The stunning variety of terrain, splendid landscapes and sparkling rivers offer adventure sports lovers a vast choice of activities. Amongst the popular adventure activities are angling, river rafting, mountaineering, trekking, mountain biking, parasailing, hang-gliding, and golf.
Wildlife
KazirangaNational Park
The oldest park in assam, kaziranga , on the south bank ofbramhaputra river,is world famous for its great Indian one horned rhinoceros, of which there are aplenty. Spread across 430sq km, it is a dazzling mosaic of dense rain forest, tall elephant grass and swathes of reeds interspersed with vast tracts of marshes and shallow pools that are favourite haunt of this celebrity pre-historic beast. Wild elephant, hog deer and barasingha also abound. Book in advance for at least a nights stay at the forest lodge to catch those early morning views of him from elephant-back. Jeep safaris are also arranged. This National Park is 217 km from Guwahati and 96 km from Jorhat.
ManasNational Park.
ManasNational Park, a project Tiger Reserve and a world Heritage Site, is 176 km north-west of Guwahati. Other denizens of the dense jungles here are the one-horn rhinos, tigers, hispid hare, gaurs, pygmy hogs and rare golden Langurs. It’s a paradise for birdwatchers for it has a stunning selection of avain life. Manas alsooffers excellentangling opportunities. You can stay at the forest bunglow at mathunguri inside the forest.
NameriNational Park
Straddling the lush vistas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Namari national park is ideal for a leisurely angling vacation. The mahseer of this region is legendry, particularly the golden mahseer. You can also go river rafting. Nameri is also home to the clouded leopard, tiger, Indian bison and capped langur amongst its wild inhabitants.
OrangeNational Park
With conditions as ideal as Kaziranga, Orange national park(150 km from Guwahati) its miniature edition, is home to the one-horned rhino.
Pabitora Sanctuary
If you’re short on time you can visite the Pabitora Wildlife Scanctuary (close to Guwahati) to see the one-horned rhino.