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Kaziranga Travel Guide

Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam and is famous for housing many great one- horned rhinos found here. It is a world heritage site which is home to several protected tigers, elephants, buffalos, deer, and is also an important area for protecting several bird species. Tourists can find around 1,641 adult rhinos and 387 sub-adults along with other species of flora and fauna. You will also find 35 mammalian species here along with some other small herbivore animals found here in Kaziranga National Park. Many tourists also visit this dense national park for knowing in detail about the Royal Bengal Tiger and Asian elephant found here. Kaziranga is not just a famous national park but also one of the famous wild breeding areas which are rarely found outside Africa. Along with huge number of tigers found here you can also find other wild cats including fishing cat, jungle cat, leopard cat and much more to know about. Some other mammals found here are Indian Gray mongoose, golden langur, large Indian civet, Indian pangolins, bear, golden jackal, feeret badgers and much more to find here.

Kazirnaga is not only blessed with dense forests and many trees but also along with this lush greenery there are rivers present here. You will also find the Ganges dolphins present which truly is pleasant to watch at. Kaziranga National park is also identified as an Important Bird Area and is identified by the Birdlife International as many types of migratory birds visit this place. The birds like different species of duck, Blyth’s Kingfisher, lesser kestrel, Nordmann’s greenshark, and you will also find seven different species of vultures here. This place is like a gift for all the bird-watchers as they and spend some quality time clicking photos and watching birds here. The two biggest snakes found in the globe are reticulated python and rock python are found in this park and along with that you will also get to see the King cobra, world’s famous venomous snake inhabiting in the Kaziranga National park. As mentioned before the park is also blessed with rivers and small ponds, so you will get to also get to find the different species of turtles and tortoises along with n number of varieties of species found here. Kaziranga was present here for years and in 1904 when Mary Curzon visited the area with her husband Lord Curzon of Kedleston, she could not find even a single rhino. This made her think about the endangering specie and she spoke to her husband for protecting them. Lord Curzon then took the initiative to protect the amazing sanctuary and the species found here and in 1905 Kaziranga became a reserve forest. Although the place has faced threatens from several calamities to date, the government has never failed to maintain it and the forest covering area is successfully protecting several species over the years now.