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Manas National Park Reopens for Assam’s New Tourism Season
Manas National Park in Assam has opened its gates to visitors for a new tourism season.
People can explore the park on safari and look for animals living there.
Some are very rare and hard to see, such as the pygmy hog and golden langur.
The park is also home to wild water buffalo and one-horned rhinoceroses.
Visitors might also see tigers, leopards or clouded leopards.
Manas has grasslands, forests and areas along rivers.
More people visited in 2025–26 than in 2021–22.
Other wildlife destinations in Assam are reopening around the same time.
Manas National Park in Assam reopened to tourists on October 2 for the new tourism season.
Kaziranga National Park was set to reopen on October 3, and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on October 13.
Manas spans parts of Assam’s Baksa and Chirang districts and includes grasslands, forests and riverine landscapes.
The park welcomed 63,723 tourists in 2025–26, compared with 52,962 in 2021–22.
Animals visitors may look for include pygmy hogs, golden langurs, wild water buffalo, one-horned rhinoceroses and big cats.
- Who
- Tourists and wildlife enthusiasts can visit Manas National Park.
- What
- The park reopened for its new tourism season.
- Where
- Manas National Park, in Assam’s Baksa and Chirang districts, India.
- When
- October 2; the article does not specify the year for the reopening date.
- Why
- The reopening marks the beginning of the new tourism season.
Key facts
- Manas reopening
- October 2
- 2025–26 visitors
- 63,723
- 2021–22 visitors
- 52,962
- Indian visitors in 2025–26
- 58,772
- International visitors in 2025–26
- 4,951
- Other reopening dates
- Kaziranga National Park: October 3; Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary: October 13
- Wildlife highlighted
- Pygmy hog, golden langur, wild water buffalo, greater one-horned rhinoceros, tiger, leopard and clouded leopard
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