Jungle Safari

One of the best ways to explor the jungle is from an elephant back .This enables you to penerate deep into the jungle and grass lands. This gives you ample opporutnity to view many animals and bird species and also photograph them at close quarters.

Royal Chitwan National Park
Royal Chitwan National Park, Area 932 km the oldest national park in Nepal,
is situated in the subtropical inner Terai lowlands 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 Churiya hills, ox-bow lakes and flood plains of Rapti, Reu, and Narayani Rivers. Approximately 70%of the park vegetation is sal forest. The remaining vegetation types include grassland (20%), riverine forest (7%) , and sal with chripine (3%) , the latter occuring at the top of the Churiya range . The reverine forests consist mainly of Khair. sissoo and simal. The grasslands form a diverse and complex community with over 50 species. The Saccharum species , often called elephant grass, can reach 8 m.in height. The shorter grasses such as Imperata are useful for thatch roofs.

There are more than 43 speciesa of mammals, over 450 species of birds, and more than 45 species of amphibians and reptiles in the park. Formerly, the Chitwan Valley was well known for big game hunting and until 1950 was exclusively managed as a hunting reserve for the Rana Prime Ministers and their guests . In 1963, the area south of the Rapti River was demarcated as a rhinoceros sanctuary. In 1970, His late Majesty King Mahendra approved, in principle, the creation of Royal Chitwan National Park.

ANIMALS
There are more than 43 species of mammals in the park. The park is especially renowned for its protection of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, tiger and gharial crocodile along with many other common species of wild animal. The estimated population of rhinos is 400. The park also secures populations of endangered species such as gaur. wild elephant , four horned antepole, striped hyena, pangolin, Gangetic dolphin, monitor lizard and python.

Some of the other animals found in the park are sambar,chital,hog deer, barking deer, sloth deer,common leopard, ratel, palm civet, wild dog, langur and rhesus monkeys. There are over 450 species of birds in the park. Among the endangered birds are the Bengal florican, gaint hornbill, lesser florican, black strok and white strock. A few of the common birds seen are peafowl, red jungle fowl, and different species of egrets, herons, kingfishers, flycatchers and woodpeakers. The best times for bird watching are in March and December.

More than 45 species of amphibians and reptiles are found in the park, Some of which are the marsh mugger crocodile, cobra, green pit viper and various species of frogs and tortoises. The park is actively engaged in thescientific study of several species of wild flora and funna.