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Asola Bhatti WLS
Leopard-hill scrub forest on the Aravalli ridge
Why this weekend?
The day-by-day plan
- Sunrise walk at the main gate
- Mining-lake birds
- Ridge hill climb
- Breakfast cafés on the Mehrauli road
Geography & terrain
Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary sits on Delhi's southern lip in the Aravalli ridge — a scrub-and-forest wedge between the Bhatti mines and the Surajkund road, gashed by old mining pits that now fill with water. At 6,839 acres it is Delhi's largest green pulse.
History & culture
The sanctuary's hills carry Delhi's oldest ridge geology, while the Bhatti sand-mining past left the crater-lakes that now anchor the reserve's biodiversity. Declared a sanctuary in the 1980s consolidating the Aravalli refuge, it is being rewilded as the stage of the Delhi ridge's leopard-and-neelgai ecology.
Where to stay
Budget
₹1,500–3,500/nightMid-range
₹3,500–7,000/nightComfort
₹7,000+/nightThings to do
Leopard-sign scrub
Mining-lake birds
Ridge viewpoints
Interpretation trail
Aravalli geology
Eat & drink
- Butter chicken
- Chole bhature
- Chandni Chowk parathas
- Old Delhi kebabs
- Dariyaganj jalebi
Getting there
- Fly
- Indira Gandhi International (DEL)
- Train
- New Delhi / Hazrat Nizamuddin
- Road from —
- Metro + roads cover the city
- Getting around
- Metro network, app taxis, autos
Budget snapshot
- Total
- ₹16,000–30,500 (3 days)
- Per day · Stay
- ₹1,500–7,000/night
- Per day · Food
- ₹600–1,000
- Per day · Transport
- ₹1,200–1,600
- Per day · Activities
- ₹2,500–2,900
Month by month
Practical info
- Language: Hindi (English understood in tourist spots)
- Best window: Oct–Mar
- Connectivity: good 4G in towns
- UPI/cards widely accepted; keep small cash for hill and market stops
Practical tips
- Follow the marked trails and timing gates
- Dawn and dusk are the wildlife windows
- No-litter policy is strict — carry your waste out
Frequently asked questions
Entry is on a walk-in register with a small fee; guided interpretation is offered at weekends.
They live here, but sightings are rare; scat, pug-marks and camera-trap shares are the usual proof.
October–March mornings; summer dawns work too, with less bird traffic.
Leopard-hill scrub forest on the Aravalli ridge
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