India has the distinction of being the last earthly refuge of the Asiatic lion. In the paisley-shaped Kathiawad peninsula of Gujarat stands the Gir National Park and Lion Sanctuary. Sasan Gir Lion Sanctuary is home of some 300 Asiatic lions. The terrain is rugged with steep rocky hillsides. Sasan Gir is the only place in the world outside the African continent where the lion can be seen in its natural habitat. A few springs also exist, but their flow is rather eccentric depending upon the season. Some sixty thousand tourists visited Sasan Gir National Park in Every Year. The park is a part of the Junagadh circuit of Gujarat, which includes Junagadh, Sasan Gir, and Somnath. Gir has also leopards and numerous chital, nilgai, chin Kara, the four horned antelope and wild boar.

Jeep safaris and wild life photography expeditions are the favorites tourist activities here. Watchtowers and hides have been raised near waterholes to allow visitors a closer look of the lions.