National ParkPatrimonio Mundial UNESCORed internacional de conservación

Kaziranga

India · South Asia (Assam)

South Asia (Assam)Declared in 1905430 km²

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The highest density of tigers in the world and 70% of the planet's Indian one-horned rhinos

Area

430 km²

Protection category

UICN IV

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Declared in

1905

Region

South Asia (Assam)

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Polar / frío, Montañoso

Best time

November to March

Length of its routes

2–3 days

Difficulty of its routes

Fácil

World Heritage

Plan your visit

Best time: November to March
Length of its routes: 2–3 days
Difficulty of its routes: Fácil
Area: 430 km²

Highlight

The highest density of tigers in the world and 70% of the planet's Indian one-horned rhinos

Made a forest reserve in 1905 on the initiative of Mary Curzon, wife of the British Viceroy of India, after she visited the area and failed to see a single one of the rhinos she had been told about, which alarmed her into fearing they might die out. It became a national park in 1974 and now protects close to 70% of the world population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros, as well as holding the highest density of Bengal tigers per square kilometre of any protected area on the planet. The annual floods of the Brahmaputra, far from being a threat, renew the fertility of its elephant grasslands each year, a natural cycle the park's whole food chain depends on.