North- east of Guwahati, on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, is the Kaziranga National park, famous as the last major home of Rhinoceros unicornis. The 430-sq-km park is thought to have the largest population of rhino in all India. The park also has wild gaur (buffalo), deer, elephants, tigers, bears, and many water species including pelicans, which breed here. One of the standard ways of observing the wildlife is from elephant- back, and the rhinos are said to have become accustomed to elephant carrying camera- toting tourists.

The park is open from November to April.