India's protected areas range from mangrove to cold desert, and hold species found nowhere else in the wild.
Flagship parks
Kaziranga, Assam
Roughly two-thirds of the world's greater one-horned rhinos.
Gir, Gujarat
The only wild Asiatic lions on earth.
Sundarbans, West Bengal
The world's largest mangrove forest.
Keibul Lamjao, Manipur
The world's only floating national park.
Tiger reserves
Kanha & Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh
Tadoba, Maharashtra
Satpura, Madhya Pradesh
Walking safaris permitted.
Ranthambore, Rajasthan
Landscapes
Munnar, Kerala
Neelakurinji blooms once every twelve years.
Chitrakote Falls, Chhattisgarh
India's widest waterfall.
Pangong Tso, Ladakh
A saline lake that freezes at 14,000 feet.