Namdapha National Park – Arunachal Pradesh in India
September 3rd, 2009
Namdapha National Park is located on the edge of Noa Dihing turbulent river in one of the beautiful Northeast Indian states, Arunachal Pradesh. It is the largest national park in northeastern India. Located at a distance of 150 km from Miao, India-Myanmar border in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, which attracts visitors from various parts of India and abroad. Namdapha was declared a national park in 1983 under the Law on Wildlife Protection. It is also a Tiger Reserve and was among the largest protected areas in India.
Geography of the Park
Namdapha covers an area of 1,985 square kilometers and the altitude of the park ranges from 200 meters to 4,500 meters above sea level. With a rich diversity of flora and fauna, Namdapha has wet tropical forests and mountain vegetation, which make a good habitat for many species of animals and birds. Highest parts of the park experience cold weather throughout the year, which adapts to most wildlife species habitating here. It is an ideal place for trekking and hiking. It can cover part of the area, or Gypsy Jeep Safari but the rest of the area has to walk due to the unavailability of roads.
Diversity of flora
Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, the park is blessed with over 150 species of flora. It has some of the rarest species of wood Delavavi Abies and Pinus Merkusi, found nowhere else in India. Mishimi teeta, a local medicinal plant and is used to cure diseases, can also be found within the park. Apart from these, one can find their forests covered by bamboos, canes, wild orchids, banana trees, varieties of shrubs and grass.
Wide range of fauna
It is also home to several rare species of animals and birds. The elephants, deer, Black Bear, Wild Dog, Bharal, Himalayan thar, wild goats, Indian Bison, reptiles and a variety of arboreal animals are here in their natural habitat. Apart from these, Assamese Macaque, pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque and Holock Gibbons. Highly endangered and only ’species of apes’ in India also in the woods. It is also a habitat of some of the angry reptiles like Python and King Cobra.
Namdapha is also famous for having four species of the family of cats is, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Tiger and Clouded Leopard. It is also a birding paradise and in the category of avian fauna, pheasants, Jungle Gallos, Indian hornbills, Ibisbills, White bellied Heron, Blue-naped Pittas, Cars, Snowy-throated babblers, Nuthatches and White Winged Wood Ducks are can be found here. More than 400 rare species of birds are found in forests.
How to get Namdapha National Park?
Air: Dibrugarh is the nearest airport, where you have to reach Namdapha by the Assam State Transport Corporation and private buses or taxis. Indian Airlines flights connecting to Calcutta, Dibrugarh.
Rail: Tinsukhia in Assam is the nearest railway station. It is connected by rail to major cities of India like Delhi, Calcutta and Chennai. From here you can hire taxis or can travel on state highways or private buses Namdapha.
Road: Miao, the entry point Namdapha National Park is connected by a regular bus service to the State Transport Corporation Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and private transport buses from various towns and cities in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The best time to visit Namdapha National Park is from October to March, but remains open to visitors throughout the year. Since the park has a number of leeches, equipment write-protection is essential to keep them and enjoy wildlife.
Namdapha National Park is indeed a remarkable place worth visiting in seven northeastern states of India sister.
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