Kalesar National Park

Kalesar National Park is a protected forest area located in Kalesar village of Yamunanagar district, Haryana, in the Shivalik foothills of the Himalayas along the Yamuna River bordering Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Notified as a national park in 2003, it covers about 46.8 sq km of dense sal forest and is known for leopards, elephants, barking deer, and diverse birdlife. It forms a contiguous forest corridor with Rajaji and Simbalbara National Parks.

Visitors can expect a dense sal forest landscape in the Shivalik foothills with undulating terrain, watchtowers and forest trails. The park is accessed only by authorized jeep safari with a forest guide. Visitors can see diverse flora, wildlife such as leopards, elephants, sambar, barking deer and wild boar, and many bird species. Facilities are basic with a forest rest house and entry gate, offering a quiet nature and wildlife viewing experience.

The forest was part of the erstwhile Kalesar Reserved Forest and was notified as Kalesar National Park on 8 December 2003 covering 46.82 sq km. It lies in the Shivalik range known for its sal forests and was historically part of the forest belt along the Yamuna that served as a wildlife corridor between Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.