Kaziranga National Park

         On her return, she persuaded lord Curzon to do something to save this animal from total annihilation. Lord Curzon set the wheels of  the British bureaucracy rolling, and on  June 1, 1905, a preliminary notification announcing the intention of the Government to declare 57,273.60 acres of Kaziranga as a reserved forest was issued. Finally, Kaziranga was declared as reserved forest on January 3, 1908, and was officially closed for shooting.

        On  January 28, 1913 the area of reserved forest was expanded with the inclusion of another 13,506 acres. Kaziranga was declared a Game Sanctuary on November10,  1916. In 1938, the then conservator of forest, A.J.W. Milroy stopped all poaching and opened Kaziranga to visitors. Because the word 'game' connotated animals for hunting, in 1950, the then senior conservator of forest Mr P D Stracey, changed the term to 'wildlife sanctuary'.

         Gradually the sanctuary, begun as a nucleus encompassing a small area, expanded to its present size. Finally on February 11, 1974, the name was changed to Kaziranga National Park.

How To Get There:  Kaziranga is 239 km from the Guwahati airport and 97 km from the Jorhat airport. Regular bus services run by the State Transport Corporation, Travel Agencies, Tourist taxis are available. The Bus stoppage for Kaziranga is known as Kohora. The nearest railhead is Furkating at a distance of 75 km. The Wild Population: One-horned rhinoceros, elephant, Indian bison, swamp deer, samghar, hot deer, sloth bear, tiger, leopard,pig,leopard cat, jungle cat, hog badger, capped langur,hoolock gibbon, jackal, porcupine, python, buffalo

and birds like pelican, duck, geese, hornbill, ibis, cormorant, egret, heron, black necked stork, lesser adjutants, ring-tailed fishing eagles, etc are found in large numbers.   

Park Trips: 

          You can enter the National Park either on elephant back and/ or in a jeep or by car.There are trips covering Mihimukh, Baguri, Hole path, Arimarah, Kohora Cental Path-Baguri and Kohora Central Path-Bimoli all areas teeming with wildlife-all authentically wild. 

Other attractions:           You can stroll through the lush coffee and rubber plantations or nearby Karbi Anglong. Or you can visit the Karbi villages, meet the Karbi people, observe their life style. Or romp through the enchanting tea gardens and watch how you get your daily cup of tea. Film shows on wildlife can be arranged at the tourist lodge, on request.  Some Basic Information:                                   The average temperature around Kaziranga National Park in summer is 32.2 deg. C and in winter10 deg. C.

The average rainfall is 160 cm. Tourists are advised to wear cotton in summer and woolens in winter. The best season for visiting Kaziranga is November to April. The off season is from May to October.