Places of Intersted in Digboi
Saikhowa National Park: 60 kms from Digboi is the Dibru - Saikhowa National Park. Covering an area of 340 sq kms the park have seven parts, one being wetland and rest are mainly grassland and dense forest. Some rare species found are Semi Wild (feral) Horses and white- winged Wood Duck. Apart from it Leopard, clouded Leopard, Elephant, Sambar, slow loris, Asiatic Buffalo, Capped Langur, Gangetic Dolphin, and Indian Wild dog, etc. More than 250 varieties of local and migratory birds are also found here.
National Oil Park: Digboi oil-field is not just an oil-field, but an oil museum and a wildlife sanctuary of surpassed beauty. One can stand near the continent’s oldest oil well– the Discovery Well completed in 1889 AD. In the evening you may also bump across a herd of elephants or a royal Bengal Tiger, besides some rare species of birds.
War Cemetry: The most dramatic event in Digboi’s history took place during the World War II days when the belligerent Japanese got closer and were within three days marching distance of Digboi. These images come back as one kneels at the headstones at the Digboi War Cemetry, praying for a young life nipped in the bud at battle in a strange land far, far away from home.
Dibru Saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary: This sanctuary is a safe haven for extremely rare white winged wood duck and many migratory birds. Specialty of Dibru Saikhowa is its wild horses, called Feral Horses.
Margherita: 14 kms east of Digboi, this is the centre of Tea Gardens, Plywood factories and coal mines.
Namdapha National Park: 100 km east of Digboi in Arunachal Pradesh beyond Margherita is a true wilderness–not widely known and is a vast stretch of enchanting beauty of lush green vegetation.
Golf Course: Digboi has an 18 holes Golf course considered the best in the entire upper Assam, where all important tournaments are held. There are 8 other 9 whole Golf courses with tea estates between Dibrugarh and Doom Dooma. Tingri Golf Club, Samdang Golf Army Golf Club, Dinjan Kanjikoah Golf Club, Margherita Golf Club, Zoloni Golf Club, Dibrugarh District Planters Golf Club, Naharkatia Golf Club.