Namdapha National park

This is a Tiger Reserve and National Park, a true rough country and captivating beauty of lush green vegetation, impassable pristine and virgin forests covering an area of 1985.23 square kilometers having diverse flora and fauna lies in the international border between India and Myanmar (Burma) within Changlang District in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast India.

Namdapha National Park is located at a few kilometers away from Miao amidst misty
blue hills along the turbulent Noa-Dihing river lays in the sprawling tropical rain forest.
The Government in 1983 declared it as Tiger Reserve.

The gorgeous forests hold great biodiversity of Flora and Fauna. A detailed study of
its species and genetic discrepancy has not yet been thoroughly done. Namdapha
is Botanist's dream and it may take as long as 50 years to complete a comprehensive survey of its botanical resources. There are more than 150 timber species. The Pinus merkusi and Abies delavavi are not found elsewhere in India. One of the most rare and endangered orchids, the Blue Vanda found here. The most famous local medicinal plant Mishimi Teeta (Copti teeta) that is used by the local tribals for all kinds of diseases is available here but its export has been banned.

The varied vegetations and habitats of Namdapha prepare diverse species of animals and birds. It is only park in the world to have the four feline species of big cat namely the Tiger (Panthera Tigris), Leopard (Panthera Pardus), Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia) and Clouded Leopard (Neofelis Nebulosa) and numbers of lesser cats. A number of monkey species are seen in the park, such as Assamese macaque, pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque and number of the distinctive Hoolock Gibbons (Hylobates Hoolock), highly endangered and only 'ape' species found in India dwells in this impenetrable virgin forest. Of the many other important animals are the elephants, black bear, Indian Bison, several species of deer, reptiles and a variety of arboreal animals.

Among the bird species, most outstanding are the White winged Wood Ducks, a rare and endangered species, the great Indian hornbills, jungle fowls and pheasants flop their noisy way through the jungle, and which harbors other colorful bird and animal species. The aloofness of greater part of the park has helped to keep the forests in their faultless and virgin state in its natural form. Moreover, the park possesses great bio diversity of flora and fauna. The lush green under growths are thick and entwined like cobwebs of canes, bamboos, wild bananas and variety of vegetations the grandeur of the wet tropical rain forest is breeding ground for varieties of animals and birds, which is remarkable, and worth seeing.