Manas National Park

Manas National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Project Tiger Reserve located in Baksa and Chirang districts of Assam, with its main entry at Bansbari on the foothills of the Eastern Himalaya along the Bhutan border. Notable for its biodiversity, it protects endangered species such as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, hispid hare and golden langur, and features grasslands, semi-evergreen forests and the Manas River.

Visitors enter via the Bansbari Range and can explore grasslands, semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forests, and the Manas-Beki river system on guided jeep safaris and elephant safaris. The park offers wildlife viewing, birdwatching with over 380 bird species, river rafting on the Manas River, watchtowers and interpretation facilities, and views of the Bhutan hills. Accommodation is available in forest lodges and eco-camps outside the core area.

Originally established as a reserved forest in 1907, declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1928, designated a Project Tiger Reserve in 1973, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, and notified as a National Park in 1990. It forms a contiguous landscape with Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan.

Located in the homeland of the Bodo community, the park landscape is intertwined with local agrarian and forest-based traditions. The area showcases community-based eco-tourism initiatives and conservation efforts involving local villages around Bansbari.