Nameri National Park

Sonitpur, Tezpur, Assam 784103 Phone: 03714 292 644 www.namerinationalpark.com/

About

Nameri National Park is a national park located in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur District of Assam, India, about 35 kilometres from Tezpur. The vegetation type of nameri is of semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests with cane and bamboo brakes and narrow strips of open grassland along rivers.The forests are also rich in epiphytes, lianas,and creepers and clump-forming bamboo. This forest has over 600 species. This is excellent elephant country and was considered to be an elephant reserve. It is also an ideal habitat for a host of other animals including the tiger, leopard, sambar, dhole, pygmy hog, muntjac, gaur, wild boar, sloth bear, Himalayan black bear, capped langur and Indian giant squirrel.