Gir National Park
The only place outside Africa where lions live wild, down to twenty animals a century ago and now several hundred.
- Where
- Sasan Gir, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 21.1356, 70.7967
Get the Gir National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gir National Park. 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 Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gir National Park
Sana Caves 46 km
Sixty two Buddhist caves cut into a hill in Gir Somnath, among the oldest in Gujarat.
Nagoa Beach 49 km
The horseshoe bay with the hoka palms.
Bhalka Tirtha 49 km
The spot near Somnath where a hunter's arrow struck Krishna in the foot, and the last chapter of the Mahabharata began.
Somnath Temple 49 km
Destroyed and rebuilt at least six times over a thousand years, and standing now on the coast with nothing between it and Antarctica.
Girnar 51 km
Nine thousand nine hundred steps up a extinct volcano to Jain and Hindu shrines that share the summit ridge.
Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple 51 km
A Shiva temple down on the rocks at Fudam near Diu, with the Arabian Sea at its feet.
St Paul's Church 51 km
Baroque woodwork in the middle of an island town.
Naida Caves 51 km
Quarry pits the Portuguese left, now a maze of light.
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Questions
Where is Gir National Park?
Gir National Park is in Sasan Gir, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sana Caves (46 km), Nagoa Beach (49 km), Bhalka Tirtha (49 km).
How do I get the Gir National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gir National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gir National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat 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.