'' Namdapha National Park is one of the major tourist attractions of Arunachal Pradesh. Throughout the Eastern Himalaya which is also declared as a biodiversity hotspot, Namdapha is the largest protected area. Even area wise, it is one of the largest national parks of the nation. Situated in Changlang district, Namdapha is renowned for wildlife sanctuary. It has been declared as National Park.Namdapha National Park is one of the major tourist attractions of Arunachal Pradesh. Throughout the Eastern Himalaya which is also declared as a biodiversity hotspot, Namdapha is the largest protected area. Even area wise, it is one of the largest national parks of the nation. Situated in Changlang district, Namdapha is renowned for wildlife sanctuary. It has been declared as National Park.
The park resides in Changlang district of the Northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering with Myanmar. By stretching across an area of 1985 km2 with 177 sq km in buffer zone and 1808 sq km in the core area, the park is located between the Dapha bum range of the Mishmi Hills and the Patkai range with a wide altitudinal range between 200 m and 4571 m above the sea level.
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The park presents a rich bio diversity of flora and fauna. The lush green under growths are thick with the crisscross of canes, bamboos, wild bananas and variety of vegetations The splendour of the wet tropical rain forest is breeding ground for various animals and birds, which is notable and worth seeing.
Attractions in Namdapha National Park
The park also has about 425 species of avi-faunas with many more to be recorded from work in the higher areas. There are five species of Hornbills recorded from the area. Several species of rare wren-babblers have been recorded in Namdapha. Other bird groups comprise laughing thrushes, parrotbills, shrike babblers, fulvettas and scimitar babblers. The Snowy-throated Babbler is a rare species of Babbler found only in the Patkai and Mishmi hills and nearby areas in Northern Myanmar, is found in Namdapha. Other rare, restricted range or globally endangered species include the Rufous-necked Hornbill, Green Cochoa, Purple Cochoa, Beautiful Nuthatch, Ward's Trogon, Ruddy Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Whitetailed fish eagle, Eurasian Hobby, Pied Falconet, White-winged Wood Duck, Himalayan Wood-owl, Rufous-throated Hill-partridge, and White-cheeked hill partridge.
Best Time to Visit Namdapha National Park
October to March is the best time for visiting the park.
How to Reach there
Air: Mohanbari in Dibrugarh is the nearest airport.
Rail: Tinsukia in Assam is the nearest railhead.
Road: Tinusukia or Dibugarh, the journey to Miao, headquarters of the National Park and the Tiger Reserve, has to be done by road, over a distance of 150-km.