1- Kingdom Of Dreams
Kingdom Of Dreams, Gurgaon Overview
The Kingdom of Dreams, also known as KOD sits majestically in Gurugram (Previously Gurgaon) and is India's first live entertainment, leisure and theatre destination. It is a magnificent structure and glitters merrily in sector 29. It offers visitors a taste of contemporary and modern India through the means of interactive tableaus, galleys, and arts. Inside the Kingdom of Dreams, Culture Gully, India's first-ever skydome has stalls capturing the culture of fourteen different states with local fine arts, cuisines and street arts. With two international standard theatres and advanced state-of-art technology, it promises to take you on a mystical and unforgettable journey of diverse culture, lifestyle, and traditions of different parts of India.
Sprawling over a massive area of six acres, the leisure and entertainment destination was inaugurated in September 2010. With a construction cost of INR 2 billion, this grand centre is run and organised by the Great Indian Nautanki Company(GINC). Many superstars are associated with the Kingdom of Dreams, with Shahrukh Khan being the brand ambassador. It hosts acclaimed musicals and theatre productions like 'Jhumroo' and Zangura which is the biggest Bollywood musical ever.
2- Cyber Hub
Cyber Hub, Gurgaon Overview
Cyber Hub, Gurgaon is primarily a food-cum-entertainment destination located in Gurugram, close to the national capital state of Delhi. This swanky venue is dominated by leading restaurants, pubs, and lounges as well as a few shopping places on its premises. Cyber Hub, Gurgaon is a great place to simply chill out with friends or to spend a relaxing Sunday with family. In fact, it is located just next to the Cyber City, which is a corporate park housing top IT and Fortune 500 Companies. In fact, Cyber Hub caters mostly to the working crowd of this area.
The strategic location of Cyber Hub, just beside a popular industrial area on the NH-8, ensures that the place is always buzzing with people and is especially crowded during weekends. The open area and various theme parties give the place a unique edge. This uptown party hub is famous for its lively nightlife and is a heaven for food lovers and party animals.
Some of the best bars cum restaurants that the city boasts of include Frazier Cafe, Hard Rock Cafe and Imperfecto. There is also a gaming area, where you can enjoy fantastic indoor games. Cyber Hub is one place that you definitely cannot miss out on your next visit to Delhi or Gurugram, to experience fun, food and leisure all rolled into one.
3- Ambience Mall
Ambience Mall, Gurgaon Overview
Ambience Mall in Gurgaon is one of the most popular malls situated on the Delhi-Gurgaon Border on the NH8. The mall has a total of 6 floors, along with three basement levels for car parking. Among other malls, Ambience Mall in Gurgaon enjoys an elite status as it houses retail stores of famous international and designer Indian brands. Apart from being a shopping paradise, it also has an amazing food court. The best way to get to Ambience Mall is to take the Main Delhi Yellow Line Metro till the Sikandarpur Metro Station, which is the nearest metro station to Ambience Mall. Alternatively, you can alight the metro at Sikandarpur Metro Station and take the Rapid Metro till Micromax Moulsari Avenue, from where the mall is at a distance of 15 mins by Rickshaw.
While shopping at Ambience Mall is a great experience as there are a number of luxury and semi-luxury brands, it also houses some highly popular pubs like Firangi Paani and Underdogs. Not only this but it also has an ice-skating rink, which is quite a unique experience in itself. The mall also has a great gaming section for the kids and adults alike called Blu-o where you can enjoy bowling and many other games.
4- Damdama Lake
Damdama Lake, Gurgaon Overview
Damdama Lake is a beautiful lake 24 km south of Gurugram, off the Gurugram-Alwar road. It is around 64 km i.e. an hour's drive away from New Delhi and has a calm and peaceful vibe about it. The lake was commissioned by the British in 1947 for rainwater harvesting. In its current form, however, what makes Damdama Lake enticing is that it is home to over 190 species of native and migratory birds. In monsoons, water levels reach as high as fifty feet and this is when most of the migratory birds are spotted. Damdama Lake is the biggest lake in Haryana and stretches to almost three thousand acres. It is a popular place for picnics as well as for on-site training for corporate team-building exercises.
Surrounded by the rocky Aravalli hills and an uneven but exciting topography, this scenic lake is a perfect getaway for people in and around New Delhi, Delhi, and Gurgaon. Damdama Lake also has many resorts that offer adventure sports and paddle boating on the lake. Rock Climbing enthusiasts may indulge and try out their skills at the Aravalli Hills with difficult terrain. The water level of the lake has an average height of twenty meters but soars up to fifty meters during monsoons and covers a vast area of more than three thousand acres.
5- Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Gurgaon Overview
A perfect weekend getaway from Delhi, Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is an amazing escape, especially for nature lovers and birding enthusiasts. It is home to a number of migratory birds and is a great spot for spotting the various species, especially during winters. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is located at a distance of 40 kilometres from Dhaula-Kuan in Delhi on the Gurgaon-Farukh Nagar Road. There are astonishing 250 species of birds here during the peak season, i.e. September and during winters.
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary has been declared to be a National Park by the Haryana Government and is home to a plethora of resident and migratory birds. The varied species of migratory birds flock here after covering incredible distances from various parts of Europe, Siberia and Central Asia. To make the process of bird watching more feasible, there are about four towers erected at different points of this property.