Kaziranga National Park is a World Heritage Site,in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, India, where world’s great one-horned Rhinoceroses live. Kaziranga not only gives shelter to Rhinoceroses but also provides shelter to a variety of wild lives like:- Tigers, Elephants, Water Buffalo and Swamp deer, Hog Deer, Sloth Bears, Tigers, Leopard Cats, Jungle Cats etc. Kaziranga National Park is a birding paradise .Kaziranga is recognised as an Important Bird Area by Birdlife International for conservation of avifaunal species. kaziranga National Park has achieved great success in wildlife conservation. History:- The Kaziranga Game Sanctuary was renamed the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary in 1950 by P.D. Stracey. In 1954, the government of Assam passed the (Rhinoceros) Bill, to pay heavy panalties for killing rhinoceros. In 1968, the state government passed the Act declaring Kaziranga a designated national park. The 430 km² (166 mi²) park was given official status by the central government on February 11, 1974. In 1985, Kaziranga was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its unique natural environment.

Kaziranga is 225km from Guwahati. The Tezpur - Tawang highway that gets you from Kaziranga to Eaglenest follows Arunachal's richly forested Kameng river valley. The road reaches its highest point at 1,700m at Nechi Phu and then descends into the Tenga valley before Bomdila. About Nechi Phu lies the Cloud Forest zone, an enchanting subtropical forest draped in moss and mist throughout the year.

Fly from Delhi to Guwahati, or from Kolkata to Tezpur. Travelling to Arunachal requires even Indian citizens to acquire a permit The permit can be obtained from the Arunachal Pradesh resident commissioners in Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati or Shillong.



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