Situated on the flood plains of river Brahmaputra in the north-eastern state of Assam, spread over an area of 430 sq. km Kaziranga is most commonly referred to as home to Great Indian One-horned Rhinoceros. It has the distinction of harbouring an almost two-thirds population of One-horned Rhinoceros in the wild. Due to the quality of wildlife viewing this park has often been compared with African wildlife sanctuaries. Kaziranga boasts of about fifteen species of India’s threatened mammals. The landscape of Kaziranga is very picturesque and its habitat consists of tall grassland, marshy swamps and tropical wet evergreen forests, and tropical semi-evergreen forests.

While the Tiger heads the list of predators here, followed by the leopard and lesser cats like Jungle and Fishing Cat. While other mammals recorded in Kaziranga are the Wild Water Buffalo, Asiatic Elephant, Gaur, Sloth Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Common Indian Otter, Wild Boar, Sambar, Swamp Deer, Hog Deer, and Indian Barking Deer, Golden Jackal, Bengal Fox, Malayan Giant Squirrel. Reptiles found in the park are Water Monitor, Indian Python, Common Cobra, King Cobra, and Chinese Pangolin. Kaziranga boasts of primates like Rhesus Macaque, Capped Langur, Assamese Macaque and elusive primates like Slow Loris Hoolock Gibbon the only ape found in India and a highly endangered species.

Eastern Himalayas supports an interesting birdlife and Birdlife International has classified Kaziranga as an Important Bird Area(IBA). Apart from the regular residents and migrants some specialty one should expect to see during Kaziranga journey are Lesser Adjutant, Bengal Florican, Black-Necked Stork, Swamp Francolin, Finn’s Baya, Grey Peacock Pheasant, Black breasted Parrotbill, Great and Wreathed Hornbill etc.