National Parks in Assam You Must Visit

Home to two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinoceros population, this national park has been declared as a World Heritage Site. Made unique with a vibrant, well preserved and sustained ecology this park has very versatile biodiversity which makes Kaziranga National Park a very important and popular tourist destination. Arguably one of the most famous national parks in Assam, Kaziranga also offers pleasant surprises to tourists as they spot swamp deer, elephants, wild buffalos, Chinese pangolins, Bengal foxes, gibbons, civets, sloth bears, leopards and flying squirrels are a few animals that can be spotted here. The park is also home to the Indian tiger and it is a tiger reserve.

Best Time: October to June

Manas National Park is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam. The only tiger reserve in Assam and also famous for the rare golden langur and the red panda, Manas is one of the best-kept national parks in Assam. It's home to India's second-largest tiger population. It is also famous for its population of the Wild water buffalo. Manas harbours the maximum number of endangered species from India as listed in the IUCN Red Book. Best time to visit this national park in Assam is in October till the first week of December and again from mid-March onwards.

Best Time: October to Apr

Nameri national park is famous for its elephants and other animals including tigers, leopards, gaurs, wild pigs, sambars, etc. and also for being a bird watchers paradise. Safaris are available and are the most popular way to create a trip full of excitement, into this national park in Assam. The river in Nameri National Park is full of a variety of fish. Golden Masheer Fish is the famous fish of this region and measures 3-9 feet. It is also known as "Tiger of the Himalayan rivers".

Best Time: November to April

With one of the oldest game reserves of the state, The Orang National Park in Assam located on the shores of river Brahmaputra can be an exciting little bit of Assam with a huge variety of fauna finding its habitat here. Orang will pleasantly surprise you with its rich variety of animals, birds and fishes and a similar abundance in flora. The park is known for its rhinoceros conservation and has The Great Indian Rhinoceros and the famous Bengal Tiger. Along with this, you can spot a number of birds in the park such as kingfishers, fishing eagles, woodpeckers, mallards, white pelicans and so on.

Best Time: November to April

Get lost in the biodiversity-rich foothills of Raimona, the sixth national park in Assam and experience the serene beauty of nature up close. The national park is home to many elephant herds accompanied by mesmerizing folk tales, one of the world's most endangered primates, Gee's golden langur, rare endemic butterflies and many rare species, including the majestic Bengal tiger, clouded leopard, gaur and chital. This hotspot is vital to the transboundary movement of elephants through West Bengal, Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.

Dibru Saikhowa National Park is one of those places which boast of a rich collection of flora and fauna, many of them endangered. It is one of the few remaining protected sites in the Endemic Bird Area of the Assamese Plains. Dibru Saikhowa National Park is a river island national park in Assam and one of the 19 biodiversity hotspots in the world. Animal life to be viewed in their natural habitat includes royal Bengal tiger, hoolock gibbons and leopards. There are no roads and hence no jungle safari or elephant rides for roaming in the park, so you can explore the park only by trekking, and through boat service.

Best Time: November to April

Dihing Patkai is Assam's seventh national park and a visual treat for the wildlife admirers with rich flora, fauna and avifauna diversity and several ethnic communities and groups living across the beautiful landscape. The national park is famous for the longest stretch of lowland rainforests in India and is also known as the Amazon of the East. The visitors can spot many rare species, including the Royal Bengal tigers, Indian elephants, Clouded leopards, Himalayan black bears, Capped langurs, etc.