Khanapara: Hotels and Places to Visit

For a stay in Khanapara, three local visitor themes can be distinguished: recreated habitats of prehistoric animals, medicinal plants, and large-scale animal and insect models. When planning, you can first choose the themes that interest you most.

Places to Visit in Khanapara

Prehistoric Life Park covers 2,720 square metres. It recreates habitats on land and in the sea where prehistoric animals lived. The displays thus connect prehistoric animals with the environments in which they were found. This distinguishes the park thematically from Khanapara’s botanical and model-based areas.

At Medicinal Plant Garden, visitors can explore and identify more than 100 different medicinal plant varieties. They can also learn about their traditional and therapeutic uses. Plant observation and botanical knowledge are both central here: visitors can look at the varieties while learning about their traditional and therapeutic uses.

Eco Park has a different focus. Visitors can walk among oversized fibreglass models of various animals and insects. Unlike the recreated habitats at Prehistoric Life Park and the botanical focus at Medicinal Plant Garden, this area is about large-scale models. The three themes therefore differ in their subject matter, not just in their names.

Assam as a Wider Travel Destination

Assam also offers its own cultural and natural setting. The Charaideo necropolis contains 90 moidams, the burial mounds of Ahom kings. The Charaideo Moidams are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Tai-Ahom rituals Me-Dam Me-Phi, the worship of ancestors, and Tarpan, a libation, are practised there.

Another cultural site in Assam is Kamakhya Temple on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, the state capital. It is considered one of India’s most famous Shakti shrines. The temple’s four-day Ambubachi festival is associated with the annual menstrual cycle of Mother Earth, who is worshipped as the goddess Kamakhya. The Charaideo Moidams and Kamakhya Temple thus represent different religious and cultural themes within Assam.

Majuli, the world’s largest river island, lies in the heart of Assam and is surrounded by the Brahmaputra. The island’s satras preserve Sattriya dance, literature, Bhaona theatre, mask-making, and boat-building. The Raas festival is celebrated at the satras on the full-moon day of the month of Aghun, which falls in the first or second week of November. Boat tours on Majuli let visitors experience the island’s tranquil scenery.

Kaziranga National Park is a distinct focus for nature experiences in Assam. It lies in the districts of Golaghat, Nagaon, and Biswanath, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985, and is also a tiger reserve. The park offers elephant and jeep safaris. Exploring its four main routes usually takes two to three days. Native and migratory birds can be observed at Deepor Beel; the wetland is Assam’s only Ramsar Site and a stopover for migratory birds.

You can then consider whether your stay will focus mainly on local places to visit or whether you would also like to include other destinations in Assam.

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For the wider travel overview: Ri-Bhoi.