Manas National Park |
The only Tiger Project in Assam, the Manas National Park is magnificently located on the banks of the Manas river. Spreading over about 360 km, the Park is known as one of the World Heritage sites for its unique combination of scenic beauty and rare fauna. Apart from tigers you can sight the Hispid hare, pigmy hog, golden langur, elephants, Indian rhinocerous, wild buffalo, wild boar, samber, swamp |
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deer, hog deer, etc. The Park is als o an ornithologist's delight with feathered friends like riverchats, forktails, cormorants, ducks, Indian hornbill and the Great Pied Hornbill. ACCESS Manas is 176 km from Guwahati which is connected by air. The nearest railhead is Barpeta Road. ACCOMMODATION There are tourist lodges and forest bungalows for the convenience of travellers. |