The first tiger reserve in the world to have successfully relocated tigers, it is enclosed within the shadows of the Aravali range in the state of Rajashtan. Apart from the Bengal tiger, the reserve includes many species of wild life, such as the Indian leopard, jungle cat, caracal,striped hyena, Indian jackal, chital, sambhar, nilgai, chinkara, four-horned antelope, wild boar, hare, hanuman langur, rhesus monkeys. Sariska is also ethereal for bird watchers with some of the rarest feathered species like grey partridge, white-throated kingfisher, Indian peafowl, bush quail, sandgrouse, treepie, golden-backed woodpecker, crested serpent eagle and the Indian eagle-owl.

Sariska was established as Tiger Reserve in the year 1978 and was eventually declared a National Park in 1982.