Ovalekar Wadi – Butterfly Garden
Tucked in a small village in Thane easily accessible by road is Ovalekar Wadi.
Run by Mr Rajendra Ovalekar and his brother it is an amazing place to see butterflies the size of the wadi is small 2 acre though the nature of work done and effort gone to make this Butterfly garden work is huge.
You can spot many species of butterflies here from common to rare ones. You will be surprised to see the number of Butterflies that are hovering around you.
It is open only on Sundays from 8 am – 12.00 noon. Entry fee of Rs 100/- per head. Mr. Rajendra Ovalekar 9820779729 can be contacted to make arrangement if you are coming from far or with large groups.
This place will interest all from photographers who want to test their lenses, parents with kids, nature lover. Mr Rajendra Ovalekar will take you around on a guided tour and share his garden with you. He has put more than a decade of labour into his Ovalekar Wadi.
Mr Ovalekar had visited a Seminar for Butterfly organised by BNHS he got inspired there and decided to convert his ancestral property into a garden for butterflies. You can now spot 132 species of butterflies at Ovalekar Wadi Thane throughout the year. Best time to visit are on non rainy days
Mr Ovalekar explained he has planted more than 200 species of plants and trees which are required to attract many species of butterflies. Some butterflies prefer fruit some prefer flower nectar some live near grass and they need proper plants to lay their eggs. We saw a yellow common grass butterfly laid egg as he explained the stages in life of a butterfly. A little site knowledge clickmiamibeach.com is required before playing at OnlineCasino.
When you visit take your time don’t hurry and exit after the tour hang around as many butterfly come at different time to the day. It is the best place to test your new camera as you will never find so many flowers and butterflies anywhere in Mumbai.
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