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Kaziranga National Park is located on the south bank
of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, the north eastern states of India. It is
famous as a refuge for the Indian or one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros
unicornis). Stretching over an area of 430 kmē, Kaziranga is one of the last
refuges of the Indian rhino. The national park is a vast stretch of coarse,
tall elephant grass, marshland and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests.
The Park celebrates its centenary in 2005.
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HOW
TO REACH
By Air - Jorhat is the nearest airport i.e just 94 kms from Kaziranga. It is
well connected the to the major cities.
Guwahati is just 220 kms from Kaziranga which is a major airport and city.
By Rail - The nearest railhead is Furkating at a distance of 75 km.
Jorhat is a major railhead which is connected to the other major cities with
express and regular trains.
By Road - There are regular bus services run by the State Transport
Corporation or you can take a private luxury coaches. The Bus stoppage for Kaziranga is known as Kohora.
WHEN TO GO
Best time to travel Kazirana is between November to March.
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WHAT TO SEE |
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Kaziranga National Park - Kaziranga reserve was
created to preserve Indian rhinocerous numbers, it was established as
a proposed forest reserve on June 1, 1905, and Kaziranga was declared
a reserve forest in 1908 by the British and was officially closed for
shooting in 1926. In 1938 the Park was opened to visitors. In 1950 the
area was declared a wildlife sanctuary, in 1954, the rhino was given
legal protection through the Assam (Rhinoceros) Bill that laid down
heavy penalties for killing it. In 1974 Kaziranga was designated a
national park, the first national park in Assam. Bounded by the misty
blue hills of Barail and Karbi Anglong to the south, the national park
was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Today it holds the
world's largest population of Indian rhinos, numbering more than one
thousand.
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Kaziranga is home also to elephants, sloth bears,
tigers, leopards, jungle cats, hog badgers, capped langurs, hoolock
gibbons, wild boars, jackals, porcupines, pythons, water buffaloes,
Indian bison, swamp deer, sambars and hog deer. Besides these, the
park has a respectable avian population, which increases considerably
in the winter, when migrating birds visit the park. |
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WHERE TO EAT
You can try the special restaurant at the luxury hotels.
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