8th Kaziranga Elephant Festival - 2010 to begins from January 3
The 8th Kaziranga Elephant Festival-2010 will be held in Mihimukh mela area of Kaziranga national park from January 3-6. The four days long celebration is part of Government initiative to promote awareness about animal welfare as well as tourism in the area comprising elephant race, elephant show, elephant ride and boating in Brahamputra-Dhansiri river.
The yearly celebration is entering into 8th year jointly being organized by Golaghat District administration and Forest & Tourism Department of Assam Govt. The mela area is already being in final stage of preparation and all the nearby hotels cum resorts are ready to host guests coming from remotest place in winter season to enjoy elephant festival which also coinciding the peak season of New Year.
Truly, the Kaziranga national heritage is an awesome experience for someone coming for elephant festival for the first time and it will boost the overall tourism business of Kaziranga area by riding on increasing popularity of forth-coming elephant festival’10.
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