Kaziranga Safari 2026–27: How to Book, Fees, Timings and Best Months

Short answer: book Kaziranga safaris on the official Assam Forest Department site, kazirangasafari.in, which says it is the only website for online safari tickets. A jeep in the Central Range at Kohora costs ₹2,200, plus a ₹300 road toll, a ₹100 welfare fee per jeep and ₹150 per person in entry and welfare fees. For Indian visitors that comes to about ₹2,900 for 2 people, ₹3,200 for 4 and ₹3,500 for 6. The park is open for tourists roughly from November to April and closes for the monsoon.

Is Kaziranga open now?

Kaziranga opens for the season after the monsoon, in recent years around 1 October, and stays open until the rains return. As of 9 November 2026 the official site had not posted a notice for the 2026–27 season. Its home page says jeep safaris run in all four ranges, but an older banner from 26 September 2025 says only a limited area of the Western Range (Bagori) was open at the start of last season. Before you pay for flights, sign in to the booking portal and check which ranges and dates can actually be booked, or email bookings@kazirangasafari.in.

How to book a Kaziranga jeep safari

Go to kazirangasafari.in, choose Book Now, sign in with your mobile number and the OTP, then pick the range, date and time slot. The site asks every visitor for a timed reservation, so do not plan to buy at the gate. It does not say how many days ahead booking opens. For December and the New Year week, book as soon as your travel dates are fixed: the number of jeeps and slots per range per day is set by the forest department.

Many websites that rank for "Kaziranga safari booking" are private agencies. One of them, kaziranganationalparkonline.in, says in its own footer that it is a private travel platform not endorsed by the Forest Department. On 1 November 2026 it listed a Kohora jeep at ₹4,200 for Indian guests and ₹5,700 between 21 December and 2 January, against about ₹3,500 for six people at the official rates. An agency can still be useful if you want someone else to handle the booking, but know the official price first.

What a jeep safari costs for 2, 4 or 6 people

A jeep takes up to six adults (a figure from booking agencies; the official site does not state it), so a group of 7 to 12 needs two jeeps. The official fee table has no separate guide line: ask when you book whether the guide or forest guard is part of the jeep hire.

Which range should you choose?

Kaziranga has four ranges, each with its own gate. The Central Range at Kohora is the one most first-time visitors book: it is on the main road (NH 37), it has the cheapest jeep, and it is the only range where the official site offers the elephant safari. The Western Range at Bagori is close by and costs ₹100 more. The Eastern Range at Agaratoli and the Burapahar Range cost more again. If you only have one morning, book Kohora or Bagori on the 7:30 am slot and keep the other as a back-up in case your first choice is full.

Best months for Kaziranga

November to February is the main season: dry, clear and cool, with winter days in the park roughly between 5 and 25 °C (a secondary source). December is the busiest month: the park counted 81,211 visitors in December 2024, up from 65,139 a year earlier, and a record 4,68,147 over the 2025–26 season (Pratidin Time and News Arena, reporting park figures). March and April are warmer. The park closes for the monsoon, roughly June to September; private agencies give different closing months, so check the official site each year.

How to get to Kaziranga

The official site gives these distances to Kohora: Guwahati airport about 250 km, around 5 hours by road; Guwahati railway station 210 km, about 4 hours on NH 37; Jorhat airport 105 km, about 2 hours. From Dimapur in Nagaland it is about 135 km via Golaghat. Winter sunset in Assam comes early, around 4:30 pm, so if you drive in from Guwahati on the day you will usually miss the afternoon slot. Plan your safari for the next morning.

Rules worth knowing

The park asks visitors to wear sober colours (khaki or olive is best), stay with the guard or guide, keep to 20 km/h inside the park, and not use horns, music, whistles or loud voices. Walking outside permitted trails and feeding animals are not allowed. Bring binoculars if you have them.

What nobody can promise

Sightings are never guaranteed. Kaziranga holds about two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos, so most safaris see some, but elephants, buffalo, deer and especially tigers depend on the day. Ranges can close at short notice for weather, road repairs or forest department work, and slot times can change. Check the official site again a week before you go.