Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary

Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected scrub forest area located near Rampara village in Wankaner Taluka, Morbi District, Gujarat. Established in 1988 on the former hunting grounds of the Wankaner princely state, it covers about 15 square kilometres. The sanctuary is notable for its dry deciduous and thorn scrub habitat supporting nilgai, chinkara, wolves, jackals and diverse birdlife, offering accessible wildlife viewing close to Rajkot and Wankaner.

Visitors can expect a dry scrub and open thorn forest landscape with undulating terrain, scattered water bodies and watch towers. The sanctuary offers opportunities to see nilgai, chinkara, Indian wolf, jackal, hyena and numerous resident and migratory birds. Visitors explore via forest tracks on foot or by jeep safari with forest department permission, with viewpoints and nature trails for photography and birdwatching in a quiet, semi-arid environment.

The area was formerly the private hunting reserve of the princely state of Wankaner. It was notified as Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary in 1988 by the Gujarat Forest Department to conserve the Saurashtra dry scrub ecosystem and its fauna.