Located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills, it is a medium-sized park with grasslands and forests.

[1] As of March 2021[update], the park is open for the tourists after staying closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Having been a reserve forest since 1895, Gorumara was declared as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1949, on account of its breeding population of Indian rhinoceros.

The park is located in the Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district, in the state of West Bengal in India.

The park forest bungalow dates back to the British Raj era, and contains a well-maintained log book from its inception, which makes for interesting reading.

Inside the park, the primary ecoregions and their corresponding to the biomes are: Both of these are typical of the Bhutan–Nepal–India Terai submontane region.

The park is rich in large herbivores including Indian rhinoceros, gaur, Asian elephant, sloth bear, chital, and sambar deer.

Birds at the Gorumara National Park include submontane forest species like the scarlet minivet, sunbird, asian paradise flycatchers, spangled drongo, and Indian hornbill.

The park is home to a wide variety of snake species, venomous and non-venomous, including the famous Indian python, and the king cobra.

The major conservation focus of the park is to maintain a viable breeding community of Indian rhinoceroses.

Hiking is permitted on metalled roads, but is potentially unsafe considering the population of elephants, gaur and rhinoceros present in the park.

The park forest bungalow is an old wooden rustic cottage which has a watchtower overlooking the salt reservoir.

One can stay in newly constructed cottages in the Kalipur village at the fringe of Gorumara built by the State Forest Department.