Manas National Park
On the Bhutan border, taken off the danger list in 2011 after local communities brought the poaching down themselves.
- Where
- Barpeta, Assam, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.7167, 90.9333
Get the Manas National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Manas National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Assam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Manas National Park
Barpeta Satra 24 km
The Vaishnav monastery at the heart of Assam's culture.
Royal Manas National Park 27 km
Bhutan's oldest national park, 1,057 square kilometres of forest across eastern Sarpang, western Zhemgang and western Pemagatshel. It runs down to the plains along the Manas river and adjoins Manas National Park in India, sharing its tigers, elephants and rhinos.
Zhemgang Dzong 62 km
The dzong of Zhemgang, set on a ridge above the town in the forested south of central Bhutan. It serves as the administrative and monastic centre of Zhemgang District, looking out over the deep valley of the Mangde Chhu.
Phrumsengla National Park 63 km
A national park of just over 905 square kilometres in central Bhutan, spread over four districts but mostly in Mongar. The Lateral Road runs through its forests and over the Thrumshing La pass, which gave the park its former name.
Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park 63 km
Three hundred square kilometres of the Manas country in Bodoland, made a national park.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park 70 km
A national park of 1,730 square kilometres in central Bhutan, protecting a large part of the Black Mountains, a sub range of the Himalaya. The road between Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa crosses it at Pele La.
Thrumshing La 76 km
The second highest pass in Bhutan, carrying the Lateral Road over the Donga range between Bumthang and Mongar. The range long kept the central and eastern regions apart, and the pass now lies inside the national park named after it.
Hajo 79 km
Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim pilgrimage on the same hill.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Assam
Questions
Where is Manas National Park?
Manas National Park is in Barpeta, Assam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Barpeta Satra (24 km), Royal Manas National Park (27 km), Zhemgang Dzong (62 km).
How do I get the Manas National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Manas National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Assam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Manas National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Assam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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