National nature reserve Manas, located in the state of Assam, in Northern India, plays a very important role in protecting the country's natural resources, namely in the implementation of programmes to protect tigers, rhinos and elephants. Its name he received because of the flow passing through the territory of the Brahmaputra river – Manas. In turn, this river was named in honor of the goddess is a snake by the name of Manas.

The Park lies in the foothills of the Himalayas and occupies an area of about kV km, and part of it is in the territory of neighbouring Bhutan. Originally created in 1928 as a guard of the Park, he currently has raised its status to a national biosphere reserve, and in 1985 joined the list of UNESCO world heritage site.

The number of species of mammals living in the Manas, has more than 55, birds of 380 species, reptiles – 50, and even 3 species of amphibians. Some of these animals are close to extinction. Among the inhabitants of Manas there are Asian elephants, tigers, armored (or Indian) Rhino, Gaura, Indian Buffalo, barasingha, sloth bears, axisy, sambari, black Panthers, smooth-coated otter, Chulaki, mountain rhesus monkey, langurs saposhnikovia, Malayan giant squirrels and many other animals. This Park is also famous due to the fact that its territory is home to Assam roof turtle, Golden langur, pygmy hog and bristly rabbit – a very rare species that live only in this reserve.

In the period from may to September the Park Manas not to visit, because in this time there is a rainy season.