G.B. International ::- Kaziranga National Park
| Meghalaya | Assam | Shillong |
|---|---|---|
| Kaziranga | East India | Other States |
Kaziranga National Park
Located in Bokakhat in Assam, Kaziranga National Park has the coverage area of about 430 sq kms. The scenery of the mighty Brahmaputra River with its marshy lands and tall brushes of elephant grass make really look beautiful and stunning. The Kaziranga National Park is just an ideal habitat for beasts like, Tigers and Indian One-Horned Rhino. The other major wild attractions include a large populace of Indian Bison, Indian Elephants, Swamp Deer or Barasingha, Sloth Bears, Hog Deer, Tigers, Jungle Cats, Leopard Cats, Otters, Jackal, Wild Boar, Wild Buffalo, Monitor Lizards, Pythons, etc.
Kaziranga National Park is also a birding habitat. The grasslands of the park are a raptor country, which can be toured on safari and makes for a remarkable experience. You can watch birds like the Oriental Honey Buzzard, Black Kite, Black-Shouldered Kite, Brahminy Kite, White Tailed Eagle, Pallas's Fishing Eagle, Grey-Headed Fishing Eagle and Himalayan Griffon. Great numbers of migratory birds also come here during winters.Mammals
One horned rhinoceros (rhinoceros unicornis), wild buffalo (bubalus bubalis), indian elephant (elephas maximus), royal bengal tiger (panthera tigris), indian wild boar (sus scrofa), eastern mole (talpa micrura), pangolin (manis crassicaudata), indian gaur (bos gaurus), swamp deer (cervus duvauceli), sambar (cervus unicolor), barking deer (muntiacus muntjak), white browed gibbon (hylobates hoolock), hog deer (axis porcinus), capped langur or leaf monkey (presbytis pileatus), rhesus macaque (macaca mulatto), assamese macaque (macaca assamensis), leopard (panthera pardus), sloth bear(melursus ursinus), indian porcupine (hystrix indica), fishing cat (felis viverrina), jungle cat (felis chaus), large indian civet (viverra zibetha), small indian civet (viverricula indica), indian gray mongoose (herpestes edwardsi), small indian mongoose (herpestus auropunctatus), bengal fox (vulpes bengalensis), golden jackal (canis aureus), common otter (lutra lutra), chinese ferret badger (melogale moschata), hog badger(arctonyx collaris), ganges and indus river dolphin (platanista gangetica), orange-bellied himalayan squirrel (dremomys lokriah), asiatic black bear (selenarctos thibetanus)Wildlife Safari in Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park offers different safari option for widlife enthusiast to see the willd animals in their natural habitat ( Kaziranga National Park). The best time to visit the park for safari is Nov to May. Safari can be under taken at kaziranga by Jeeps and Elephants Only. During safari into the national park you can easily sopt animals like the tiger, rhino, water buffaloes, wild bora, gaur, leopard cats, blackbucks, otters, monitor lizard, barasingha and of course wild elephants. Kaziranga has a large population of colorful birds. Some of the birds that can be commonly sighted during your Kaziranga wildlife safari are the flamingoes, cranes, grey-headed fishing eagle, whistling teal, crested serpent eagle, open-billed stork, swamp partridge, osprey, cormorant, herons, marsh harrier and other birds.Flora in Kaziranga National Park
The flora in Kaziranga National Park chiefly constitute of three major types: alluvial inundated grasslands comprising of tall thickets of elephant grass and short grasses, tropical wet evergreen forests and tropical semi-evergreen forests. But, the main characteristics of flora in Kaziranga are the dense and tall elephant grass intermixed by small swamplands left behind by the receding floodwaters of the river Brahmaputra.In addition to grasses and forests, the swamps of Kaziranga National Park have an abundant cover of water lilies, water hyacinth and lotus, providing a beautiful look to the surroundings of the park. Rattan Cane, which is a type of climbing palm, also adds to the natural beauty of Kaziranga National Park. According to a Landsat data for 1986, the different vegetation coverage in Kaziranga National Park is as follows: Tall thickets of elephant grasses 41%, short grasses 11%, open jungle 29%, rivers and water bodies 8%, sand 6% and swamps 4%.
Birding in Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park is also famous for its sizable population of exotic and rare birds. In addition to about 250 species of domestic birds, thousands of migratory birds, representing over 100 species, visit the park seasonally from as far as Siberia. Kaziranga is also home to some of the most endangered species of exotic and rare birds in India. The commonly seen birds in Kaziranga National Park include the Black Kite, Brahminy Kite, Black-Shouldered Kite, Blue-breasted Quail, Himalayan Griffon, Grey-Headed Fishing Eagle, Grey Peacock Pheasant, Pallas's Fishing Eagle, Oriental Honey Buzzard, Rose-breasted Parakeet, Red Jungle Fowl, Swamp Partridge, White Tailed Eagle to name a few. The prominent migratory birds that visit the park during winters are Graylag Geese, Bar-Headed Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, Gadwall, Falcated Duck and Red-Crested Pochard among many others.How to Reach
By AirThe nearest airport is Guwahati, which is 217-km from the park. The other airport is located at Jorhat, 97-km from Kaziranga.
By Rail
The nearest railhead is Furkating, situated 75-km away from Kaziranga National Park.
By Road
An extensive network of roads connects Kaziranga to other notable cities in Assam. Guwahati, Tezpur and many other cities are connected to Kaziranga by road.