The city of Ahmedabad is a must visit on your tour to India and a trip to the city opens up the scope for trips to the tourist sites near Ahmedabad. An Ahmedabad tourist guide will help you through the various tourist attractions in Ahmedabad and once you have had your share of visiting places of interest within the city you can opt for the tourist attractions near Ahmedabad that are equally entertaining and exciting.

Some of the tourist sites near Ahmedabad are as follows:

Gir National Park, Gujarat -
This Gir National Park is one of the favorite haunts of the adventure freaks, researchers and conservationalists. Famous for the preservation of the Asiatic Lion, it is sprawled over 1412 sq km of land at a distance of 42 kms from Junagadh in Gujarat. Other species of fauna found here are Sambar, Nilgai, Chital, Chowsingha, Wild Boar, Langur, Chinkara, Jackal, Wild Cats, Panthers, and Hares and Hyena. Several birds like Paradise Flycatchers, Indian Rollers, Crested Swifts, Gray Drongo, Black headed Cuckoo Shrike, Pied Woodpeckers, Painted Sandgrouse, Rock Bush Quail, Gray Partridge, Painted Storks and White Necked Storks can be spotted here.

Little Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat -
Located about 195 km from Ahmedabad, the Little Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary is primarily home to the wild ass. Other animals residing here are gazelle, blue bull, wolf, and Indian foxes, jackal, jungle cat, hare and birds like the houbara bustard, spotted & Indian sandgrouse, francolin partridge, bustard quails, desert wheatear, desert , larks, steppe eagle, imperial eagle, flamingoes, short toed eagle, pelicans, ducks, cranes and storks.

Ratan Mahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Gujarat -
Ratan Mahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary preserves panthers, sloth bears, large-size monkeys, langoors, jackals, antelopes and hyenas, jungle cats, foxes, honey badgers, hare, porcupines and reptiles.

Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat -
Located barely 80 km from Ahmedabad, Nalsarovar is a seasonal lake which draws over 250 species of birds. Winters witness the advent of several migratory birds serving as one of the finest options of sightseeing near Ahmedabad.

Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Gujarat -
Sloth bears, leopard, sambar, blue bull, wild boar, porcupine and variety of birds adorn this wildlife sanctuary. The sanctuary is at a distance of 190 km from Ahmedabad.

Some other tourist sites near Ahmedabad that are worth traveling to are as follows:

Lothal

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