Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary
A sanctuary in West Champaran around a lake that is now on the Ramsar list.
- Where
- West Champaran, Bihar, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.8158, 84.4325
Get the Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bihar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary
Lauria Nandangarh 20 km
An Ashokan pillar with a lion on top, and a burial mound beside it.
Valmiki National Park 37 km
Bihar's only tiger reserve, against the Nepal border in the Gandak valley.
Kushinagar 52 km
Where the Buddha died and was cremated, marked by a reclining figure six metres long carved from a single block.
Gadhimai Temple 64 km
The temple of Gadhimai Devi, a form of Kali, at Bariyarpur in Bara District in the central Terai. It is best known for the Gadhimai festival, which draws huge crowds of pilgrims from Nepal and India to the temple grounds once every five years.
Kesaria Stupa 68 km
One of the tallest Buddhist stupas in the world, over a hundred feet, and only fully uncovered in 1998.
Parsa National Park 73 km
Sal forest and the low Sivalik Hills spread over 627 square kilometres of the central Terai, next to Chitwan. A wildlife reserve from 1984, it became a national park in 2017, and its forests let animals roam between the two parks.
Chitwan National Park 77 km
Nepal's first national park, founded in 1973 in the jungle and grassland of the inner Terai and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Its 952 square kilometres are home to one-horned rhinoceros and Bengal tigers, watched from jeeps, canoes and on foot.
Ramgarh Tal Lake 102 km
A lake of nearly seven hundred hectares in the middle of Gorakhpur.
More offbeat places in Bihar
Questions
Where is Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary?
Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary is in West Champaran, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Lauria Nandangarh (20 km), Valmiki National Park (37 km), Kushinagar (52 km).
How do I get the Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bihar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bihar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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