About The Gir Lodge

The world-renowned Gir forest is the natural habitat of the Asiatic lion. The Gir National Park and Sanctuary cover an area of 1400 square kilometers of dry deciduous forest and tropical thorn forest. The forest is home to carnivores like the leopard, jungle cat, rusty spotted cat and hyena, which prey on cheetal, sambhar, four horned antelope, wild boar and hare. Gir is also a bird watcher's paradise and home to over 200 species of avi-fauna.

The Gir Lodge is located on the periphery of the Gir forest, 65 km from Junagadh railway station and 60 km from Keshod airport.

Hotel Specifications Accommodation There are 29 rooms including 2 suites at the Gir Lodge. Standard Rooms: These elegantly appointed rooms offer guest amenities like international direct dial facility (on request) and color television with satellite programs. Attached bathrooms with hot water facility from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 6.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Suites Dipdo Suite: An elegantly appointed one-bedroom suite with a living room. Sawaj Suite: A tastefully decorated two-bedroom suite with a living room. Dining Hiran View is the dining room serving Continental and Indian cuisine. Open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

City Information

A wild life sanctuary situated 54 km from Junagadh in Gujarat, Sasan Gir, provides refuge to the rare and majestic the Asiatic Lion. The sanctuary established in 1884 is the only remaining natural habitat of the Asiatic lion. Spread over an area of 500 square miles of dry, open scrubland, Sasan Gir is home to Asiatic lions, bear, antelope, hyena, fox, the black buck, chinkara, chousigngha and other species of the deer family. There are over 200 bird species including the peafowl, grey partridge, Bonelli's eagle, crested serpent eagle, jungle bush quail, painted sand grouse, common green pigeon and several species of dove. Sasan Gir is also home to the marsh crocodile, which can be sighted easily in the rivers flowing through the sanctuary as wells as in the lake formed by the Kamaleshwar dam.