Lose yourself in
Namdapha National Park in January
India’s wildest biodiversity ark.
Quick answer. Deep winter at altitude. Snow closes or slows high passes; Sela conditions rule the Tawang circuit. For Namdapha National Park specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Area
- Nearly 2,000 sq km
- Unique
- Four big-cat species recorded
- Access
- Forest track from Miao, camping treks
- Permits
- ILP + park entry
- Month
- January, Arunachal Pradesh
- This month
- Deep winter at altitude.
Why January here
Nearly 2,000 sq km of forest from plains to snow, the only park with four big-cat species recorded.
Namdapha runs from the Noa-Dehing plains to Himalayan snow, nearly 2,000 sq km of untouched forest, and is famous as the only park on earth with four big-cat species recorded: tiger, leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard. Birding here is legendary, with wren-babblers, hornbills and the rare white-bellied heron in the wider landscape.
What to do
Deban
The riverside camp stop inside the park.
Lisu guides
The forest’s best trackers, from Gandhigram.
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Namdapha National Park in January, planned properly
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