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
Dibru-Saikhowa
National Park is a biosph
re
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.
T
he
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.