Access is via Kulu to Kasol, and onward by foot. To the south-east, the area is connected by a forest corridor to Great Himalayan National Park.
Local people enjoy certain rights.
The moist temperature deciduous forest is one of the last few undisturbed pockets left in Himachal Pradesh. Cupressus spp. have been introduced. Singh et al . There are lakes and natural springs of religious and historical importance at Khirganga and Mantalai on the outskirts of the sanctuary. Bamboo is extracted to make baskets and roofs for huts.