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An unbeatable feeling of being in the wild. Experience a selection of well-appointed hotels in Sauraha that offers an up-close-and-personal activity. They offer comprehensive wildlife tours for three or more days. There is a host of options to explore the park, accompanied by resident naturalists and guides: elephant back safari, canoe rides, jungle walks bird-watching tours, and jeep drives.
Chitwan National Park is approximately 160kms from Kathmandu. You can either drive from Kathmandu to Sauraha, which takes approximately 4 hours. The quickest way to get to Sauraha is to take a short 25-minute flight from Kathmandu to Bharatpur airstrip, and then derive for another 25minutes with buffer zone views all along the way. The distance from the Lumbini (the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha and a World Heritage Site) to Sauraha is just 155km from Pokhara to Sauraha is 145km. Sauraha is easily accessible by road from Kathmandu of Pokhara, a scenic five-hour drive. Visiting Sauraha on your return from Pokhara will save you a day’s travel between Pokhara and Kathmandu.
Another exciting option is to travel to the national park via a leisurely two-day rafting trip on the Trishuli River. The first day is thrilling interdiction to whitewater followed by days of scenic floating through gorges and the middle hills before drooping onto the terai plains.
Spring February till the end of April and fall Mid September till mid-December.
The Chitwan National Park offers a wide variety of accommodations, not only in size, facilities, and visual appearance but also In price range. If you are looking for exclusive comfort with superior personalized service right in the heart of the park then visit Sauraha for a preview of private luxury and luxury and budget accommodation.
For anyone who visits Chitwan National Park, it sooner or later becomes an addiction. If your site is back and thinks about it, sometimes you wonder, why! Chitwan National Park has a long history behind it and also has the unique honor of being Nepal’s first National Park. Established in 1973 to protect the wildlife of the low land Terai, this national park of 932sq.k.is unrivaled in the diversity of its life forms and is a leader in advanced biodiversity conservation techniques and policies. Since then, there has been no looking back for Chitwan National Park-Nepal’s first and richest national park.
As a primary destination crowned as a World Heritage site in the nature category. The Chitwan National Park offers a wildlife experience that ranks among the best in Asia. Truly the flagship of Nepal’s national parks, Chitwan is home to an impressive number of species. Mans’s interaction with the environment over many centuries is very evident in the Chitwan National Park. These treasures represent the cultures, people, and events that played a role in the making of the park and are conserved along with the park’s natural assets. The most accessible among Nepal’s national parks, Chitwan is considered by many naturalists to be simply the best-managed park in Asia.
What to do: Watch the sun set over the National Park / Go for a ride on an elephant / Birdwatch on the oddly-named 20,000 lake / Stay overnight in the jungle spotting wild animals from the lookout tower / Watch a Tharu cultural show/Hire a bike and wander about Tharu villages / Swim in the river and watch the elephants being bathed / Drink cool beers at one of the “beach” bars / Go for a jungle safari on foot, by elephant or by jeep / Go for a canoe trip on the river.
What you may not like: Mosquitoes at certain times of the year (nets are provided in hotels/lodges) / The overzealous hotel touts at the bus park (simply board any jeep that will take you the 3 km to the village. If you stay in the hotel the jeep goes to the ride is free. If you don’t like the look of the lodge, hand the driver R30 for the ride and choose another place).
How long: You might like the laid-back atmosphere and stay longer than you had originally planned. The small village has a few restaurants as Pokhara and Thamel, but local-style eateries as well. There are no asphalt roads here, just dirt/mud tracks and hardly any traffic. Life is tranquil here. You will want to spend at least one day in the national park, and a couple more days walking/biking around about. Give yourself at least a minimum of three days.
When to go: The dry season would be best (November-April) and March would be the ideal time. The daytime temperature is not too hot and the elephant grass in the national park has been cut, allowing for better animal spotting.
Where to stay: Twenty years ago when Sauraha was a one-horse village, the only places to stay were the lodges inside the national park, and these are not exactly cheap accommodations.
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