Location : 124 km from Delhi. 
Area : 45 acres.
District : Karnal. 

Facilities : Motel, bar,family huts, Whistling Teal restaurant, lounge- cum- conference  room,  conference hall, boating, gift shop, snack shop and spacious lawn for picnickers. 

MEMBERSHIP OF KARNAL GOLF COURSE 

We are pleased to inform that Haryana Tourism has added another Golf Course to its net with the commissioning of second golf course of the Corporation at Chakravarty Lake, Karnal. With this, we can boost of having excelled not only in the field of Catering and Accommodation but Golfing also. The present golf course has been desinged by the renowed Golf Architect and Landscapper, Mr. Ajai Johl. The Golf Course is 9-hole and is spread over 13 acres of land on either side of flyover of NH1. The unique Architect can be well imagined even while passing through the flyover. The course is with well designed water bodies and bunkers. The tees, greens and fairways are matching the national standards. The club has in its vicinity a Tourist Resort with facility of Air Conditioned Rooms , Restaurant, Bar and Waterbody with Boating facility. Similarly, at a stones throw, there is a world class Oasis Fast Food with Filling Station.  

 The Corporation is also having 9-hole Aravalli Golf Course at Faridabad which has been designed by world renowned Golf Architect, Mr. Stephen Kay. That club is spread over 110 acres of land and is shortly being upgraded to 18-holes. Plans are also there to have a mini golf course at Pinjore and  at Rohtak shortly.  

 The brochure containing the rates of entrance fee, monthly subscription, equipment hire charges etc. is enclosed. The first 50 members enrolled  would be given free coaching  upto 31.1.99 by our Golf Master.  I shall be grateful if you give your consent for enrolment as a member of the New Golf Course so that the coaching may be started and club be made operational. Needless to mention, we are planing to have the first Ladies Golf Tournament in  March, 1999 at Karnal Golf Course.  

Tourist Complex
Karna Lake and the Oasis combine

The most travelled highway in the State, is the National Highway No.1. This is the route linking Delhi, Ambala and Chandigarh. And perhaps the most complimented centre of tourist interest on this highway is the Karna Lake/Oasis combine, lying near Uchana. "Karna Lake/Oasis never fail to delight you," says the busy traveller. "A Magnificent tourist complex, compares with Dal Lake in Srinagar". .. says the widely travelled visitor. And, "a queen amongst tourist complexes - fine lake, comfortable living accommodations and excellent service" say the more tast conscious among our visitors.

Karna Lake, lying 124 Km from both Chandigarh and Delhi, is a fascinating complex of rich greens. The beauty of the complex is heightened by the vast circular lake decorated with a central island. The dark foliage on this island, is actually the home of a wide variety of birds, like the cormorant, the geese, ducks, some swans and a bevy of kingfishers. The variety of birdlife at the small like changes with the seasons. Boating is a special attraction of this centre. And for this both rowing and paddle boats have been provided. The lawns abutting the lake area have naturally turned into picnic spots. For others who want to make a halt at Karna Lake, air-conditioned accommodation is available at the Motel. The rooms tasteful decorated, as built in such a way as to overlook the lake. conference and banquet hall facilities fan-shaped structure, a little away from the Motel houses the restaurant, bar and gift shop.

Introduction

Called the multi-coloured city, Panipat is a fascinating place situated on top of a mound and forms the gateway to North India. It is well placed along the National Highway to Delhi and shares borders with Uttar Pradesh. It has a rich history and an equally rich tradition to boast about. Lies serene and secure on the banks of the Yamuna and the land acts as a sole witness to three major battles in the past. The battles have left the land barren and deserted, though it has now developed into a major industrial town. Known as the City of Looms, Panipat is popular for the richness of handloom products. Termed as the cradle of rich Indian cultural heritage, it is also considered as a holy land, a land of Vedas and divinity. 

Tourist Attractions

Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb Ibrahim Lodi was the Sultan of Delhi in 1526. He was defeated in a battle with Babar and killed. His tomb was constructed at this place. The tomb is a rectangular block made of Lakhori bricks, place on a high platform that can be accessed by a flight of steps. The British renovated the tomb and installed an inscription stating the defeat of Ibrahim Lodhi. 

