For all one's inclination to believe that Rajasthan is a desert, it is difficult to ignore the fact that the region, in fact, has varied topography and includes from semi arid, desert like conditions to among the oldest mountains in the world, and luxh water filled valleys. No wonder too that its wildlife is so rich in variety including from the tiger and leopard to endless varieties of deer rhesus monkeys, reptiles including the python and a profusion of bird life that includes water birds.

Rajasthan's wilderness resources have always been closely linked at the grassroots level, but recent initiative have guided the development of nature trails and eco tourism parks close to cities of tourist importance.
These parks endeavor to build back eco systems that have been disrupted by territorial encroachments over the decades so that a pristine environment can be recreated for the co- existence of wildlife and vegetation.

RANTHAMBHOR NATIONAL PARK

If there is a park that can almost guarantee tiger sightseeing it must be Ranthambhor, its landscape dominated by the Vindhyan hill range with its steep escarpments, The ancient sedimentary limeston and sandstone rocks, perennial lakes, and dry deciduous vegetation are part of its indicative topography. Ranthambhor's  great fort in the background, is a royal presence but abandoned for centuries the only majesty jere is the tiger's presence.

KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK (BHARATPUR SANCTUARY )
Bharatpur is popular for its bird sanctuary near the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, which is the finest in Asia with a rich avian variety. Every year, the rare Siberian cranes come to spend the winter in the warmer climate of Bharatpur.

Of the remnants of the royal past remain the marvellous Bharatpur Palace housing a rich repository of a large number of ancient exhibits that date back to the early 15th century

SARISKA SANCTUARY 

Located 107 kms from Jaipur, the Sariska National Park is in a wooden valley, surrounded by barren mountains. The dry deciduous forests of the ancient Aravalli range cover the area of the Sariska National Park and Tiger Reserve.

The main fauna in the park includes the Tiger, Panther, Hyena, Jungle Cat, Civet, Sambhar, Chinkara, Nilgai and Four-Horned Antelope. Declared a Sanctuary in 1955, it became a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger in 1979.

KUMBHALGARH SANCTUARY

DESERT NATIONAL PARK
The vast tracts of desert sands around Jaisalmer with their wood fossils have been designated the Desert National Park.
However, it is with the great Indian bustard that the Desert National Park is most closely associated espicially since its conservation efforts have borne fruit.

NAHARGARH BIOLOGICAL PARK - Located in the vicinity of Nahargarh Fort, outside Jaipur the biological park is spread over 7.2 sq km of the Nahargarh Sanctuary It consists of quartzite and granite rocks and the  vegetation of the region is adequately represented through tropical dry deciduous and tropical thorn forests.

JHALANA NATURE TRAIL : -  The perfect way to return to nature the Jhalana Nature Trail in the eastern Aravallis outside Jaipur provides an opportunity to explore the natural and man made attractions of this 10 km long trail on foot on in a jeep, or on horse and came back. Three different trails offer the opportunity to explore the bio diversity of the region where besides the natural course attempts have also been made at greening and re introduction of faunal species.
The forest today harbour antelopes wild boar hyena jackal langur, geafowl partridge and other avifaunal spices, Along the different trails it is possible to come across the following attractions.

JHALANA PARK - A Tree park spread over 5 ha with extensive lawns play areas for children shelters and kitchens that can be used  by picnickers.

MACHIA SAFARI PARK :  An area of 650 ha outside Jodhpur once used fro hunting expeditions, is now being developed as a safari park, The Machia fortress and a recent memorial built to commemorate freedom fighters are attractions besides a vegetation cover that spans the entire area, Species found here include jackal. Indian fox striped.