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Orang National Park

Orang Wildlife Sanctuary



Orang National Park, popularly known as mini Kaziranga, is located on the north bank of Brahmaputra River in Darrang District of Assam. It is around 31 km from Tezpur and 150 km from Guwahati.

The sanctuary occupies an area of 72 sq km and is home to great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, elephant, leopard, sambar deer, barking deer, tiger and varieties of water birds, green pigeon, florican, teal and geese.

The best time to visit is November to March.

Rangapara North Railway Station is the closest railhead. The sanctuary is also known as Orang (Rajiv Gandhi) National Park.



Updated on 7th June, 2005
District: Darrang

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