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Get ready to get refreshed, Kaziranga National Orchid Park to open on Oct 1

Visitors would be allowed inside after proper COVID tests, sanitisation and temperature check, the authorities said.

Sentinel Digital Desk
Guwahati
The Kaziranga National Orchid Park will open for visitors from October 1. The park that has several species of orchids including some rare ones, has been shut since March due to COVID 19 outbreak.

The park authorities are now gearing up to open the park with all COVID-19 protocols in place.

Only 5 people would be allowed to inside the park at the same time. Visitors would be allowed inside after proper COVID tests, sanitisation and temperature check, the authorities said.

Most of the orchids are in full bloom and the bamboo garden too is looking healthier and rejuvenated, the park in-charge said.

According to the authorities, the plants have grown better and healthier as there has been no human interference except the caretakers, no visitors in the past 6 months.

The employees of the park are busy cleaning and clearing the park of extra foliage for the past few days, the officials said.

Kaziranga National Orchid Park would also open next month.

The Kaziranga National Orchid and Biodiversity Park is located at a distance of 2 km from the Central Range of Kaziranga. The park is spread across around 6 acres and is considered as the largest orchid park of Northeast.

The park is another attraction other than the National Park, home to the one-horned rhino.

The Orchid Park boasts of having more than 500 varieties of wild orchids, 132 species of sour fruits and leafy vegetables, 46 species of bamboo, 12 species of cane and many other plants along with various species of local fishes.