Indian Wildlife >> East India >> Assam >> Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Location : 513-km From Guwahati, Assam
Coverage Area : 340-sq-kms
Main Attraction :
Semi-Wild Horse &
White-Winged
Wood Duck
Best Time To Visit : November To April
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Arrival Information :
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By Air : Dibrugarh is the nearest airport which
is about 40km away from Tinsukia Town.
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Dibru-Saikhowa
National Park is a biosphere reserve located on the alluvial flood plains of
Brahmaputra in Upper Assam abutting on Arunachal- the land of the rising sun in
the Eastern Himalayas. It is at the juncction of the reverd Lohit and the great
Brahmaputra originating from the sacred Mansarovar in Western Tibet in the
shadow of Mount Kailash.
Dibru-saikhowa National Park is unique park fashioned
by nature by earth quakes and ever changing water courses over time into
numerous island pockets and water bodies providing a very unusual habitat for
varied wildlife, aqua fauna and avifauna. The Park stretches over 350 square km
on the Southern bank of the Brahmputra. Its vegetation comprises of mainly
semi-wet evergreen forest, tropical moist desiduous forest, bamboo and cane
breakes. A great variety of orchids blossom in the park.
The Parks is an ideal
habitat for many animals and birds. It is home to feral horses and the rare
Ganges River Dolphin besides the Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Leopard Cat,
Clouded Leopard, east india n Elephant, Hoolock Gibbon, Asiatic Wild Buffalo and
a variety of deer besides other wildlife. There are number of local and
migratory birds in its numerous water bodies. This includes the White Winged
Wood Duck, Bengal Florican, Great east india n Hornbill, east india n pied
Hornbill, Spotted Biled Pelican, Greater Adjutant Stork, Lesser Adjutant Strok,
Pallas's Fishing Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Swamp Fran Colin and Blyth's
Kingfisher.
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