Namdapha National Park Arunachal Pradesh

Namdapha National Park lies in the Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh on the India-Burma border very near to Miau. It received the title of a National Park in 1983 under the Wildlife Protection Act. On the same year it was also declared as a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger. The park watered by the Noa- Dehing and the Namdapha rivers, is largely inaccessible, with diverse habitats of flora and fauna. Its total area of 1985 sq kms, makes it the largest national park in the north-east. In fact, this was among the earliest national parks established in the seven states of north-east India.

The park is unique in its altitude, which varies around 200 metres (nearly sea level) in the valleys to more than 4,500 metres of snow covered mountain peaks. Perhaps no other national park in the world can boast of such phenomenal altitudinal variation. The park is also ideal for trekking and hiking.

The beautiful forests possess great biodiversity of Flora and Fauna.

The Flora

The vegetation ranges from the wet evergreen tropical and sub-tropical forests to temperate and alpine forests. A variety of wild tree species and crop plants including banana, mango, citrus and medicinal and ornamental plants including wild orchids are found here. The inaccessibility has helped the forests to retain its pristine Glory. Namdapha National Park is Botanist's Paradise and it may take as long as 50 years to complete a comprehensive survey of its botanical resources. There are more than 150 timber species available at Namdapha. The Pinus Merkusi and Abies Delavavi are not found elsewhere in India. The Blue Vanda, one of the rarest and endangered orchids is also found here. The most famous local medicinal plant Mishimi Teeta is also found here.

The Fauna

It is one park in the World to have the four Feline species of big cat namely the Tiger, Clouded Leopard and Leopard Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia) and numbers of Lesser cats. Several primate species are also seen in the park, such as Assamese Macaque, pig-tailed Macaque, stump-tailed Macaque and number of the distict Hoolock Gibbons. Highly endangered and only 'Ape' species found in India also dwells in this dense virgin forest. Some other important animals are the Elephants, Black Bear, Indian Bison, several species of Deers, reptiles and a variety of arboreal animals. Some avian fauna (bird) species found here are the White winged Wood Ducks, a rare and endangered species, the great Indian Hornbills, Jungle Fowls and Pheasants flop their noisy way through the jungle.

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