Chitwan National Park in Nepal
Chitwan or also known as Royal Chitwan is the first national park in Nepal. Situated at the foot of the Himalayas and is one of the last remaining undisturbed areas in the Terai region. The park covers an area of 932 sq.km. In the past, it spread to the foothills of India and Nepal. Definitewly if you want to touch the wildlife this is great place to travel in Asia. The park features an extremely rich flora and fauna. Chitwan The park is home to one of the last populations of homogeneous Asian rhinoceros. Chitwan of the few places where you can observe the tiger.
Chitwan National Park was established in 1973. In 1984 it included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage. Here you can see really amazing representative of the wildlife. The national park is great place to travel and you can accommodate close to is to some of the Nepal cities.
In the north and west of the protected area the Narayani-Rapti river system forms a natural boundary to human settlements. Adjacent to the east of Chitwan National Park is Parsa Wildlife Reserve, contiguous in the south is the Indian Tiger Reserve Valmiki National Park. The coherent protected area of 2,075 sq km represents the Tiger Conservation Unit (TCU) Chitwan-Parsa-Valmiki, which covers a 3,549 sq km huge block of alluvial grasslands and subtropical moist deciduous forests.
There are several lodges inside the national park offering full board and accommodation in combination with elephant and jeep safaris, rafting tours and guided jungle walks. The pioneer safari lodge is Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge which has been receiving guests since 1972, before the national park was established. Tiger Tops has developed standards for responsible conservation tourism and supports the “Long-term Tiger Monitoring Project” of the International Trust for Nature Conservation and anti-poaching units operating in the Chitwan national park.
Hotels and lodges operating inside Chitwan National Park had to close in July 2012 as the government did not renew licenses and land rental agreements. There are around 350–400 hotels outside the national park, which conduct around 800 elephant rides a day.
