Kaziranga to be closed for tourists from May 16

Bokakhat, May 12, 2019:

If you plans to visit the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), you better hurry up as it has been revealed that the Park will be closing its doors for tourists from May 16, 2019 and is likely to only reopen after October this year.

The development has been mentioned in an order issued by Eastern Assam Wildlife Division.

It may be mentioned that the park closes up for visitors just ahead of the monsoon season every year.

The Kaziranga National Park is a protected area in the northeast Indian state of Assam. Spread across the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River, its forests, wetlands and grasslands are home to tigers, elephants and the world’s largest population of Indian one-horned rhinoceroses.

Ganges River dolphins swim in the park’s waters. It’s visited by many rare migratory birds, and gray pelicans roost near Kaziranga village.

It may be added that the National Park is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the entire Northeast.