Rhino Safari

KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK

If your idea of an adventure is bouncing along in a jeep while it snakes its way through wild woods and marshy lakes till you catch a sight of a giant rhino grazing calmly in the vast open grassland, then Kaziranga National Park in Assam is where you should be heading. Famed as a haven for the one-horned rhinoceros, a safari in Kaziranga will teleport you straight into the wild. With over 2,400 rhinos within the park’s 370 square kilometres area, you are highly likely to spot one. This ‘land of giants’ is also home to the wild water buffalo, elephant, swamp deer, wild boar, and over 450 species of birds. If you get very lucky, you might also end up spotting a tiger— there are over 100 big cats prowling about.

GETTING THERE Nearest airport is in Jorhat (113 km). You can also drive in from the capital of Assam, Guwahati (210 km). Kolkata is the nearest metro.

STAY Nature Hunt Tours & Eco Camp (starts from `3,000/US$ 42, naturehunttours.com); Resort Borgos (starts from `8,000/US$ 112, kazirangaborgos.com)

PLAN IT WITH The official website of Kaziranga National Park (kaziranga-national-park.com)