About Nanda Devi Wildlife National Park

The Nanda Devi National Park is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi, 7,817 m (25,646 ft), in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India. It was established as national park in 1982 and was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988
The Nanda Devi National Park is situated near the Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain peak of India. The national park has some of the unique high altitude flora and fauna in the world. The park offers breathtaking sceneries, wooded environment and richness of biosphere. UNESCO has declared the Nanda Devi Biosphere as a World Heritage Site.
W.W. Garden was the first person to access to this region as early as in 1883. But his expedition to the Nanda Devi Peak was not able to create any major impact. In 1936, Tilman and N.E. Odell scaled the Nanda Devi once again and made the way for others to follow. The region became a Game Sanctuary in 1939. The sanctuary was disturbed since 1950’s when organized expeditions for Nanda Devi started taking place. The Government of India declared this area as a National Park in 1982. Later it was awarded the special status of a Biosphere Reserve.