Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary:
A rare white female albino Himalayan ‘tahr’ has been recorded in the Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary at Bharmour in Chamba district.
- It is the second largest sanctuary located in Himachal Pradesh.
- It houses the famous Manimahesh temple, an attraction to thousands of pilgrims despite the difficult terrain and extreme cold conditions.
- It has high-altitude sanctuary between Ravi and Chenab rivers.
- It is surrounded by Dhauladhar Wildlife Sanctuary on South-East direction and Tundah Wildlife Sanctuary on North-West direction.
- Its vegetation consists of Alpine Pasture, Western Mixed Coniferous Forest and Moist Deodar Forest.
- It is home to endangered species like the Ibex, Musk deer, Monal snow Cock, Pheasants, Himalayan Tahr, Red vented Bulbul, White Cheeked Bul Bul and so on.
- The major floras available in the Sanctuary are deodara (Cedrus deodara), kail (Pinus wallichiana), spruce (Picea smithiana), silver fir (Abies pindrow), ban (Quercus semicarpofolia), pink burans (Rhododendron campanulatum), etc.
