Chitwan National Park

Chitwan National Park

Itinerary Detail

Day-1
On Your arrival at Chitrasari our staff will receive you. You will then be transferred to our Lodge where you will be offered refreshment & be given a briefing on our lodge & its facilities. After being given your programmes for the day, your room will then be allocated to you.
13.00 - Lunch
15.00 - Village tour to a nearby ethnic Tharu village where you will learn more about the life and lifestyle of the Tharus.
Sun set view from the bank of Rapti River.
19.00 - Tharu cultural dance presentation (which you will also participate in) by the local villagers or a slide show presentation on almost everything under the Chitwan.
20.00 - Dinner

Day-2
06.00 - Wake up call.
06.30 - Breakfast.
07.00 - Canoe ride along the Rapti river. An excellent opportunity for bird
Watching and for seeing the 2 rare species of crocodiles; the Marsh Mugger and the fish eating Gharial. + Jungle Walk + One can enjoy the Elephant bathing.
13.00 - Lunch.
15.00 - Elephant Safari. An excellent opportunity to see four different kinds of deer, rhinoceros, wild bore, monkey, leopard, sloth bear, and the Royal Bengal Tiger (if you are lucky). You will also encounter many other smaller mammals that have made Chitwan their home.
19.00 - Tharu cultural dance presentation or slides show presentation.
20.00 - Dinner

Day-3
06.00 - Wake up call.
06.30 - Breakfast.
07.00 - Visit to the Government Elephant Breeding Centre.
10.00 - Drive to Bees Hazaar Taal (Twenty thousand lakes) where you will see crocodiles and lots of birds in and around these lakes.
13.00 - Lunch. (Pack Lunch)
15.00 - Jeep Drive through the grasslands, riverine forests and Sal forests to Kasara (the National Park's head quarters) Gharial hatchery farm where you will learn about how crocodiles are brought up at this farm & then later released into the rivers.
19.00 - Tharu cultural dance presentation or slides show presentation.
20.00 - Dinner

Day-4
06.30 - Wake up call.
07.00 - Breakfast.
07.30 - Visit to the National Park Visitor's centre where you can learn more about the history of the National Park and about wildlife.
10.00 - Departure for onward journey.

Chitwan National Park

Cost Includes

• Pick up/Drop
• Hotel in Kathmandu as your requirements,
• Transportation from and to Kathmandu by tourist bus as per itinerary.
• All Safari Activities.
• All Jungle activities
• Accommodations while safari including breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Highly experienced Government licensed safari guide during the trip.
• Government / Local taxes, Tourist service charge, guide insurance and salary, national park and conservation area fees.
• Jungle Activities guide and required staffs with vehicle

Cost Excludes

• Any type of personal expenditure such Alcoholic beverages and drinks, phone, and laundry.
• Food & accommodation cost incase of any natural accident caused by weather.
• Tips, Gratuities and expenditure.
• Rescue & insurance such as travel, cancellation, accident, health, emergency evacuation and loss, theft of or damage to baggage and personal effects.
• Lunch & dinner in Kathmandu
• International airfares. International Airport Departure Tax.

Chitwan National Park

Chitwan National Park

Essential Information

Chitwan National Park
Nepal's first and most famous national park is situated in the Chitwan Doon or the lowlands of the Inner Terai. Covering an area of 932 sq km. the park includes hilly areas of the Siwalik Range covered by deciduous sal forest. One fifth of the park is made up of the floodplains of the Narayani, Rapti, and the Reu Rivers and is covered by dense tall elephant grass interspersed with riverine forests of silk cotton (kapok), acacia and sisam trees. This ecologically diverse area is the last remaining home in Nepal for more than 300 of the endangered Asian one-horned rhinoceros and harbours one of the largest populations of the elusive and rare Bengal tiger. Besides rhino and tiger, Chitwan also supports a great variety of flora and fauna. There are four species of deer, including the spotted chittal, leopard, sloth bear, wild boar, rhesus monkey, grey langur monkey, wild dog, small wild cats, the white stockinged gaur (the world's largest wild cattle) and many other smaller animals. The swampy areas and numerous oxbow lakes of Chitwan provide a home for marsh crocodiles. In a stretch of the Narayani river is found one of the few remaining populations of the rare and endangered fish-only eating gharial, or Gangetic crocodile. Here also is found one of the world's four species of freshwater dolphins. For the ornithologist and the amateur bird-watcher the park offers excellent possibilities with more than 450 species recorded. Some of the resident specialities are several species of woodpeckers, hornbills, Bengal florican, and red-headed trogons. Winter birds such as waterfowl, Brahminy duck, pintails and bareheaded geese, amongst many other cold weather visitors are drawn by the sanctuary of the park's rivers. In the summer the forest is alive with nesting migrants such as the fabulous paradise flycatcher, the Indian pitta and parakeets.

Entry Fee Per Person Per Day:
For Nepalese Nationals, Rs. 20/-
For SAARC Nationals, Rs. 200/-
For Other Foreign Nationals, Rs. 500/-

Access:
Chitwan is easily accessible from Kathmandu, being well connected by a national highway to Bharatpur and to Sauraha. There are daily fights from October through May to Meghauli airstrip just outside the park boundary. Another exciting alternative is a two to three day raft trip down the Trishuli river to Narayanghat or directly into the western edge of the park.

Visitors can stay in one of the several lodges and camps inside or outside the park. Visitors can actively participate in exciting stalks through the forest looking for animals signs. One unique Chitwan experience is elephant back safaris in search of the one-horned rhinoceros, leopard, deer, bear, monkey and crocodile. Few visitors can ever forget the excitement of crashing through 20 feet high elephant grass and sightseeing wildlife. Apart from elephant safaris, the traveller will be happily occupied for several days with nature walks, canoe rides down the park rivers, and land-over drives through the forest.