Feel the Adventure of the Wildlife in Assam

Assam is blessed with rumpled beauty and picturesque majesty. Assam is also famous for its

perfect wildlife sanctuaries. This place is a dwelling to several endangered and rare species of

flora and fauna which includes the Hoolock Gibbon, Golden Langur, Pygmy Hog, White-Winged

Woodduck, Hispid Hare, Clouded Leopard, Swamp Deer and many more.

Assam also has the highest density of tigers in the world and it is a house for the most number

of one-horned rhinos. As Assam is exactly considered as a traveler’s paradise, this mystifying

land of eternal Blue Mountains and lush green forests has lot to offer to a tourist. A trip to

Assam tourist spots can be rightly considered incomplete without a visit to its national parks

and wildlife sanctuaries.

Manas National Park

Manas National Park is nestled at the foothills of the grand Himalayas. Manas National Park is

one of the most seraphic wildlife environments in India. This park has derived its name from

the River Manas, is taken from the serpent goddess Manass. Manas National Park is the only

dwelling to many exotic animals, like the rare and endangered Assam Roofed Turtle, Golden

Langur, Hispid Hare and Pygmy Hog.

Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary

Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the year 1997. Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary has been

playing a chief role in the research and protection of the primate community of the animal

kingdom. This sanctuary is located at an estimated distance of 19 km from the city of Jorhat

and it covers a total area of about 20.98 sq km.

Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, in the northeast state

of Assam. It covers a total area of about 430 sq km. It is one of the most famous Assam tourist

spots. The history of the park can be sketched back to the period when Mary Victoria Leiter

Curzon, the wife of Viceroy of India Lord Curzon, visited the place, in the year 1904. This park

is considered to be the one of the most important Assam tourist spots.

Nameri National Park

Nameri National Park is round 35 km from the city of Tezpur, which is at the foothills of the

eastern Himalayas. It is located in one of the most beautiful park of Assam - Nameri National

Park. Covering up with a total area of about 200 sq km, it is considered to be one of the richest

as well as the most endangered reservoirs of the plant and the animal kingdom.

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