Kaziranga National Park
lies partly in Golaghat District and partly in Nagaon District of Assam. It is
the oldest park in assam covers an area of 430 Sq kms along the river
Brahmaputra on the North and the Karbi Anglong hills on the South. The National
Highway 37 passes through the park area and tea estates, hemmed by table-top tea
bushes. One can even see the rhinos and wild elephants straying near the
highway.
Kaziranga National Park a world
heritage site is famous for the Great Indian one horned rhinoceros, the
landscape of Kaziranga is of sheer forest, tall elephant grass, rugged reeds,
marshes & shallow pools. It has been declared as National Park in 1974.supports
more than 35 species of mammals of which 15 species belong to schedule I of
Wildlife Protection Act 1972. It is the home to mammals like one horned rhinos,
Asiatic wild buffalo, Royal Bengal tigers, Capped Langur, Holock Gibbon,
Leopard, sloth bear, Gangatic Dolphin, Indian Elephant, Rhesus Macaque, Assamese
Macaque, Barking Deer, Pangolin, various species of Bats, Hog Badger, Chinese
Ferret Badger, Otter and many more. Numerous water bodies constitute rich
reservoir of food and thousands migratory birds representing over hundred
species visit the park during the winter from as far as Siberia.
The park is open from November to April. Tourists can take
rides on elephants to move around the park or cruise in a boat on the
Brahmaputra along the park.
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