Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Also known as Manas National Park, Parc national royal de Manas, Sanctuaire de faune de Manas
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
India
Inscribed
1985
Area
39,100 ha
In preparation
A full profile of Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is being written.
We're still writing the full guide to this site. The essential facts are below, and you can help by suggesting corrections or additions.
Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is about 100 km north-west of Guwahati. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kaziranga National Park, about 240 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Guwahati · about 983,000 peopleabout 100 km south-east
- Alipur Duar · about 127,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Thimphu · about 99,000 peopleabout 150 km north-west
- Shillong · about 376,000 peopleabout 160 km south-east
- Tezpur · about 59,000 peopleabout 190 km east
- Rangpur · about 286,000 peopleabout 200 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IndiaNatural240 km away
IndiaCultural267 km away
BangladeshCultural271 km away
IndiaMixed280 km away
ChinaCultural328 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
Trip reports
No one has written up a visit to Manas Wildlife Sanctuary yet. If you have been, we would like to hear how it went.
Been here? Share a trip reportGuest reports are credited and edited with you before they appear.
Suggest a correction or additionEvery message is read by an editor.
Facts from open data: Wikidata (CC0)