Kabuli Shah Mosque is 2 kms from the centre of the town. Named after his wife Kabuli Begum, this mosque has been built by Emperor Babar to celebrate the victory of the defeat of Ibrahim Lodi. It is named after his wife Kabuli Begum. After six years, the Emperor erected a platform called Chabutara Fateh Mubarak around the mosque. The mosque is bordered by chambers on two sides with a Persian inscription along the parapet.

Nearby is Holi Mohalla , an interesting domain for Jains and the believers of Sufi saints. There are many Hindu temples here and a shrine is also present here, dedicated to the Muslim saint Abu Ali Kalandar. It is believed that Abu Ali was successful in getting rid of flies from Panipat. Later, the people complained and hence, he brought them back multiplied by thousands.

How to get there

Panipat is easily accessible from Delhi and is situated at a distance of 92 kms from there. The place can be accessed by train and bus.

Bulbul 
Location: 127 km from Delh i.
Areas: 1.5 Acres Govt. land
District: Jind

Facilities : Guest House, Restaurant, Bar, Lawns and Camper Huts

Harial (Narwana)

This complex lies at Narwana. A vast open terrain that has a motel, restaurant and lawn facilities has opened here.

Location: 160 km from Chandigarh.
Areas: 3 Acres
District: Jind

Facilities : Motel, Swings, Restaurant and Lawn

Tourist Complex

Flamingo at Hisar

In the town of Hisar lies Flamingo. 160 km from Delhi. A perfect spot to holiday. For residents and the travelling tourist. Work on this construction of a new complex at Hissar has begun. Being built on a bye pass, the new station will play up a traditional motif in a double storeyed structure. And provide guest rooms, restaurant and bar facilities.

Facilities : Guest rooms, restaurant and bar.

Blue Bird (Hisar)                   
Location: 160 km from Delhi.
Areas: 52 acres
District: Hisar

Facilities : Restaurant, guest rooms, conference hall, gift shop, bar and lawns.

Flamingo                
Location: 160km from Delhi 
Area: 5 acres 
District: Hisar 

Facilities : Guest House, Restaurant and Bar.

Facilities : Motel, restaurant, bar, conference hall and lawns.

Myna at Rohtak

In the town of Rohtak, Myna is for the tourist, the holiday maker and the business executives. Some 74 km from Delhi.

Facilities : Motel, restaurant, bar, conference hall and lawns.

Naorang at Meham

105 km from Delhi. One is practically in the heart of central Haryana. Industrial belts have fallen away. The farmland and open stretches begin to appear on the skyline. Naorang at Meham celebrates the rural structural pattern in the restaurant. The Haveli or set of guest rooms shows off traditional structural patterns. The site is locally famous as the "Chaubisi Ka Chabutra" where the elders of 24 villages in a Panchayat assembled to meet justice to all. The Chabutra and its adjoining water body is still existent. These lie alongside.

Facilities : Restaurant, lawns, Haveli accommodation.

Tourist Complex
Red Robin

A district head quarter town. There are guest house, restaurant, bar and lawns facilities for tourists.

Close by lies Charkhi Dadri. The Drongo nests here, provides guest house and restaurant facilities.

Jhajjar

Gauriyya (Bahadurgarh) 
Location: 35 km from Delhi. 
Areas: 6 acres
District: Jhajjar
Tel: 310455, 311491

Facilities : Motel, restaurant, bar, conference hall, gift shop and lawn.

In the old map and district gazetteer of Gurgaon district, this area is shown as marshy land having a 'salt pan' where water accumulates during rains and dries out during summer. A number of organisms like crustaceans, fish and insects thrive during floods which attract a number of birds to this area.

It's sanctuary potential was first of all identified by the world famous ornithologist Peter Jackson. Keeping in view it's importance and potential, the area covering 359 acres was declared a Bird Sanctuary in 1971 and was upgraded to the Status of National Park in 1991 by Haryana Govt.

With the protection of the area and the rapid development of its habitat during the past 20 years it has become a 'Paradise' for migratory and local birds.

The Department of Wild Life Preservation Haryana has carried out a number of development works like construction of mounds, and widening of paths, four tubewells have also been dug. Efforts are being made to improve the vegetation on this area by plantation works. Trees which are popular with the birds like Acacia Nilotica, Acacia Tortilis, Beris and Neem have been planted. For the benefit of bird lovers certain facilities have been provided like an education and interpretation centre, a library as well as films, slides and binoculars. There are four watch towers located at different points. In addition there is parking and facilities for toilets and drinking water.

