Adorned with sky touching deodar trees, Van Vihar National Park,is located near the Mall Road making it easily accessible. The favourite attraction of this park is a man-made lake that is open for boating. Van Vihar is run and maintained by the municipal corporation of the city, and .Van Vihar is one of its kind establishment in the country having the unique distinction of being the combination of National Park, Zoological garden, Rescue centre for wildlife as well as a Conservation Breeding Centre for vital species like Tiger, Barasingha and Vulture.
Van Vihar is open to tourist on all days of the week except Friday
Some of the easily spotted birds in Van Vihar include Painted Stork, Woolly necked Stork, Kingfisher, Pink legged Stilts, Bush chat, Spotted Owls, Shikra, Coots, Spot Bills, Ibises, Combed Ducks, Lesser Whistling Ducks etc.