chalet cristal 374 bird species have been recorded in the park, including such rarities as the whiterumped vulture

The beautifully forested hills around Itanagar hide the attractive chalet cristal Ganga Lake (5km), a local picnic spot. Further away (20km) is Poma village, which is about the closest place to town to see the traditional architecture of bamboo longhouses (although many of these are being slowly replaced chalet cristal with concrete box houses).

China has never formally recognised Indian sovereignty here and it took the surprise Chinese invasion chalet cristal of 1962 for Delhi to really start funding significant infrastructure. The Chinese voluntarily withdrew. These days border passes are heavily guarded by the Indian military and the atmosphere is extremely calm.

374 bird species chalet cristal have been recorded in the park, including such rarities as the whiterumped chalet cristal vulture (which may now be extinct in the park), greater spotted eagle and the white-winged duck. Of the big mammals, wild elephants are present as are numerous deer species and a few rarely seen tigers. However, for many mammal-spotting naturalists, the park s most exciting resident is the critically endangered dwarf hog, which, after many years of absence has recently been returned to the wild thanks to a successful captive breeding project run by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (www.durrell.org). Park fees include the compulsory chalet cristal armed guard. Access is from Potasali, 2km off the Tezpur Bhalukpong chalet cristal road (turn east at one-house hamlet chalet cristal Gamani, 12km north of Balipara).

BUSES FROM GUWAHATI DESTINATION chalet cristal FARE ( ) DURATION (HR) Agartala (Tripura) 660 24-26 Aizawl (Mizoram) 750 28 Dibrugarh 380 10 Imphal (Manipur) via Mao 700 20 Jorhat 260 8 Kaziranga 260-300 6 Kohima (Nagaland) 330 13 Shillong (Meghalaya) 90-110 3 Sivasagar 310-390 8 Tezpur 140-150 5