Bird-Watching
3 Nights & 4 Days
Easy
XXX
Any number
Feb-May & Sep-Nov
Where flight involved 45 mins reaching the airport of Biratnagar city and then a few hours drive to Kosi Tappu Wild Life Reserve, located on flood plains of Sapta-Kosi River at Saptari and Sunsari districts of Eastern Nepal, this reserve is defined by the eastern and western embankments of the river.
The reserve offers important habitats for a variety of wildlife. The last surviving populations (about 100) of wild buffalo or Arna are found here. Other mammals are the hog deer, wild boar, spotted deer, and the blue bull.
A total of 280 different species of birds have been recorded in the reserve which includes 20 species of ducks, two species of ibises, many storks, and egrets, herons include endangered swamp partridge and Bengal Florican. The Kosi Barrage is extremely important as a habitat for migratory birds.
Many species recorded here are not seen elsewhere in Nepal. The endangered Gharial crocodile and Gangetic dolphin have been recorded in the Kosi River.
