Where can you see the Smooth-coated Otter?
Some of the best places to see the Smooth-coated Otter in the wild include Bandipur National Park (India), Kaziranga National Park (India) and Nagarahole Tiger Reserve (India) — among 5 wildlife hotspots across India, Thailand and Malaysia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bandipur National Park
Hirehalli, India
+302 birds+19 mammals
Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. Bandipur unfolds across 880 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKaziranga National Park
Kohora, India
+422 birds+26 mammals
Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhao Yai National Park
Prachantakham District, Thailand
+377 birds+46 mammals
Evergreen dipterocarp forest blankets the rolling terrain of this national park in eastern Thailand, where limestone hills rise abruptly from the forest floor and seasonal streams…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNagarahole Tiger Reserve
Nalkeri Forest, India
+323 birds+23 mammals
Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the Western…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTaman Negara National Park
Kampong Samas, Malaysia
+393 birds+48 mammals
Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia's oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of primordial landscape. Dipterocarp giants tower overhead,…
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