Mumbai Attractions

Presently renowned as Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali National Park is a unique wildlife park situated within the city limits of Mumbai. The Park was known as Krishnagiri Park during pre-independence period and later as Borivali National Park. In 1990 the park is renamed as Sanjay Gandhi National park. It has the reputation of being the most visited National Park and also being the World’s largest park within the city limits.

The park enriched with varieties of flora and fauna attracts lot of tourists all through the year. The 2400 years old Kanheri caves, carved out of rocky mounts, lie within this park. Lusting sceneries, dense greenish woods and the abundance of wild life makes Borivali National Park unique. The Park is the natural habitat of insects, mammals, reptiles, butterflies and flowering plants. The park houses many plants and animals in the endangered list.

The forest enclosed in the Park is an ideal dwelling place for many varieties of wild animals. These include Bonnet and Rhesus Macaque, Chital, Indian Hare, Gray Lungur, Sambar deer and may other varieties. Tourist can go around for a safari in a toy train available in the Park. Nature lovers and wild animal lovers really get motivated by the wild life in the Park. This is a best attraction nearby Mumbai to pay a worthy visit.