14/04/2025
The Kaziranga National park’s 430 square kilometer area ( in the Indian state of Assam, five hours drive from Guwahati ) is sprinkled with elephant-grass meadows, swampy lagoons, and dense forests and is home to over 2400 Indian one-horned rhinoceros, which approximates 2/3rd of their total world population.
Formed in 1908 , the park was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985., and also declared a Tiger reserve in 2006.
It was such joy to witness the pristine Park with its wildlife and Elephant grass and the swamps and water bodies.
Along with the iconic One-horned rhinoceros, the park is the breeding ground of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer.
The vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests undoubtedly makes the park look beautiful but it’s the presence of Brahmaputra river, which makes it look enigmatic.
While our safari never took off along with others as the open jeep broke down ab initio..with great difficulty they started it but it again broke down mid Park.
As a rule you cannot step out of the jeep in the Park.. so we all jumped from one jeep to another one with just two tourists who were kind enough to accommodate us 5.
A must visit Park...but make it a point to arrive a day earlier at the Park, and stay in any of the accommodations available and do the jeep safar/Elephant safari et el the next day.
We the Rotary group drove from Guwahati and back the same day and sure were completely exhausted, but the joy of the visit overpowered our fatigue..😊😀
