In the Northern part of the suburb of Mumbai is a wonderful national Park Sanjay Gandhi, earlier, prior to the acquisition of independence by India, known as Krishnagiri. In 1974 he was named Borivli, and in 1981 was renamed in honor of the deceased son of Indira Gandhi Sanjay.

The Park is located on the hills surrounding the city. At its centre are the famous Caves Kanheri – a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists, established in the first century. Also at the Park there are two beautiful lakes Vihar and Tulsi.

The Park is a lush forest, which contains a wide variety of plants, a total of about 1000 species. Especially the scenic area becomes during the flowering karwia is a beautiful plant that flowers once every 8-10 years. Last time this happened in 2008, and the next flowering period is expected only in 2016.

Among this lush vegetation can be found with several types of deer, including axisof and Monakov, rhesus monkeys, porcupines, civets, tennosei (Indian) Zaitsev, samburov, leopards, hyenas, chetyrehrogaja antelopes, Indian Alenikov, crocodiles and monitor lizards. During the visit to the reserve need to be extremely careful, as site found a large number of snakes, including poisonous, such as found only in India bamboo keffiyeh, chain Viper and boiga Ceylon.

Earlier in the Park lived and Bengal tigers, but unfortunately, at the moment no official confirmation of this fact, although their tracks and sometimes found. But the management of the reserve intentionally change this situation, and get to the Park the status of the habitats of these endangered animals.

National Park Sanjay Gandhi is one of the most popular in Asia reserves. Most tourists are attracted by the opportunity to participate in the famous lion Safari to observe these animals from a fairly close distance. In General, the Park is annually visited by about 2 million tourists.