Location: RG Baruah Rd, Ambikagirinagar, Guwahati, Assam 781005, India
Estimated Visiting Time: 2 hours.
Who doesn’t love to watch wild creatures from a very close distance? If you are a wild creature and searching for a place to spend time in nature, we got a perfect place for you it is the Assam state zoo cum botanical garden.
The Assam state zoo cum botanical garden is popularly known as the Guwahati Zoo. It is the largest zoo in the North East region situated within the Hengrabari Reserved Forest at Guwahati of India
This zoo is one of the most popular tourist spots in Guwahati. Many tourists who are wildlife buffs come to visit the zoo from all around the world. The zoo is widely known as the ‘Green lung’ of Guwahati. This zoo is a great place to spend some quality time with friends and family. People came here to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature along with the animals, birds, and reptiles roaming around. People love to get a glimpse of rare wild creatures and love to click their pictures and walk around the wide variety of fauna in the zoo. Parents bring their children to show them the wild creatures besides inside the zoo there is a park for children with many recreational tools.
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After the 64th session of the Indian National Congress, the committee organized an exhibit with a few animals, and birds and after that, they felt it is also necessary to make a zoo. They moved all animals in the Hengrabari Reserve Forest. Is the history the establishment of Assam state zoo in the year 1957 and it was open to the public in the year 1958? Over the year the number of animals and birds and the area of the zoo increased. In 1982 the Assam state zoo added a museum and after that, it was renamed Assam state zoo cum botanical garden.
This zoo cum botanical garden comprises an area of 432 acres which is 175 hectares. The zoo is the home of 895 animals,reptilesit, and birds representing more than 113 species of The main focus of the zoo are animal exhibits, reptile houses, museums, botanical gardens, natural forests, children’s par, and herbarium collection, a lake, and a tower house. In the zoo, there is also a park with lots of recreational tools for children. The Assam state zoo cum botanical garden provides a natural habitat for the flora and fauna. Among the creatures in the zoo, there are White tiger, Royal Bengal Tiger, Black Panther, Asiatic Lion, deer, sambar deer, White Rhino, leopard cat, one-horned India Rhinoceros, clouded leopard, golden langur, elephant, slow loris, Himalayan Black bear, binturong, jungle cat, hoolock gibbon, etc and many species of monkeys, reptiles, birds. The zoo is not only home to creatures but also the home to diverse species of herbs, shrubs, palms, and conifers. There is also a large orchid garden with 40 varieties of rare orchids with different flowers, broad-leafed plants, and many more.
The visiting time is from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm in summer and 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in winter.
The entry fee of this zoo cum botanical garden is Rs. 30.
By Road: This zoo cum botanical garden is just 8.3 km from Guwahati city. It can be easily reached from Guwahati city by bus or auto-rickshaw. It will take 31 minutes approximately from Guwahati city. The Guwahati Bus stand is 12.7 km away from this zoo cum botanical garden.
By Railway: The nearest railway station to this zoo cum botanical garden is the Guwahati railway station which is 6 km away. It will take approximately 18 minutes from the station to reach the destination.
By Airport: The nearest airport to this zoo cum botanical garden is Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi airport which is 27.8 km away. It will take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes from the airport to reach the destination.
You should carry water bottles and also carry dry fruits. It must be helpful for you.
Ans: Yes, it is safe to visit this zoo cum botanical garden. Every day many visitors visit the zoo.
Ans: Yes, photography is allowed in this zoo cum botanical garden.
Ans: Yes, there are parking facilities.
Que-04: Are snacks available inside the zoo cum botanical garden?
Ans: Yes, there are many food corners, canteens inside this zoo cum botanical garden. Visitors can easily get snacks inside the zoo.
Ans: Visitors can visit this zoo cum botanical garden anytime in a year. It is advised to check the climatic condition of Guwahati before visiting this zoo cum botanical garden.
Ans: This zoo cum botanical garden remains open 6 days a week. It remains closed on Friday.
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