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Located besides the man made lake, the Jai Samand Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the year 1957. The natural environs of the sanctuary provide shelter to countless wild species including sloth bear, leopard, chital, chinkara, wild boar and a number of breeding birds like darter, open bill stork, pond heron, little cormorant and Indian shag. The lake is the best place to view crocodiles and also a number of fish.

The sanctuary is situated along one of the largest artificial lakes of the world called the Jaisamand Lake. Fourteen kilometres in length & nine kilometres in width, the lake has a circumference of nearly eighty-eight kilometres. Close to Jaisamand is the game sanctuary, which is spread over an area of about 45 kilometres & has a motorable road. The sanctuary shelters wild animals like Panthers, Wild Bear, Spotted Deer, Sambhars etc.

General Information
Location: 51kms South East of Udaipur, Rajasthan
Area: 160 sq kms
Best Time: November to April