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Guindy Snake Park in Chennai


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Visiting time: 9.00 am - 5.30 pm
(The park is closed on Tuesday. It is open for public viewing for all other days between 9.00 am - 5.30 pm)

Guindy Snake Park, Chennai is acclaimed as the only national park situated inside a city. The Guindy National Park is a 2.82 Km stretch that is rich in biodiversity. Also known as the Madras Snake Park the place was established way back in 1952. It is one of the favorite tourist spots in Chennai. The snake park gained the stature of a medium zoo in the year 1995.

Chennai, the fourth largest metropolitan city of India has a number of tourist destinations. The city boasts of beaches, temples, gardens, museums, traditional food, and excellent shopping spots. Among all the tourist spots Guindy National Park is a distinct place to see and experience.

The Guindy National Park is a part of the huge land owned by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, or the Governor House. The park is a part of the grounds that surround the Governor House. Earlier it was owned by a British, Gilbert Rodericks. After 1958 it was transferred to the Forest Department of Tamil Nadu. Since then it has been preserved as a rich biological park. At present Guindy National Park is a favorite picnic spot for the people of Chennai.

Adjacent to the Guindy Park is a children's park. People visiting the Guindy National Park can also visit the Children Park and enjoy the collection of birds and animals. The Children's Park has rides and a play area for the kids. Animals like deer, antelope, monkey, king fisher bird, black buck can be easily spotted here. Don't miss the elephant and pony rides for the children.
The Guindy National Park is an enjoyable spot especially for those who love nature and animals. The park has a rich topography. Evergreen scrubs, thorny bushes, grasslands, and thick forests, all can be seen together in the Guindy Snake Park, Chennai. You can spot streams of water flowing among the grass and rocks. Huge banyan trees that are centuries old are a major tourist attraction. The park boasts of about twenty-four forms of trees. Sugar apple, wood apple, and neem are a few prominent ones.

The main attraction of the park is the collection of reptiles of rare and different species. Some of the prominent and most interesting species are python, king cobra, viper, adders, kraits, etc. Among the reptiles, you can spot giant turtles and monitor lizards. The snake park has a number of boards, here and there which tell interesting facts about amphibians and reptiles. The most interesting ones are those which tell about the myths related to snakes.

The park is closed on Tuesday. It is open for public viewing for all other days between 9.00 am - 5.30 pm. The Guindy Snake Park Chennai is a distinctive place to visit because of its rare collection of snakes and reptiles. Apart from this it also has a museum with a collection of reptiles along with their description.

Guindy Snake park Chennai is a must see for people who love flora and fauna. It's worth spending a winter afternoon and a summer evening here.


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