Balpakram Forest

About Balpakram Forest

Balpakram National Park is a landscape of legend for the indigenous Garo people, who believe it is the permanent dwelling place of souls after death — giving the park a spiritual sanctity that has helped preserve its forest for generations. The park's dramatic limestone plateau, deep gorges, and dense subtropical forest support an extraordinary diversity of wildlife including red pandas, clouded leopards, and tigers in one of northeast India's most remote protected areas. Sacred Garo traditions around the forest have long provided a natural form of community conservation.