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Welcome to Wild Life Packages
Kaziranga is a
title of a remarkable success story of conservation of the One
Horned India Rhinoceros and other wild lives in the North East
India. It is not only the homeland of the Great Indian One
Horned Rhinoceros, but also provides shelter to a variety of
wild lives.
It is one of
the significant natural habitat for in situ conservation of
biological biodiversity of universal value. The values and
criteria made Kaziranga National Park to get inscribed in the
World Heritage Site List 1985. The Kaziranga National Park area
consists of 429.93 Sq.Km. with an additional area of 429.40
Sq.Km. and situated in the two districts of Assam, namely
Golaghat and Nagaon. The total area of the park within Nagaon
district is 175 Sq.Km., out of which 135 Sq.Km. falls under
Bagori Forest Range office and 40 Sq.Km. falls within Ghorakati
Forest Range office.
Location
Middle Assam in North East India
Latitude:- 26°30 N to 26°45 N
Longitude:- 93°08 E to 93°36 E
Climate:- Sub-Tropical Monsoon with average rainfall of 1320 mm
and temperature ranging from 8° C in Winter to 38° C in Summer
Located on the
banks of the mighty Brahmaputra River in the far North East of
India, Assam, Kaziranga National Park covers an area of
approximately 430-sq-kms with its swamps and tall thickets of
elephant grass making it the ideal habitat for the Indian
One-Horned Rhino. Due to limitless poaching of this prehistoric
survivor, the Kaziranga National Park was declared a wildlife
sanctuary in 1940.
Major Wildlife
Attractions of Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary
Beside of course the great one horned Indian Rhino, the 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.
Kaziranga National
Park is a birding paradise; the grasslands are a raptor country
that can be seen on safari makes a remarkable experience. These
include the Oriental Honey Buzzard, Black-Shouldered Kite, Black
Kite, Brahminy Kite, Pallas's Fishing Eagle, White Tailed Eagle,
Grey-Headed Fishing Eagle, Himalayan Griffon, etc. Huge numbers
of migratory birds descend on the parks lakes and marshy areas
during winters, including Greylag Geese, Bar-Headed Geese, Ruddy
Shelduck, Gadwall, Falcated Duck, Red-Crested Pochard and
Northern Shoveller.
Best Time to Visit
Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga's visiting season is from mid-November to early April
months. During the monsoons, the Brahmaputra River bursts its
banks, flooding the low-lying grasslands and causing animals to
migrate from one area to another within the Kaziranga National
Park.
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