The educational Interpretation Centre has over 70 attractive colour photographs and tranlites of different species of birds, varying from 16"x16" to 38"x40". The photographs are accompanied with informative write-ups about birds which will be of interest to bird lovers.

India is proud of Salim Ali, an internationally renowned Ornithologist. The Haryana Wild Life Department has dedicated to his memory a room which contains his bust, photographs, write ups, and certain of his personal effects.

In Sultanpur, 250 bird species have been recorded (check list 1985), 150 are resident while others come from distant regions like Siberia, Europe and Afghanistan. The Painted Stork, White Ibis, Little Brown Dove, India Crested Lark, Myna, Redvented Bulbul, Magpie Robin, Weaver Bird. Every Year 90 migratory bird species arrive here in search of feeding grounds and to pass the winter. In winter the sanctuary provides a picturesque panorama of migratory birds (87 species) such as Rosy Pelican, Spotted Sand Piper, Starling, Blue Throat. In summer, 11 species of migratory birds such as Koel and Cuckoos are recognised by their melodious songs.

The endeavour of the department is to constantly improve the habitat so that increasing number of birds reside in this area and also to help bird lovers to come and study the bird life. The birds lovers on their part are requested not to disturb the birds by creating noise or frightening them with music.

For further details contact :

Chief Wild Life Warden, Haryana
# 971, Sector 9, Panchkula.

Tourist Complexes
Jungle Babbler : A quiet retreat

On the Delhi-Jaipur highway, some 70 km fro Delhi, stands a quiet retreat called Jungle Babbler. This complex at Dharuhera is a quiet centre where urban tensions find no place. Dharuhera is basically an industrial area. But wedged in with huge, old and spreading deciduous trees, it is difficult for someone standing at Jungle Babbler to think of an industrial grind. The motel exterior, treated with slate roof thatching and decorated with concrete jalli patterns, give it a rural setting. Air-conditioned rooms and non air-conditioned cottages have been built for tourists who want to say on the Dharuhera. Restaurant, bar and gift shop have also been built in the motel.

Shama at Gurgaon

The first halt on this highway. in the heart of the town. For the highway traveller, Shama is an ideal halt outside Delhi. For residents, a perfect place for family gatherings and celebrations.

Facilities : Motel, restaurant, bar and lawns.

Bird Sanctuary, Gurgaon           

Location : 46 km from Delhi.
Area : 13 acres Govt. Land 
District : Gurgaon. 
Tel : 75242.

Facilities : Bird sanctuary, Rosy Pelican restaurant, bar guest-house and binoculars on hire.

Damdama Lake            

Location : 64 km from Delhi.
Area 5 1/2 acres.
District : Gurgaon.
Tel : 662552.

Facilities : Lake restaurant,bar,motel wing, conference hall hovercraft,lawns and camping site,adventure activities and lake for boating. 

Surajkund

A Gala Events opens next door!

The sun rises in the new millennium. And, with it brings one of the most fascinating crafts events of the country. The Surajkund Crafts Mela opens just 8 km from south Delhi.

Come enjoy a glimpse of rural India !

All roads lead to Surajkund. Beneath thatched roof platforms, master craftspersons carefully display the finest of handlooms and handicrafts from all over the country. The event is so colourful and rich in experience, that many a tourist has returned to visit it again and again.

Sway with the rhythms of folk music & dance !

The Surajkund Crafts Mela is more than a celebration of crafts. At the fan shaped open-air-theatre name 'Natyashala' rich folk dances and musical evenings are held throughout the mela fortnight. Day performers delight within the Mela grounds the whole day.

Hotel Rajhans, Surajkund 
Location: 8 km from South Delhi.  
EPABX : 011-6810862, 6810799, 6812945, 222842-43, 252312-15, 6811002.
Area: 77 acres including Golf Course (67 acres)    
District : Faridabad.
Fax : 6812945.  

