Top 5 National Parks In Assam

1. Kaziranga National Park, Assam

Kaziranga National Park located in Assam is UNESCO declared World Heritage and popular across the globe for one-horned Rhinoceros. It lies in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the Assam. The park hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinos. As per the census conducted in March 2018 which was jointly held by the Forest Department of Assam and some noted wildlife NGOs; which reveals the rhino population in Kaziranga National Park is 2,413. Kaziranga is one of the popular wildlife tourism spot in north India. It was declared as national park in the year of 2006 as it has the highest density of tigers living in protected area in the world. The park also houses huge breeding populations of elephants, swamp deer and wild water buffalo. Kaziranga is also known as a prominent birdlife area by Birdlife International for conserving varied species of Birdlife.

2. Manas National Park, Assam

Manas National Park also called as Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a popular national park, World Heritage Site, a Project Tiger Reserve, Protected area for Elephants and most importantly a biosphere reserve, located in Indian state of Assam. Engulfed in the Himalayan foothills, it is in proximity of the Manas National Park in Bhutan. Manas is only tiger reserve in Assam known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife species such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog. Manas is also famous for its sound population of the wild water buffalo.

3. Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam

Dibru Saikhowa National Park is particularly the wetlands in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. It is sprawl over an area of about 340 square kilometers; this national park is an abode to some of rare species. It is only because of the patches of the wetlands that are bestowed all over the park and it sees over 500 species of birds including migratory and local. Some of the creatures such as White-winged Duck, Marsh Babbler, White ramped vulture that is near to extinction seek refuge in this park. Animals such as Hoolock Gibbon, Wild Water Buffalo, Tiger and Elephants are also easy to catch here Common Sightings of the Gangetic River Dolphins while enjoying boat safari is the major attraction of the park.

4. Nameri National Park, Assam

Built up on an area of approximately 200 square kilometers, Nameri National Park is situated on the boundary of the Arunachal Pradesh and therefore merges with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary. Located in the Eastern Himalayan Foothills, Nameri is a heaven for birdwatchers. It is also popular elephant reserve, and abode to animals such as Tiger, Himalayan Black Bear, Wild Boar and Indian giant Squirrel are its common inhabitants. Bird watchers could see some of the great birds like Ibis Bill, Wreathed Horn Bill, Black Stork and Rufous necked Hornbil.

5. Orang National Park, Assam

After Kaziranga National Park, Orang National Park has a strong hold of one-horned rhinos. It is located along the northern shores of Brahmaputra River. Being comparatively small in other national parks of Assam; it is sprawl over an area of about 78 square kilometers. The specialty of the park lies in the fact that it shelters more than 50 species of fishes and is also rich in fauna. Animals like Hog Deer, Otters, Indian Civet, Rhesus, Bengal Porcupine, Indian Pangolian and Indian Fox seek refuge here.