Chapter 03 — National Chambal Sanctuary

Crocodile

A river older than empires, guarded by armour-plated ghosts.

Region

Chambal · Madhya Pradesh

Species

Gavialis gangeticus · Crocodylus palustris

Best Time

November — March

Duration

2 — 3 nights

— The Story

The Chambal cuts a ravine so wild that dacoits once called it home. Today it shelters the last strongholds of the critically endangered gharial, sun-basking muggers, Gangetic dolphins and Indian skimmers — best witnessed from a slow, silent motorboat.

— In your journey