Kaziranga is boundless. It is magical. It is not about the one horned rhino, not about the elephants, not about the hornbills. It is also not about the verditer flycatchers or the scimitar babbler. It is about eternity.
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Kaziranga is boundless. It is magical. It is not about the one horned rhino, not about the elephants, not about the hornbills. It is also not about the verditer flycatchers or the scimitar babbler. It is about eternity.
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| Access | Take a comfortable journey in the Guwahati - Jorhat Intercity express from Guwahati. Or on the fast track, take the Guwahati - Jorhat JanaShatabdi express. Both are daily trains. From Jorhat it is just two hours journey by road. Take a bus or hire a car. | Kaziranga is one of the most visited wildlife reserves of India and figures quite often on the itinerary of the discerning tourist from around the world.
It lies on the south bank of the Brahmaputra and its boundary for the most part follows the Mora Diphlu river and runs parallel to National Highway no 37. It was declared a national park in 1974. Kaziranga covers a area of 430 sq kilometer. Its swamps and grasslands with tall thickets of elephant grass and patches of evergreen forest, support the largest number of rhino in the subcontinent. Though poaching constitutes a major threat to the rhino population, the numbers of this species are fairly healthy. At Kaziranga, the open country makes wildlife viewing fairly easy. A day's outing is often sufficient for visitors to see most of the major species here. |
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| Time | November to April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accomodation | The
Aranya Forest Lodge and two tourist lodges run by the Assam government are
3 km from the park entrance at Mihimukh.
With an accommodation of 21 rooms, Wild Grass Lodge is a private modern resort. It is situated by a stream in the paddy fields and forest. The lodge has the facility of arranging elephant rides and walks through the forest and tea plantations. |
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| Rates | Entry
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Rs 10 per day / person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elephant ride | Rs. 100 per person for Indian Tourists. (3 or 4 seats on an elephant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rs. 50 for children. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rs. 700 per person for foreigners. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mammals found at Kaziranga :
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| Jeep ride | Rs 450 per jeep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Camera | Ordinary Rs 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephoto lens Rs 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professinal still Rs 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moving Rs 1500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Climate | The climate of Kaziranga national park is tropical. Summers are hot and winters cold. Take cotton clothes for summers and do not forget to pack woolens during winters. The average rainfall is 160 cms. But the monsoon months bring heavy downpours which often flood the park. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||