Dehing Patkai National Park

Dehing Patkai National Park is India's only lowland tropical rainforest national park, located across Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts near Jeypore in eastern Assam. Notified as a national park on 9 June 2021, it covers about 231.65 sq km of Assam Valley tropical wet evergreen forest. Notable for rich biodiversity including hoolock gibbons, elephants and diverse birdlife, it forms part of the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve and is often called the Amazon of the East.

Visitors can expect dense lowland tropical wet evergreen forest with tall trees, bamboo and cane groves, and humid forest trails. The park offers guided jungle walks and jeep safaris through designated routes, opportunities to see hoolock gibbons, capped langurs, elephants, leopards and over 300 bird species, plus watchtowers and interpretation areas. Facilities are basic and forest-based, with eco-camps and forest rest houses near the periphery.

The area was notified as Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary in 2004 covering 111.19 sq km and was upgraded and expanded to Dehing Patkai National Park on 9 June 2021 covering 231.65 sq km. It lies within the historic Jeypore Reserve Forest established during the colonial period and forms part of the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve notified in 2004. The World War II-era Stilwell Road passes near the forest periphery.

The rainforest landscape is traditionally associated with indigenous communities of Upper Assam including Tai Phake, Singpho, Khamyang and Moran groups. The forest is valued locally for its biodiversity and as a prominent example of Assam's rainforest heritage, often referred to as the Amazon of the East.