Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course
The Royal Springs Golf Course was carved out from the erstwhile Dr. Salim Ali City Forest on the foothills of the Zabarvan Hills overlooking the Dal Lake. While its creation may have been controversial there is no doubt that it is one of the most striking golf courses in the world. It is a 6445 m, par-72 course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. II and spans an expense of 300 acres.
Apart from golfers, it is a perfect site for birders with its man-made lakes at the level of the Dal, marshland patches, bushy thickets, copses and rolling tree-lined fairways leading up to the coniferous forests of the Zabarvan range. An amazing variety of bird life can be observed in the course.
The par-four fifth hole has been nominated as one of the most beautiful golf holes in the world.
Bird Roll Call :
Black Bulbul, Himalayan Bulbul, Great Tit, Streaked Laughingthrush, Common Stonechat, Common Rosefinch, European Goldfinch, Bar-tailed Treecreeper, Dark-sided Flycatcher, Rusty-tailed Flycatcher, Asian Paradise-flycatcher, Long-tailed Minivet, Tickell's Thrush, Barn Swallow, Ashy Drongo, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriental White-eye, Eurasian Jackdaw, Common Hoopoe, Russet Sparrow, House Sparrow, House Crow, Long-tailed Shrike, Large-billed Crow, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Cuckoo, Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Myna, Common Starling, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Whiskered Tern, Mallard, Indian Pond Heron, Common, Pied & White-throated Kingfishers, Himalayan, Brown-fronted & Scaly-bellied Woodpeckers, and a variety of warblers and flycatchers.
