Jungle Safari Background Information

Jungle Safari Background Information

Nepal has 14 national parks and wildlife reserves most of which have dense tropical jungles teeming with diverse wildlife and exotic birds. Ride on elephant back or drive your four-wheeler to  view wild animals in their natural habitat or you might escape for a canoe rides on the jungle rivers. One can also have a memorable nature walks, bird watching excursions, village and cultural tours. Chitwan, the home of Nepal's wildlife, has over 43 species of animals. It is also popular Safari destination in the region.

Learn in detail about the Jungle Safari in Nepal:

What is Jungle Safari all about?

When you visit a new country, you often meet new people and new places. Ever wondered meeting new Animals and natural beauty? Jungle Safari let's you do just that! It is also a way to pay your respect to the animals by indulging in this outback adventure sports which brings you closer to the nature. When you visit Nepal, add the Jungle Safari in your `To-do List'. You won't regret it.

Jungle Safari - The fourth most popular adventure sports in Nepal:

The outdoor adventure sports into the wilderness to see wild animals, birds and natural beauty. You ride on an elephant's back or on a four wheeler jeep accompanied by a fully trained guide (also known as expert Naturalist) for the love of nature and animals.
In Nepal, Chitwan and Bardiwa are two hot dishes on the menu. Pick Chitwan as this has Nepal's most popular National Park offering excellent opportunity to see Royal Bengal Tigers, One horned Rhino, Crocodile and thrilling wilderness experience into its deep and thick jungle and this park is the easiest one to reach among all others.
Pick Bardia also, as this is another National Park, which offers excellent jungle Safari Adventure. Here too, you can ride on an elephant or a take four wheel to discover some of Nepal's unspoiled natural habitats.
Most jungle Safari consists of canoe rides on the jungle rivers, nature walks, birds watching excursions and quick tours around the villages to discover unique culture and traditions of the local village people. There are also scheduled cultural-musical programs performed by the villages, which are also in the Jungle Safari itinerary
Chitwan and Bardiwa have excellent accommodation and tourist facilities right next to the jungle so one can start then relax at ease.

National Parks in Nepal:

Most Safari begins in a park, hence its worth noting here, the national parks of Nepal; they are the places to go for Safari. Whichever you decide to see or feel, Nepal has ideal Safari destinations for you, some are located at higher altitude while others at lower altitude. Here is the list, have a look...

National Parks	Area (sq km)	Location & Altitude (meters)	Remarks
Chitwan	932	Terai	Thick jungles and teeming wildlife including one horned Rhino, and Bengal Tigers. Sal forest makes the 70% of its area. Best Visit: All around the year
Rara	106	1800 to 4048	Has the country's biggest lake (10.8 sq km) Pinus, Rhododendron (Guranse in Nepali), Himalayan cypress, pine forests. Musk deer, black bear, mallard, merganser cock and other birds. Best Visit: Oct to Dec or Mar to May.
Suklaphant	155	Far-West of Nepal	View the largest herd of swamp deer in the world and an infinity of open grass lands! Best Visit: Feb to March
Everest (Sagarmatha)	1148	*extreme*	Includes the Mt. Everest peak (8848 Meters), Impeyen pheasant (the national bird of Nepal), Himalayan tahr, goral, serow. Obviously excellent mountain views from here.
Shey-Phoksundo	3555		Includes snow leopard, blue sheep, Impeyan pheasant (danphe), blood pheasant, and cheer pheasant. Best Visit : March to May
Bardiwa	368	Terai, 152 to 1441	70% of the park is Sal Forest. Rhinoceros, elephant, tiger, black buck, swamp deer. Also found are the gharial crocodile, marsh mugger crocodile and Gangetic dolphin. Best Visit: All time
Parsa	499	Terai	Chir pine, sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo), silk cotton forest, elephant, tiger, leopard, sloth bear, blue bull, and wild dog, over 280 species of birds, many species of snakes.
Makalu - Barun	2330	435 to 8463	Most visitors are the trekkers and mountaineers due to relatively extreme location. 30 rhododendrons color the hillsides, over 3000 species of flowering plants, red panda, musk deer, Himalayan Leopard, over 400 bird species.
Langtang			Dog red panda, pika, muntjac, musk deer, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan tahr, ghoral, serow. Breathtaking views of the Himalayan range.