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Only 40km from Guwahati, this small national park has the highest concentration of rhinoceros in the world. Entrance fees are the same as Kaziranga National Park (see p 561 ). Getting into the park involves a boat ride over the river boundary to the elephant- mounting station. river run apartments avon co From there it s a one-hour trip atop an elephant lumbering through boggy grassland and stirring up petulant rhinos.