Kaziranha national park is
situated in Assam region. During your game viewing in national park
always prefer elephant safari to see more & more wild animals in
the park. kaziranga wildlife park is rich in flora & fauna.
Kaziranga is the only national park reserve in India where the
rhinoceros can be seen in its natural habitat. You also get to see
the tiger, elephant, the hyena, Indian
deer, sambar (spotted deer), nilgai (blue bull), chinkara and the
chowsingha (antelope), along with the crocodile and the long-tailed
langur. Kaziranga is also home to a wide variety of exotic birds.
One could see wild elephant herds roaming around or rhinos
browse past visitors unconcernedly. Since Kaziranga is easily
accessible, it provides a chance to see animals in the wild at close
quarters, thus making a trip to this National Park a very rewarding
experience. The Park lies in the flood plains of the Brahmaputra
River,. The Kabri Angling Hill ranges rise around the park pressing
it against the Brahmaputra River, flowing as its northern boundary.
Into the soup plate between the river and the ranges, flow several
rivulets. They bring down rich silt and sand, spread in small lakes,
silt up the lakes to make swamp and marshes, alluvial grasslands
rising to alluvial Savannah woodlands; and then as the land loses
its moisture with height, rise to mixed deciduous forests and
finally, to tropical evergreen forests. It is believed that if
nature had not designed such a breathtakingly beautiful habitat, it
would have been extremely difficult for man to create a national
park with such natural diversities suited to a diverse range of
animal species. Kaziranga National Park is the stronghold of the one
horned rhinoceros. There are over 1000 single horn rhinos in this
reserve.
The wild elephant, another exotic animal of
the region and often-found in herds number over 700 here. The wild
buffalo is another attraction of the reserve and again there are
over 6oo of these in the reserve. The mouse deer, the hog deer,
barking deer, chinkara gazelle, bears, leopards, leopard cat, wild
boars and the gaur are to be found here besides a variety of the
primate family. The bird life of Kaziranga is typical of the
north-eastern Foothill of India. The highlight of the bird life here
are the sights of hundreds and hundreds of Pelicans, which breed
here. The other birds commonly found here are Crested Serpent eagle,
Pallas fishing eagle, grey - headed fishing eagle, swamp partridges,
red jungle fowl, Bengal florican, bar headed goose, whistling teal,
egrets, herons, black - necked stork, and open billed stork.
FloraThe
land of Kaziranga Wildlife Santuary is mainly covered by dense and
tall elephant grass. These large distribution of elephant grass are
intermixed by small swamplands left behind by the receding
floodwaters of the river Brahmaputra. These beautiful swamplands
have an abundant cover of water lilies, water hyacinth and lotus.
The vegetation that breaks the monotony of these grasslands and
swamps are large clumps of semi-evergreen forest.
FaunaThe
Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctruary is home to the great single horned
Indian Rhino, about 900 in number. Other major wild attractions
include a large population of Indian Elephants, Indian Bison, Swamp
Deer or Barasingha, Hog Deer, Sloth Bears, Tigers, Leopard Cats,
Jungle Cats, Otters, Hog Badgers, Capped Langurs, Hoolock Gibbons,
Wild Boar, Jackal, Wild Buffalo, Pythons, Monitor Lizards, etc.
How
to Reach
- Air
The nearest airport is situated at Guwahati,
which is 217-km away from the park. The other airport is located
at Jorhat, 97-km from Kaziranga.
- Rail
The nearest railhead is Furkating, situated
75-km away from Kaziranga National Park.
- Road
The main gate for Kaziranga Wildlife
Sanctuary, at Kohora on the NH-37, consists of a handful of
cafes and a small local market. ASTC and private buses stop here
on their way to and from Guwahati, Tezpur and Upper Assam.