Extension: 4-Day Kaziranga National Park

Day 13: Delhi/Guwahati/Kaziranga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for our flight at 1000 hrs to arrive Guwahati at 1215 hrs. Upon arrival, drive for 4 hrs to Kaziranga National Park, where it becomes apparent that the people of Assam have a more pronounced Asian influence than those of any place visited. Assam is the biological crossroads for the flora and fauna of the Malay Peninsula, China, Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent. Here, the forests are primarily tropical evergreen rather than the deciduous type found in dryer areas. Arrive late afternoon at the Bon Habi Resort. (B, L, D)

Day 14-15: Kaziranga National Park
Two full days at Kaziranga, exploring the park by open 4X4 WD Jeep and on elephant back. Accommodation at Bon Habi Resort. (B,L,D Daily)
Kaziranga National Park is  430 square kilometer, centering around bottomlands covered by elephant grass savannahs. In the hills and along the small streams, dense forests grow with epiphytic orchids and ferns jutting from the trunks and branches of the great trees. Kaziranga was set aside to protect the great One-horned Asian Rhinoceros. It is estimated that there are now less than 1,400 of these great beasts left in the wild, and more are found here than anywhere else. The thrill of sneaking into a clearing on elephant back and coming within a few yards of one of these gray armored hulks is truly exhilarating. Wild Asian elephant herds are present within the grasslands of the park, as are large herds of barasingha, hog deer and wild Asian buffalo.