Manas National Park : Assam Diaries
Get ready for to pack your bags for winter to visit Assam, this time with a new way. Manas, at the base of the foot hills of the Bhutan-Himalayas in the state of Assam, with unique biodiversity and landscape is one of the first reserves included in the network of tiger reserve under project tiger in 1973.
Manas National Park is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. You can enjoy here its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle and hispid hare. The name of the park is originated from the Manas River, from the goddess Manasa. You can enjoy the cynic view of the river which passes through the heart of the park. There is only one forest village, Agrang, in the core of the national park. Apart from this village 56 more villages are surrounded the park.
Manas is very rich in the population of Royal Bengal Tigers. Presently the population of Tigers are counted upto 60. You can enjoy the safari ride to enjoy the tigers to the park. For its well known for that in 1985, the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary was inscribed as World Heritage Site. Although a ride through the park may not gurantee a tiger sighting.
About half of the park is covered by Grasslands of Terai and Bhabar type. There you can see more than 650 species of Angiosperms alone. The diverse habita of Manas is ideal home for specialized birds Manas boasts the largest population of the endangered Bengal Florican in the world and is also a great place to see the Great Hornbill. The National Park lists around 380 species of birds. You can enjoy here Red-headed Trogo, Marsh, Jerdon’s Babbler, Black-tailed Crake and Bristled Grassbirds and many more types. This is ideal for an wild life photographer as well as an ornithologists. The nature lovers will surely be in love with such a place.
The Burma Monsoon Forests of Manas lie on the borders between the Indo-Gangetic and Indo-Malayan bio-geographical realms and is part of the Brahmaputra Valley Biogeographic Province. The combination of Sub-Himalayan Bhabar Terai formation with riverine succession leading up to Sub-Himalayan mountain forest makes it one of the richest biodiversity areas in the world. You can enjoy here with roofed turtle and pygmy hog also. Indian elephants and rhinoceros will give you the best amusement to enjoy the park as you can enjoy the safari with Jeep here. Leopards are also visible here.
You can enjoy here with both standard and luxury type of hotels as both of this availiable here. You should pre-book hotels to avoid the queues and headache for stay.
How To Reach : Manas is only 176 kms from Guwahati. You can enjoy the ride with national highway 31 through barpeta road to reach here. It is 326 kms from Siliguri also. Guwahati is the local railway station as well as the nearest airport.
