Trekking ,hiking around and near Guwahati city 1) Amchang wild life ---- one hour walking from Bonda forest beat office near narengi. Chances of viewing wild life bright ,specially capped languor. Can be a good educative tour for flora and faunal diversity . How charcoal making had destroyed the forest could be shown to the students. Good spot for herpetology enthusist.
2) Amchang-jorabat to Sonapurvia Tepasia tea estate , a two and half hour trekking through lash green forest and tea garden . Starting point Amching- Jorabat near Army cantonment end side . Journey ends at Nagoan-Guwahati road at Kamarkuchi . Just five km trekking. 3) Khamranga beel at Thakurkuchi16 km from Noonmati. Opposite to Tkakurkuchi railway station. Picnic spot for small group. Entry point Thakurkuchi village with small car and through Hajongbori village on foot crossing the railway line. One has to walk around a km to the exact spot if gone by Bus. Jeep through. Have chances to see winter birds specially ducks ,teals,jacanas and raptor species. 4) Deepor beel SanctuaryEntry point Gorchuck chari ali near balaji temple 5 km from jalukbari national high way. Motor able and small buses can be hired. Trekker jeep are also available at half an hour interval. A Ramser site(an wetland of international importance) which is the lone Ramser site in Assam.Wild life office and the watchtower can be utilized for viewing thousands of water birds. 5) Pobitora WL 48 km from city via sonapur /Kamarpur. 38 km via Noonmati/Chandrapur crossing river kolong. Cont Ranger officer 03678-48059) for booking of IB at a nominal rate of Rs 120/ per two beded room . Tourisim lodge nearby. Rates are higher. Dormatory 200 per bed. 6) Orang National Park160 km from Guwahati. Famous for winter birds and rhinos. Dormatory facility available for small group of 14-15 people. Contact in advance with DFO WL , Mongoldoi tel 0914-22065 (0) Ideal location for birder. Rhino ,tiger and Bengal florican are important species. A tourist lodge has also started business from the current year. 7) Jengdia beel-- An Important Bird Area(IBA) site in North Guwahati. Three km from the famous Dirgeswari temple near Baka village. Habitat of Greater Adjutant Stork and also white Ramp Vultures are often seen. 8) Nongkhyllyam Wl --- Just 50 km away from Guwahati city . Travel 15 km from Jorabat towards Shillong. On reaching umling village just look out for IOCL petrol pamp and take right turn. Drive 16 km towards Lailod village and you are in this beautiful wild life near river Umtro. Only problem is, these 16 km stretch is totally inhabited area. So take extra care for food and vehicle puncher possibility. Take leach guard during rainy season, otherwise ok in winter. Forest IB had been destroyed by the wild elephant recently. 9) GARBHANGA RESERVR FORESTNear Jalukbari of Guwahati city is another pristine area in the vicinity of greater Guwahati. Can be approached from Basistha temple also. It is having an area of 90 sq kilo meter .Both Rani Reserve forest and Garbhanga Reserve area constitutes this hilly terrain which is analogues to Meghalaya hills which gives greater loitering area for animals .Mammals such as Hoolock Gibbon, Assamese Macaque ,Capped Languor , Slow Loris ,Leopard, Jungle Cat , Leopard Cat, three species of Civet Mongoose, Sam bar, Barking Deer and Chinese Pangolin have been recorded in the area besides large herds of elephants are seen in the area. 10) Chandubi beelAn ideal picnic spot just 70 km away from the city humdrum. Road conditions allows only winter visit. Guwahati-Mirza-Loharghat- Rajapara is the only approach. A beautiful lake which is acreation of 1897 earthquake. A tourist lodge on the lake side and boating facility available. Also an IBA site as declared by BNHS and IBCN( international bird conservation network) 11) Besides above named spots more tourist attracting places like trekking to Sattergaon inside Garbhanga , trekking inside Amchang from Ghoguwa(south ending) river ferry journey from chunchali to Brahmaputra chapori (Bihari village) etc can be arranged on demand and test of the visitor. Contact Early Birds for field books , birder ,guide , vehicle ,sleeping bag etc at a very nominal rate. Tel 0361-2661524 and 98641-59948( Talukdar)99540-44986(Baruah)
