This is the official page of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, which is also recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Kaziranga National Park, located in the state of Assam in North East India, a biodiversity hotspot, is the single largest undivided and representative area of the Brahmaputra valley floodplain grasslands and forests with associated biodiversity. The park represents o
ne of the last unmodified natural areas in the NE region of India. It is a vast wet alluvial tall grasslands, interspersed with numerous water bodies (Beels) and patches of deciduous to semi-evergreen woodlands. The fluctuations of River Brahmaputra results in spectacular examples of riverine and fluvial processes, Kaziranga is regarded as one the finest wildlife refuges in the world and is a veritable storehouse of biodiversity. Kaziranga has been acting as a source population for tigers and other co-predators, rhinos, elephants, wild buffalo, swamp deer etc. It is an excellent hatchery for fishes, turtles and dolphins. It provides roosting for multitude of birds, some of them being endangered and rare such as the Bengal Florican, vultures, swamp francolin, pelicans and raptors. It is to be mentioned here that Kaziranga as a word is used to represent several entities. Firstly, Kaziranga is Kaziranga National Park with its notified areas and Additions to the Kaziranga National Park, administered by the Director, Kaziranga National Park. Secondly, the other legal entity is the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve notified in 2007 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (KTR) comprises of the Kaziranga National Park, all the Additions of the Kaziranga National Park, Kukrakata Reserved Forest and Panbari Reserved Forest.
