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Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha reopens for tourists after being temporarily closed for four months due to monsoon..
The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha reopened for tourists on Thursday after four months, officials said.h)..
The Deputy Director of STR, Samrat Gouda, said 151 tourists in 36 vehicles visited the tiger reserve on the first day..
. Tourists can visit the STR from the Kaliani entry point in Jashipur from 6 am to 12 pm and the Pithabata entry point in the Baripada division from 11 am to 1 pm.It has been made mandatory for every tourist vehicle to take one guide with them while entering the tiger reserve..
If a tourist car develops any mechanical snag inside the park, the occupants of such vehicle will have to pay 4,000 and avail of vehicles provided by the STR.Spread over 2,750 square kilometres, the reserve has varieties of plant species and 96 types of orchids..
