Nokrek National Park Meghalaya

 

This park is also located in the west Garo Hills District. Its area is 68sq.km. The nearest town in Meghalaya from the park is William Nagar about 60km away.

The railhead is at Guwahati about 200km from the park and the nearest airport is also at Guwahati at a distance of 210km. Voyagers can also hail here by traveling from rail; the closest railway station is Guwahati which heads to this park.

The forests of the parks are tropical semi-evergreen and moist deciduous.

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve Location: It is located 2 km from Tura Peak in the Garo Hills district.

Nokrek National Park is simply called as the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is located in the Garo Hills district 2 kms from Tura Peak. The reserve is one of the least disturbed forest tracts of the sub-himalayan ranges.

Mammals found in the park are capped languor, clouded leopard, leopard cat, fishing-cat, golden cat, Pangolin, wild buffalo, elephant, serow and tiger. Reptile living in the park is python. Birds found are hornbill, peacock, pheasant, hollock etc.

Siju Bird Sanctuary. The sanctuary lies in a global bio diversity hotspot and has an immense variety of flora and fauna.The entire wild beast have their habitat here and are valued to see. The Nokrek National Park is not only a tourist attraction of Meghalaya but also a shelter for various species, especially for the migrated birds.

The Nokrek National Park or also recognized as the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve which comprises of a great diversity of mammals, avian, invertebrate, rare reptiles species, and many more. Another main attraction of the park is that visitors can also take a glance at the Siju Caves which are constructed by the limestone. This huge cave seeks an attention of visitors, but don’t worry within the cavern no wild beast reside so one can explore here easily. The caves are filled with water most of the time, so if you want to wander in it, make sure you explore carefully.

Other feature of the park is the hilly area which is completely covered with the lush green forest. Since it is located at the Himalayan terrains, The entire hilly region is enclosed with the rock pieces which are comprised by the migmatites, gneisses, amphibolites, granulites, and also banded iron that are irrupted by the basic ultra bodies. The soil at the Nokrek National Park is different as compared to the others, it mainly varies from red loam, clayey, and sandy. Mainly the land or the soil of this beautiful park is consisted of the nitrogen and some of the organic matter. But the soil also lacks with the potash and phosphate. you will notice that majority of the area is fully covered with the sedimentary rocks like the sand stones, pebbles, and the shales.

There are various accommodations available which you can choose from, it includes rest house, forest department lodges, hotels, resorts, and lot more. The Nokrek National Park provides some of the best accommodation facilities where visitors can stay overnight in this park.

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