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Royal Manas National Park is located in the southern part of Bhutan just east of the indent in the country’s border with India. The park covers an area of 408 square miles (1,057 sq km), creating the fourth largest national park in the country.
Royal Manas is the oldest protected area in Bhutan and it is affectionately referred to as the Conservation Showpiece of the Kingdom. The park is adjacent to Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Phrumshingla National Park (formerly Thrumshingla), as well as Manas National Park in India and collaborating together to protect the wilderness and wildlife that calls the region home.
The national park is comprised of multiple habitats including cold broadleaved forests, warm broadleaved forests, lowland tropical forests, subtropical forests, and tropical monsoon forests. The park is named after the Manas River which flows through the heart of the park.
The streams that feed in from the mountains into the river create dense riverbeds and surrounding grasslands along with rich vegetation. The vegetation gives way to an abundance of wildlife. The various forests blanket much of the park’s terrain which features 348 different species of big trees.
The national park gives way to their own unique “Big 5” which is traditionally ascribed to Africa. The Bhutan Big 5 include the Bengal tiger, Indian rhinoceros, Asian elephant, clouded leopards, and Asiatic water buffalo or the gaur. Other wildlife includes leopard, civets, pygmy hog, golden langur, and many others.
There are over 425 species of birds nesting and migrating through the park boundaries making this a haven for birdwatching. You may not be interested to know, but there are over 10,000 species of insects. The river is home to the Ganges river dolphin and many different species of fish.
