A little about trip

A popular and oldest national park of the country, listed as Asia’s best park for wildlife, located subtropical lowlands Terai belts of South-Central Nepal, the park was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1984. The Park covers a pristine area with a unique ecosystem of significant value to the world. It contains the Churia hills, ox-bow lakes, and flood plains of the rivers Rapti, Reu, and Narayani. There are more than 43 species of mammals in the park. The Park is famous for the endangered and elusive “Royal Bengal Tiger”.

The park is home to the one-horned Indian Rhinoceros, freshwater Gharial crocodile along with many other common species such as gaur (Asian bison) wild elephants, four-horned antelopes, striped hyenas, pangolins, Gangetic dolphins, monitor lizards, and pythons. Other animals found in the park include Sambars, chital (spotted deer) barking deer, sloth bear, palm civets, languors, and rhesus monkeys.

The park is also famous for over 450 species of birds. Among the endangered birds are the Bengal Florican, the Giant Hornbill, the Lesser Florican, the Black Stork, and White Stork. Common birds seen in the park include Peafowl, Red Jungle fowl, and different species of Egrets, Herons, Kingfishers, Flycatchers, and Woodpeckers. The best time for bird watching is around March and December.

More than 45 species of amphibians and reptiles have been recorded in the park, some of which are the Marsh mugger Crocodile, cobras Green Pit Viper and various species of frogs and tortoises. Chitwan National Park is also an educational field for botanists and zoologists alike. The park is actively engaged in scientific studies and research concerning several species of wild fauna and flora.

Chitwan National Park has many lodges and tented camps outside the park and can be reached via overland of 165 km driving distance from Kathmandu or Pokhara, by air about a 20-minute flight to Megauli or to Bharatpur including a short ride on four-wheel drive. It may also be reached by the ultimate way with a surge of adrenaline and scenic floats Rafting on the Trisuli River.