Kaziranga National Park Safari

kaziranga national park safari

Kaziranga National Park Safari

Kaziranga National Park Safari provides visitors the option of heading out into the forests either by jeep or on elephant back. Both are unique in their own way. It is best to try both elephant and jeep safaris.

Elephant Safari

Elephant safaris gives one the opportunity to get really close to the wildlife including the one horned rhinoceros.

kaziranga national park safari
One of the ‘safari’ elephants spending quality time with her young one

Kaziranaga National Park, along the Brahmaputra river, covers an area of approximately 400 sq kms.

kaziranga national park safari
Taking a break before the next safari

kaziranga national park safari
Elephant Safari

Kaziranga National Park is home to roughly two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned Rhinoceroses.

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Our first Rhino sighting !

This subspecies, weighing between 2200 kgs to 3000 kgs, is the fourth largest land animal and has a single 20-55 cm horn.

kaziranga national park safari

kaziranga national park safari
Deer Herd

Eastern swamp deer, a subspecies of swamp deer, is now confined to Kaziranga National Park.

kaziranga national park safari
Eastern Swamp Deer

ONGC has donated 85 Lakh rupees towards a conservation program to save this severely endangered subspecies.

kaziranga national park safari
Eastern Swamp Deer

Habitat destruction, inbreeding, and competition with livestock are the main reasons for the steady decline in their numbers.

kaziranga national park safari
Check the ‘pink’ new antlers …

The park is also home to the Wild Asian Buffalo a member of the bovine subfamily and the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo.

kaziranga national park safari
Wild Buffalo

Rhinos are mostly solitary creatures, with the exception of mothers and calves and breeding pairs.

kaziranga national park

kaziranga national park

kaziranga national park

kaziranga national park
Wild Buffaloes

kaziranga national park
Sunset

kaziranga national park

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