Bardia National Park The bardia national park is the largest and most undisturbed protected area in the terai region it is home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and Nepal’s famous one-horned rhinoceros. The national park located in the far western district of Bardiya, is bordered by River Karnali in the west, the Churia range in the north, while the River Babai flows right through the park. The varied geographical factors together with the thick cover of Sal, savannah forests and grasslands render this region ideal as wild animal habitat.
The park hosts 53 different mammals, more than 400 species of birds, and several varieties of reptiles and water animals. Some of the other animals found here aere elephant, swamp deer, black buck, gharial crocodile, and marsh mugger crocodile. The fresh water Gangetic Dolphin is also commonly seen in the River Karnali. Birds include endangered varieties of Bengal florican, Lesser florican, silver-eared mesia and saruscrane. The park offers the rare opportunity of angling at River Karnali and River Babai.
The park hosts 53 different mammals, more than 400 species of birds, and several varieties of reptiles and water animals. Some of the other animals found here aere elephant, swamp deer, black buck, gharial crocodile, and marsh mugger crocodile. The fresh water Gangetic Dolphin is also commonly seen in the River Karnali. Birds include endangered varieties of Bengal florican, Lesser florican, silver-eared mesia and saruscrane. The park offers the rare opportunity of angling at River Karnali and River Babai.
Visitors are attracted here to perform the activities like Jungle Safari on elephant back, Jungle Walk, Boat Ride, Jeep Drive etc. Many accommodations such as jungle lodges are available here. Bardia National Park is easily accessible from Kathmandu. It takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes by air or 531 km by road from Kathmandu and about 3 hours from Nepalgunj.
Rara National Park
Rara National park in the far northwestern part of the country offers a representative sample of the region’s flora and fauna.Sprawled over Mugu and Jumla districts, the heart of the park is the country’s biggest lake, Lake Rara, from where the park gets its name. the lake is as deep as 167 m at some places and drains into the River Mugu- Karnalivia Nijar Khola. The park is mainly covered with coniferous forest while the area around the lake is dominated by blue pine. Rhododendron, juniper, spruce, oak and cypress are found about 3,000m while at higher altitudes pine, spruce and fur are more common.
The rich vegetation of the park is a home to the endangered red panda, musk deer, Himalayan black bear, leopard, jackal, Himalayan thar, wild yellow-throated martin, wild dog, wild boar, common lungur,rhesus macaque, and common otter. During winter the park abounds in 272 species of bird varieties like coots, great- crested, grebe, black-necked grebe, red-crested pochard, mallard, common teal, merganserandgulls. Migrant water fowlsand gallinaceous birds can also be seen during certain seasons. As for water life in the lake three species of snow- trout is recorded so far.
Visitors can enjoy here with different trekking activities. Most of the areas of the park are good camping with different accommodations. It takes 60 minutes flight from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj and 35 minutes flight from Nepalgunj to Talcha aiarpot, then about 2 hours trek to Rara Lake. Feb-Apr and Oct-Nov are the best seasons to travel this park.
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