Facilities : Centrally air conditioned rooms and suites, 4-channel stereo music, CNN, cable, star T.V., gift shops, health club and beauty parlour with sauna, steam bath, massage, multi-gym, manicure, pedicure, skin care, herbal cosmetics, swimming pool, restaurant, bar, conference halls/banquet halls, billiard room, 9-hole golf course, putting green, tennis, horse for riding, cycling, lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, angling, giant wheel and rambling grounds

Tourist Complexes
Badkhal Lake at Badkhal Village

A splendid lake retreat lake retreat. A bastion of pleasure. A spot to holiday. Strange though it may seem, the lake is fringed by hills - 32 km from Delhi. A man made embankment holds back the waters of the lake making it a perfect spot for water sport. Come winter and flocks of bird descend upon it. Here is an ornithologist's delight. But more so, Badkhal delights with its accommodation wings. View of the lake, its serenity.
The rooms on the first floor have their own balconies. On the ground floor is a tiny garden. Just for a chair or two, from where Badkhal Lake spreads out - for into the distance. Monsoon streams and rivulets have grooved the face of the august Aravalli Hills. One one such inlet rest the twin Minivet Huts. Small, Cosy, Compact, Complete with two bedrooms, Drawing Room, Kitchenette and a Little Garden. On request the private jetty gets a boat for a pleasurable evening. On similar spurs stand the Grey Falcon and Majur restaurants. Each with its own ambience. Each with its own cuisine. Badkhal has also been provided with a compact and cosy Bath complex. The swimming pool has a decorated water feature, a sauna chamber and massage units. A luxury yacht ride is not an impossibility over the placid waters of the lake. One weekends and holidays, the crowds collect at Badkhal. The embankment bristles with sellers of snack flood. The playground fills up. Badkhal is also providing the essential services of a filling station and a bank extension counter.

Facilities : Motels, restaurants, Minivet huts, camper huts, conference hall, luxury launch for boating, filling station, children's park, a bank extension counter and adventure sport facilities of canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing and trekking available.

Magpie at Faridabad

Industry and faridabad seems inseparable. Catering to both, is Magpie complex. On the National Highway Number 2 Magpie is compact. Combining well decorated guest rooms with banquet and restaurant facilities. Before long, it will be hitting headlines with its convention facilities. Constructions on a spacious and a modern convention centre in the complex have begun.

Facilities : Motel, restaurant, bar, gift shop, banquet hall.

Lively Dabchik at Hodal

Dabchik at Hodal is a lively complex on the Delhi-Agra highway, some 92 km from Delhi. Dabchick stands in a 14 acre area, in which a variety of attractions have been built. A rolling effect is set off by the landscape treatment given to the area. In its limited enclosure, camper huts for budget tourists, camper cottages on stilts, air-conditioned accommodation in a motel, restaurant, bar conference and gift shop facilities have all been provided. A small lake lies behind the motel, where boating is possible. Animals for joy rides like an elephant, a camel and at times a pony are an integral part of the set-up. Fourteen friendly geese, one might find roaming all over the lawns, as residents of the complex. An occasionally, a snake charmer visiting the complex, may seem a surprise that is deeply fascinating Teej, festival of the rainy season, is a time for special celebrations. On the boughs of trees, rope swings attractions both local and urban visitors. Groups of women decorate henna designs on each others hands, sing songs of joy and pray for happiness in the family. Haryana Tourism celebrates the festival with special eatables, coloured lights, taped music and animals specially brought for joy rides.

Badkhal Lake

Location: 32 km from Delhi.
Area: 206 acres.
District: Faridabad
Tel: 216901-03, 218731-33. .

Facilities : Two centrally air-conditioned restaurants-Mayur and Grey-Falcon, Garud and Grey Falcon motel with piped-in Channel music, Minivet huts, conference hall, bath complex with swimming pool, Bar, sauna, steam bath, massage, boating, angling, koisks with eatables, children's play, camel riding, ground, filling station and bank extension counter.

The Delhi-Alwar highway boasts of a unique hilly attraction Sohna. Standing on a sleep front of the Aravalli Hills, Sohna looks out at a wide panoramic view of the plains below it. The complex has been naturally landscaped with hardy shrubs, flowering bougainvillea and clusters of other flowering trees.

Sohna has been provided with an exclusive Barbet Hut complete with its own sitting area and an attached kitchen. A motel wing has been built here, where air-conditioned rooms are avialable for stay. A four bed dormitory, family huts and simple camper huts have been built for the budget tourists. February is always a special month at Sohna. This is the month when the Statesman Vintage Car Rally vends it way to the Sohna hill and Haryana Tourism celebrates the day with a mela event.