{"id":213,"date":"2017-07-25T07:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T07:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2017-07-25T07:10:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T07:10:27","slug":"trek-to-nagla-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/trek-to-nagla-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Trek to Nagla Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>About Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Sanjay Gandhi National Park is a unique national park with the distinction of being the largest park in the world to be located within a teeming metropolis. The park covers an area of 104 sq. km. and offers great panoramic views of hills, valleys, lakes and urban landscapes. The forest consists of South Indian moist deciduous and semi-evergreen trees.SGNP has a rich diversity of flora and fauna, with more than 1100 species of plants, 250 species of birds, 40 mammalian species, 150 species of butterflies and more, making it a biodiversity hotspot as well as a readily accessible natural space for hands-on ecological education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Nagla Block Trail:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Travel along the Mumbai-Agra highway to reach Sasupada and here begins one the most exhilarating trails on offer in Mumbai. About 17% of SGNP\u2019s land lies beyond the Bassein\/Bhayander Creek and these forests are relatively pristine, making them a favourite amongst butterfly watchers, bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. A gentle walk down the hillside will lead you to the small nature interpretation center at the base. Here, one gets to experience the confluence of mangrove and forest ecosystems in all their grandeur. This patch of forest also harbours some of the most undisturbed and flourishing mangrove vegetation along the island of Mumbai. Nature never ceases to surprise us with its resilience and in the year 2003, nature enthusiasts discovered that a tigress had taken up residence in this part of the forest!It is a mystery as to where the tiger came from and where it is now! So hit the Nagla Block Trail and get ready to make some of your own discoveries!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Itinerary<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Meeting point at entrance of Sasupada Village, near the Fountain Hotel at 7.30 AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Introduction about the Nagla Block and flora and fauna of SGNP. Thetrail will start from the entry gate of the Nagla Block, SGNP, at 8 AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Trail ends around 11.30 AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Trail concludes with happy memories! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Things to carry:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Adequate water and refreshments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Caps, full-sleeved shirts and track pants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Mosquito repellent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Binoculars, camera (not compulsory).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">N.B.- Refrain from carrying valuables.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">COST: 600 \/-<\/span><\/strong> Per Person<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Inclusion<\/strong>: Park entry fees, all forest permissions, expertise charges.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Please leave only your footprints behind, not garbage<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Contact \u2013\u00a0<strong>Krishna Tiwari \u2013 09870785006\/8898682777.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP): &nbsp; Sanjay Gandhi National Park is a unique national park with the distinction of being the largest park in the world to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}