Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
The smallest of Goa's sanctuaries, eight square kilometres with a small zoo inside it.
- Where
- Kushavati, Goa, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 15.4268, 74.1136
Get the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bondla 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 Goa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
Safa Masjid 12 km
A mosque of 1560 at Ponda with a stepped tank, one of the few the Inquisition left.
Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla 15 km
The oldest temple in Goa, twelfth century Kadamba basalt, deep in the Mollem forest.
Shanta Durga Temple 15 km
Deities moved here to escape the Inquisition.
Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park 17 km
Two hundred and forty square kilometres of Goa's share of the Western Ghats, on the Karnataka border.
Mangueshi Temple 17 km
The temple of Goa's own Shiva, moved across the river in the sixteenth century to escape the Inquisition.
Sonsogor 21 km
The highest point in Goa, in the Mollem forest on the Karnataka border.
Basilica of Bom Jesus 23 km
Holds the body of Francis Xavier, exposed to view once a decade, in a church whose laterite has never been plastered.
Se Cathedral 23 km
The largest church in Asia, built over eighty years, with a bell said to have tolled for the Inquisition.
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Questions
Where is Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary?
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary is in Kushavati, Goa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Safa Masjid (12 km), Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla (15 km), Shanta Durga Temple (15 km).
How do I get the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Goa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Goa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.