Chitwan National Park,Sauraha,Chitwan
Chitwan National Park:CNP covers 932 sq
km and is 4 hours drive from capitalcity( Kathmandu). You can reach it
by air from the Nearest airport Bharatpur which takes 25mins flight from
Kathmandu.Some of the famous animals to be seen include the Endangered
Royal Bengal Tiger, wild bear, one-horned rhino, marsh-muggers
etc.Chitwan National Park stands today as a successful testimony of
nature conservation in South Asia. This is the first national park of
Nepal established in 1973 to preserve a unique ecosystem significantly
valuable to the whole world. The park covering a pristine area of 932
sq. km is situated in the subtropical inner Terai lowlands of southern
central part of Nepal. The park has gained much wider recognition in the
world when UNESCO included this area on the list of World Heritage Site
in 1984. The park consists of churia hills, ox-bow lakes, flood plains
of Rapti, Reu and Narayani rivers. The Churia hill rises gradually
towards the east from 150 m to over 800 m. The lower but most rugged
Someshwor hills occupy most of the western portion of the park. The
flood plains of Chitwan are rich alluvial. The park boundaries have been
delineated by the Narayani and Rapti rivers in the north and west, and
the Reu river and Someshwor hills in the south and south-west. It shares
its eastern border with Parsa Wildlife Reserve. The Chitwan valley is
characterized by tropical to subtropical forest. 70% of park vegetation
is predominantly Sal ( Shorea robusta ) forest, a moist deciduous climax
vegetation type of the Terai region. The remaining vegetation types
include grassland (20%), riverine forest (7%) and Sal with Chirpine (
Pinus roxburghii ) (3%), the latter occurring at the top of the Churia
range. The riverine forests mainly consists of khair, sissoo and simal.
The simal is with spiny bark when young and develops buttress at the
bottom in older stage. The grasslands form a diverse and complex
community with over 50 species. The Sacchrum species, often called
elephant-grass can reach 8 m in height. The shorter grasses such as
Imperata is useful for thatch roofs.There are more than 43 species of
mammals in the park. The park is especially renowned for its protection
of the endangered one- horned rhinoceros, tiger, and gharial crocodile
along with many other common species of wild animal. The estimated
population of rhinos is 400. The park also secures populations of
endangered species such as gaur, wild elephant, four horned antelope,
striped hyena, pangolin, Gangetic dolphin, monitor lizard, and python.
Some of the other animals found in the park are sambar, chital, hog
deer, barking deer, sloth deer, common leopard, ratel, palm civet, wild
dog, langur and rhesus monkeys. There are over 450 species of birds in
the park. Among the endangered birds are the Bengal florican, giant
hornbill, lesser florican, black stork and white stork. A few of the
common birds seen are peafowl, red jungle fowl, and different species of
egrets, herons, kingfishers, flycatchers and woodpeckers.The best times
for bird watching are in March and December. More than 45 species of
amphibians and reptiles are found in the park, some of which are the
marsh mugger crocodile, cobra, green pit viper and various species of
frogs and tortoises. The park is actively engaged in the scientific
study of several species of wild flora and fauna.For Booking Open This
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