Posted by: wildlifetour
in Travel on Apr 13, 2011
Enjoy exhilarating wildlife tourism at Kaziranga National Park one of most sought after attractions of wildlife tourism in India. Sprawling in Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Indian state of Assam, Kaziranga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in natural category. The park is internationally popular for having large population of one-horned rhinoceroses. There are about two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinos in this famous Indian wildlife sanctuary. This is why it is often described as the land of rhinos.
Flora of Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary The park features rich and diverse flora. The major part of the park is covered by dense and tall elephant grass. The park consists of four major types of vegetations namely alluvial inundated grasslands, tropical moist mixes deciduous forests, alluvial savanna woodlands, and tropical semi-evergreen forests. There are also many different varieties of aquatic floras found in the lakes & ponds and along with the river shores inside the park.
Fauna of Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary The park is internationally famous with a significant population of royal Bengal tigers, swamp deer, wild water buffalos, Indian elephants, and one-horned rhinos. Other animals found in the park are leopard cats, jungle cats, otters, capped langurs, hoolock gibbons, deer, barahsingha, wild boar, golden jackal, etc. Pythons and monitor lizards also can be spotted in the park. In fact with rich flora and fauna, Kaziranga is indeed a worth visiting destination on India Wildlife Tours and tourism.
