Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
Hill forest near Porbandar, protected since 1979 and a hundred kilometres west of Gir.
- Where
- Porbandar, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 21.8510, 69.6990
Get the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Barda 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 Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
Kirti Mandir 25 km
The memorial beside the house in Porbandar where Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869. The old family house still stands next to it, and the memorial tower is 79 feet tall, a foot for each year of his life.
Dhank Caves 45 km
Buddhist and Jain caves cut in a hill near Upleta, with Tirthankara reliefs.
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch 69 km
A park over the coral flats and islands along the southern shore of the Gulf of Kutch.
Marine National Park 82 km
India's first marine park, walked at low tide.
Nageshvara Jyotirlinga 83 km
One of the twelve jyotirlingas, under a colossal seated Shiva visible from the road to Dwarka.
Dwarkadhish Temple 87 km
A five storey temple on the Gomti creek, one of the four dhams, its flag changed five times a day.
Navghan Kuvo 87 km
A well cut into living rock around the eleventh century, its staircase spiralling down fifty two metres.
Uparkot Fort 88 km
Two thousand years of siege, and stepwells cut into rock.
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Questions
Where is Barda Wildlife Sanctuary?
Barda Wildlife Sanctuary is in Porbandar, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kirti Mandir (25 km), Dhank Caves (45 km), Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch (69 km).
How do I get the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 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 Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 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.
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