Rugged Rocks.
- Adjacency to the beach.
All these features in one place and you are thinking to miss it? Nah! Not possible.
Hingol National park is one of the most famous and lovable National parks of Pakistan, 190 KM away from Karachi.
About the Park:
Hingol National Park is the largest national Park covering an area of 610,043 ha. The Park lies on Makran coast in Gwadar. The park covers a wide area of Lasbella, Gwadar, and Owaran. The area is covered with sand and can be regarded as a desert. The Hingol National Park also covers the Hingol River to support the life of its fisheries.
20 staff members look after this park and it is under the observation of secretaries of:
- Wildlife.
- Forest.
- Livestock.
- Tourism.
- Environment.
A home to threatened species:
Hingol National Park is home to all threatened species of Pakistan. It supports:
- 35 species of mammals.
- 65 species of amphibians and reptiles.
- 185 species of birds.
It means you will get a sight of all those species in this park which are seen nowhere else due to their endangered status. Isn’t it worth the visit? Nature lover what are you waiting for? Pay a visit.
The park’s beauty gets pampered when a number of tourists, adventurers, cyclists, hikers, and photographers visit it.
The best place for wildlife photographers:
Are you a wildlife photographer and searching for some unique animals and birds? Hingol National Park is probably the best place to get a glimpse of all strange and desired species.
You will see a number of creatures adding beauty to the park like:
- Houbara.
- Marsh Crocodiles.
- Green Marine Turtles.
- Mahasheer.
- Plumbeous.
- Dolphins.
- Ibexes.
- Urials.
- Chinkaras.
I bet it many of you haven’t even heard of these names before.
Paradise of Natural Beauty:
The amazing and unique giant rocks at Hingol National Park forces us to consider it a paradise of natural beauty on earth. One of those famous and most talked rocks is the “Princess of Hope”. Find this name unique? Of course, because this name was given by one of the most beautiful actresses of Hollywood Angelina Julie. She fell in love with its scenic beauty just at first sight and gave it this name.
Hindu Shrines:
The other amazing thing you will find at Hingol National Park is the Hindu Shrines. The Dei Hinglaj Shrine is the most famous one with 51 Shakti peeths. If Hindu Tourists get a chance to visit these shrines they will die of its beauty.
List of Mammals in the park:
Hingol National Park covers a variety of mammals. Some of them are:
- Sindh Leopard.
- Indian fox.
- Jungle Cat.
- Jackal.
- Sind Wildgoat.
- Blandford's Urial.
- Chinkara Gazelle.
- Honey Badger.
- Indian Pangolin.
- Hedgehog.
- Porcupine.
- Indian Grey Mongoose.
- Cairo Spiny mouse
- Rock Mouse.
List of birds in the park:
Some of the birds in the park are:
- Houbara Bustard.
- Dalmatian.
- pot-billed Pelican.
- Bonelli's eagle.
- Imperial eagle.
- Tawny eagle.
- Golden eagle.
- Eurasian griffon vulture.
- Egyptian vulture.
- Cinereous vulture.
- Lagger falcon.
- Red-headed merlin.
- Kestrel.
- Close-Barred sandgrouse.
- Grey partridge.
- Sea partridge.
- Stone Curlew.
- Indian sand grouse.
- Coronetted sand grouse.
- Painted sand grouse.
- Eagle owl.
- Sind pied woodpecker.
- Hume's chat.
- Brown rock pipit.
- Striped buning.
- Fincher larks.
- Hoopoe.
- Shrikes.
- Wheatears
List of reptiles in the park:
The park is supporting the following reptiles:
- Marsh Crocodile.
- Olive Ridley.
- Green Marine Turtles.
- Desert Monitor lizard.
- Yellow Monitor lizard.
- Chameleon.
Conclusion:
Hope you are convinced that you are going to find one of the best and unique species in this park. So what this wait is for? Pack your bags and visit Hingol National Park in the first of your preferences because these views are impossible to find anywhere else in the world.
- Fri 15, March 2019