Kaziranga -The Land of Rhinos

Kaziranga Tiger Reserve is one of the best place to see the successful conservation of the One Horned Indian Rhinoceros in the Wild.  It is not only the home of the Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros, but also provides shelter to a variety of wild animals . It is one of the significant Wildlife natural habitat for in situ conservation of biological biodiversity of universal value. The values and criteria made Kaziranga National Park to get inscribed in the World Heritage Site List 1985. This Park is spread mainly in 2 districts of Assam namely Golaghat and Nagaon. The Park is the abode to more than 70% of One Horned Rhinoceros in the world. It also has one of the highest density of Tigers. The Park harbors more than 60% of India’s wild buffalo population along with the only population of the Eastern Swamp deer and seven species of turtles and tortoises. The other important wildlife found here consists of – Leopard, Fishing Cat, other Lesser cats, Large Indian Civet, Small Indian Civet, Sambar, Barking deer, Hog deer, Gaur, Hog Badger, Hoolock Gibbon, Capped Langur, Assamese Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Sloth Bear, Gangetic Dolphin and Otter etc.