Kaziranga National Park

Tiger, Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga is located in northeast India in the state of Assam. On the banks of the Brahmaputra River, the park occupies 164 square miles, combining elephant grass with thorny rattan cane, areas of semi-evergreen forest and shallow swamps. The Karbi Anglong Hills rise in the south of the park. The habitat varies from marches to grassland, woodland, rising to moist deciduous forests and finally to tropical semi-evergreen forests. Kaziranga was declared a game reserve in 1926, to save the Indian one-horned rhino that had become threatened with extinction at the turn of the century. The present rhino population is over 1,100 and although poachers still kill the animal for its horn, you can easily see them in the marshes and grasslands. The parks has an amazing variety of wildlife including wild buffalo, sambar deer, swamp deer (barasingha), hog deer, wild pig, hoolock gibbon, wild elephants, pythons and the tiger. There is a rich variety of shallow-water fowl including egrets, pond herons, river terns, black-neckes stork, fishing eagles and adjutant storks which breed in the park and a pelicanry. The grey pelicans nest in tall trees near the village and there are otters, gharial (long snouted fish eating crocodile) and dolphins in the river.

Location of The Park: tucked in Golaghat district of Assam, the park lies along the main highway between Johhat and the Guwahati. Hamlet of Bokakhat lies to the east, 23 KM (14 miles) from Kaziranga. The park is flanked by the Bodo hills to the west.

Kaziranga National Park Climate: Summer month are moderate (35° C: 95° F) while winter night are chilly
(minimum of 7° C; 45° F ) . Very heavy monsoon rainfall in summer (2300mm; 90 inch )

When to go : A favorable time for the traveler is from November to March. Closed during monsoon season, mid-April t mid-October.

How to Reach: Daily flights to Guwahati combined with drive to Kaziranga make this a good option, Flights t Jorhat only twice a week. Bus services from Bokakhar to the park; car hire also available. Get help from Wildindiaguid.com Team

Facilities at Park: Tourist information centre in Kaziranga, Jeeps are available within the park fordrives at dusk. Early morning elephant rides can also be booked in the park. Accommodation in Kaziranga in forest rest houses and tourist lodge owned by ITDC; canteen facilities. Comfortable accommodation at Wild Grass Resorts in Kohara. Ask Wildindiaguid.com team for more information

Wildlife of Kaziranga National Park: Unique species such as Great Indian One-horned Rhinoceros, Asiatic Wild Buffalo, Mouse Deer and Barasingha. Elephant rides through park bring visitors much closer to wildlife, although great distances aren't covered.


Rhino, Kaziranga National Park	Elephant Safari, Kaziranga National Park

Booking for Kaziranga National Park: Permit required from the Ministry of Home Affairs. For reservations, write to: The Deputy Director, Tourism, PO-Kaziranga Sanctuary, Shibsagar District, Assam; or Director, Kaziranga National Park, PO-Bokakhat, Shibsagar District, Assam-785109. Ask Wildindiaguid.com to help you to get the best accomodation.