Morning
after breakfast, visit the Tea Auction Centre
at Guwahati. Later proceed by surface to
Kaziranga (210 kms/4 hrs approx.). Upon
arrival check-in at the Resort.
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL
PARK
Located on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra
River, Kaziranga covers an area of approximately
430 Sq. kms with its swamps and tall thickets
of elephant grass making it the ideal habitat
for the Indian one-horned. The vast open
country makes Kaziranga very accessible
and wildlife viewing fairly pleasurable.
Here one can leave in the early hours of
the dawn for an elephant-back-ride.
One could see wild elephant herds roaming
around or rhinos browse past visitors unconcernedly.
Since Kaziranga is easily accessible, it
provides a chance to see animals in the
wild at close quarters, thus making a trip
to this National Park a very rewarding experience.
The Park lies in the flood plains of the
Brahmaputra River,. The Kabri Angling Hill
ranges rise around the park pressing it
against the Brahmaputra River, flowing as
its northern boundary. Into the soup plate
between the river and the ranges, flow several
rivulets. They bring down rich silt and
sand, spread in small lakes, silt up the
lakes to make swamp and marshes, alluvial
grasslands rising to alluvial Savannah woodlands;
and then as the land loses its moisture
with height, rise to mixed deciduous forests
and finally, to tropical evergreen forests.
It is believed that if nature had not designed
such a breathtakingly beautiful habitat,
it would have been extremely difficult for
man to create a national park with such
natural diversities suited to a diverse
range of animal species. Kaziranga is the
stronghold of the one horned rhinoceros.
There are over 1000 rhinos in this reserve.
The wild elephant, another exotic animal
of the region and often-found in herds number
over 700 here. The wild buffalo is another
attraction of the reserve and again there
are over 6oo of these in the reserve. The
mouse deer, the hog deer, barking deer,
chinkara gazelle, bears, leopards, leopard
cat, wild boars and the gaur are to be found
here besides a variety of the primate family.
The bird life of Kaziranga is typical of
the north-eastern Foothill of India.
The highlight of the bird life here are
the sights of hundreds and hundreds of Pelicans,
which breed here. The other birds commonly
found here are Crested Serpent eagle, Pallas
fishing eagle, grey - headed fishing eagle,
swamp partridges, red jungle fowl, Bengal
florican, bar headed goose, whistling teal,
egrets, herons, black - necked stork, and
open billed stork.
Late afternoon the Tea Gardens around Kaziranga.
Evening visit the Elephant Feeding centre
where you can witness all the domesticated
elephants of the Kaziranga National Park
being fed, bathed by their mahouts.Overnight
at the Hotel.
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