Manas National Park

The Royal Manas National Park is the oldest national park in Bhutan, established in 1966. Its area is about 1057 square kilometers and covers the western part of the Dzonghaga Zhemgang, the eastern part of the Dzonghaga Sarpang, as well as the western part of the Dzonghaga Pemagacel.

With its "biological corridors" the park is connected with the reserves of Khaling and Phibsu and the national parks of Thrumshing and Jigme Singye Wangchuk. The biomes of Manas Park range from permanent ice fields to tropical forests. In the park there are elephants, gauras, Bengal tigers, there are also rare golden langurs, dwarf pigs, bristling hares and gangan dolphins.

The Royal Manas National Park is the only place in Bhutan where Indian buffaloes and Indian rhinos live. There are also hundreds of species of birds, the most exotic of which are rhinoceros birds, wavy kalaos, Nepali kalaos, currents and bihorned kalaos. In the tributaries of the Manas River there are rare fish. The park has several species of plants used in religious rituals and medicine.