KAZIRANGA

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Kaziranga National Park is the name to exemplify the most popular conservation efforts to save the endangered species like one-horned rhinoceros in India. Located in the Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam, this most notable wildlife sanctuary is being declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1985. The park resides at an edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot and this could be the perfect reason to envision high degrees of diversified species with great visibility. 

The park lies in the floodplains of Brahmaputra River and so every year the region is completely drenched with high water level; so do the wildlife gets affected by it too. And keeping such messy situation in mind, the park officials are always ready for every kind of provision for the safety of the jungle beings of Kaziranga.

The land of Kaziranga which is rich in one-horned rhinos and elephants supports the growth and survival of a unique and diverse wildlife. Apart from being a rich natural habitat for Rhinos, Kaziranga Sanctuary also has a sizable population of the Wild Buffalos and great herds of wild elephants, sometimes numbering up to 200, including other major counts of species like:

Mammals - Indian wild boar (sus scrofa), eastern mole (talpa micrura), pangolin (manis crassicaudata), indian gaur (bos gaurus), sambar (cervus unicolor), barking deer (muntiacus muntjak), white browed gibbon (hylobates hoolock), hog deer (axis porcinus), capped langur or leaf monkey (presbytis pileatus), assamese macaque (macaca assamensis), rhesus macaque (macaca mulatto), leopard (panthera pardus), golden jackal (canis aureus), sloth bear (melursus ursinus), 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), 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, swamp deer (cervus duvauceli) and Indian porcupine (hystrix indica).

Reptiles - Snakes, Lizards, Tortoises, Alligator (Gharial), Crocodile

Elephant ride in Kaziranga.

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Elephants crossing a road during floods

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Best Season to Visit

The best season to visit Kaziranga National Park is between November and April. From 1st of Nov to 30th of April, the park remains open daily for continuous six months being the monsoons as the exceptional season to close the area for safety reasons by the national park management.

Since Kaziranga lies on the banks of Brahmaputra River, every year the reserve area has to face the flooded situation on heavy monsoons leading to great losses and the management has to take great care and precautions to save the precious species. This is the reason it is partially opened during the months of October and May and is completely closed during June to September.