Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary

Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area on the eastern outskirts of Guwahati in Assam, covering about 78.64 sq km across Amchang, South Amchang and Khanapara Reserve Forests. Notified as a wildlife sanctuary in 2004, it forms an isolated elephant habitat within an urban landscape. The sanctuary supports elephants, leopards, barking deer, diverse birds and butterflies, and serves as an important green lung and wildlife corridor near Guwahati city.

Visitors can expect a dense deciduous forest with hilly terrain and narrow forest trails on the edge of Guwahati city. The sanctuary is known for sightings of wild elephants, leopards, barking deer, wild pigs, and numerous resident and migratory birds and butterflies. There are no developed tourist circuits inside; exploration is limited to designated tracks with prior forest department permission and preferably with a guide. The environment is quiet, natural and largely undeveloped, offering nature observation and photography opportunities.