KAZIRANGA ……..A PLACE, A FOREST RANGE WHERE ONE GETS AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO RAW, LIVE, VIBRANT AND MESMERISING NATURE.
Once you land in Gauhati your journey to the exotic begins. Gauhati is very well connected from any corner of India by flights or train. You may wish to spend that day in Gauhati. There are plenty of places where one can stay. There is a decent and clean place for everyone and every pocket. In the evening while being in Gauhati one must also do the great Brahmaputra cruise. ( My next blog will be about the same.). We came into Gauhati a little after 2PM.
Next day early morning we started our journey to the Kaziranga ranges. The Kaziranga ranges are in the north of Gauhati and the journey by road takes approximately 5 hours. One can also take the train from Gauhati and the nearest railway station to Kaziranga is Furkating on the east, which is 80 km away. Furkating is connected by trains from Guwahati. A metre gauge railway track earlier laid by Assam Bengal Railway from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru-Sadiya line in 1903. Point to note is that this railway line from Gauhati to Furkating is one of the oldest railway lines in India and is still functional…
One very important traffic rule in Assam is that no vehicles are allowed to carry overhead luggage. Therefore we had a tote bag and a handbag plus our camera equipment backpack. The journey to Kaziranga itself is one of the most scenic road journeys I have undertaken apart from the Himalayan mountain roads and the north Bengal roads.
Kaziranga has three ranges. Western range is the Bagori range, the central is the Kohora range, and the eastern s the Aagoritoli range. Kaziranga National Park – a world heritage site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned rhinoceros. Kaziranga also boasts the highest density of tigers among the protected areas in the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. Though sighting of tigers is difficult because of the tall grasses that provide excellent camouflage, their presence can be felt everywhere by way of pug marks, kills and territorial markings. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants, wild water buffalo and swamp deer.
The history of protection in Kaziranga dates back to the early twentieth century, when Baroness Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon, an American who was the wife of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, first visited the Kaziranga area in 1904.[2] Kaziranga had been renowned for its rhinoceros population, however, during her trips in the region, Baroness Curzon failed to see any rhinoceros, seeing only some hoof marks.
It is rumoured that the noted Assamese animal tracker, Balaram Hazarika showed Baroness Curzon around Kaziranga and impressed upon her the urgent need for conservation of the wildlife. Concerned about the dwindling numbers of rhinoceros, she asked her husband to take the necessary action to save the rhinoceros, which he did on 4 November 1904 when he proposed the creation of a reserve in Kaziranga
Having given you all some idea about kaziranga and its ranges lets now delve into the visuals of this pristine, divine,and mesmerizing place.
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You are in love, Amlan..with the wonderful world around you that you see through your camera!
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