beautiful places , pangot , nainital

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i happened to reach pangot while exploring some quite jungle after kilburry nainital . and i found pangot as the best place on earth , for peace , soliltude in the natural lap of beautiful hills . there i found lot of beautiful cottages and affordable budgeted plan for longer stay . we stayed in janardan resort , ( janardanpangot.co.cc ) , which was under construction and found it very comfortable .

What is Pangot?

Pangot, a beautiful hamlet in the Kumaon hills, Situated in the midst of beautiful high rise hills , 15 km from Nainital . Pangot is the right place for nature-lovers and bird-watchers to spend in paradise . It’s more like a small town having typical village houses of the Kumaon region, a beautiful village temple, a village post-office and population of around hundred people.

One can see a variety of Himalayan species along the way such as lammergeier, Himalayan griffon, blue-winged minla, spotted & slaty-backed forktail, rufous-bellied woodpecker, rufous-bellied niltava, khalij pheasant, variety of thrushes etc. Almost 150 bird species have been recorded at Pangot and surrounding areas.The numerous perennial & seasonal creeks are home to an amazing variety of flora and fauna including the leopard, yellow-throated Himalayan martins, Himalayan palm civet, ghoral, barking deer, sambhar etc

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