Pobitora wildlife sanctuary is located in Morigaon district of Assam, India, on the southern bank of Brahmaputra. The sanctuary is small in area and is established mostly for the conservation of Indian Rhinoceros.
How to Reach?
One can reach the wildlife Sanctuary from Guwahati. It’s around 1 hr drive from Guwahati. The safari at the sanctuary is available in 2 forms. First is via gypsy and the second is elephant safari. The benefit with the gypsy safari is that one can cover more area. However I would recommend elephant safari because the land is marshy and it takes you very close to the rhinoceros. This is altogether a new experience.
What to explore?
Although Pobitora wildlife sanctuary is famous mainly for Rhinoceros there are wide variety of indigenous and migratory birds in the sanctuary. As per the government records there are around 2000 varieties of migratory birds and reptiles in the sanctuary. Being the part of north east states one can experience great natural beauty in this sanctuary as well. However the population pressure and the environmental degradation due to the human activities is very much visible in the sanctuary as well.
We visited this place as part of out Civil services training to North-Eastern states. I would strongly advise that one should visit this place whenever he is in Assam.
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