Watch rhinos in
Kaziranga National Park in January
The park that saved the one-horned rhino.
Quick answer. Winter. Cool, dry and clear across the Brahmaputra valley, this is peak wildlife season. For Kaziranga National Park specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Area
- 858 sq km
- Ranges
- Kohora, Bagori, Agratoli, Ghorakati, Northern
- Rhinos
- Over 70% of the world population
- Also
- Tiger, buffalo, swamp deer, elephant
- Month
- January, Assam
- This month
- Winter.
Why January here
858 sq km of grassland and swamp on the Brahmaputra floodplain, holding over 70% of the world’s one-horned rhinos.
Kaziranga is Assam Tourism’s flagship: 858 sq km of tall grass, marsh and forest where the one-horned rhinoceros survives in numbers found nowhere else on earth, over 70% of the world population. Wild water buffalo, swamp deer, elephants and a dense tiger population share the floodplain.
Wildlife this month: Kaziranga and Manas are open and at their best: grass is short and sightings are easiest.
What to do
Dawn jeep safari
Fog, grass and rhinos at ten metres: the classic Kohora or Bagori run.
Elephant safari
Grass-level viewing in the early morning hours.
Birding
Pelicans, storks and the season’s migrants on the beels.
Elsewhere in Assam in January
The wider Assam calendar this month: Magh Bihu. Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Kaziranga National Park in January, planned properly
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