The Namdhapa National Park

Spread over 1850 sq km, the Namdapha National Park is situated in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Also a Tiger reserve, this National Park has topography with altitudes ranging from plains to 4500 meters. The diverse vegetation of the Park provides a natural habitat to a diverse range of birds and animals. The National Park maintains its virginal, unexploited beauty due to inaccessibility to the greater part of the park.

The Namdhapha National Park is unique for being a home to four feline creatures – the Leopard, the Clouded Leopard, the Snow Leopard and the Tiger. Some of the other animals found here include the elephant, the gaur, the Himalayan black bear, the endangered musk deer, slow loris and the red panda.

The family of Primates is represented by the different species of Macaque - assamese macaque, pigtailed macaque, stump tailed macaque and the hoolock gibbon. The capped langur joins them in this natural habitat.

The Namdapha National Park is home to a large variety of spiders and butterflies also.

The forest cover of the National Park provides a home to a range of rare endangered birds. The White winged Wood Ducks, the great Indian Hornbills, Jungle Fowls and Pheasants and more can be sighted in this forest.

The Namdapha National Park is a combination of various species of trees and shrubs. The park is covered with wet tropical rain forest, which has thick lush green undergrowth. With more than 150 species of timber it is a botanist’s dream destination. Rare and endangered orchids, and famous medicinal herbs grow in the park.