WILD TRAILS IN INDIA

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Situated in the surreal salt marshes of the
Great Rann of Kutch, the Kutch Desert
Wildlife Sanctuary surprises one with the
bewitching flora and fauna inhabiting its
seemingly barren landscape. Notified in
February 1986, the sanctuary’s northern
boundary forms the international border
between India and Pakistan. It is one of the
largest seasonal saline wetlands with an
average water depth between 0.5-1.5 m.

Every year in winter, thousands of greater

flamingos come to nest in the renowned
‘Flamingo City’, situated in the mud flats of
the Rann, about 10 kms from Nir outpost on
Kala Dungar hill, and the water bodies don a
BELOW: Seeing the pink shade with the reflection of these majestic
flamingos in Kutch, birds. This is the only regular breeding spot
swooping, gliding in for flamingos in India. The winter months also
large numbers is a witness the exuberant, Rann Utsav, organised
sight to remember by the government of Gujarat. A window to