The Bardia National Park, situated in the mid-far Western region, is the largest and most unspoiled wilderness area in the Terai, covering an area of 968 sq.km. The park, a sub-tropical jungle, is thickly forested by sal trees and carpeted with grass, savannah and riverine vegetation.The north is bordered by the Churia hill range,the west by the Karnali river, while the Babai river cuts its course almost through the middle of the park. On the southern fringe of the park are the villages of the unique and indigenous Tharu people of Western Nepal. Considered as one of the most picturesque national parks in Asia, it teems with rich and diverse flora and fauna. The park is home to more than 30 different mammals, including the langur and rhesus monkeys, civets, hyenas, wild dogs, sloth bears, otters, blue bulls, deer and wild boars.
It is a regenerated habitat for endangered animals like the tiger, rhinoceros, wild elephant (the park harbours the biggest wild tusker in Asia) and black buck, Gharial and marsh mugger crocodiles the great game fish-masher and the Gangetic dolphin cavort in the river waters. The unique birds which number over 350 species include cormorants, egret, storks, geese, jungle fowls, king-fishers and endangered species such as the Bengal florican, silver-eared mesia and the saurus crane thus making the park truly a bird watchers paradise. Within the park are several open grasslands (plants) where game viewing is excellent. Many of the forest tracks throughout the park also offer excellent game viewing. And when you can take in the sights and sounds of the wild without necessarily having to give up on your creature comforts, what more could you ask for…?
Day 1.Arrive in Bardia
Our representative will be at the bus station or airport to greet you and drive you to the hotel. After checking in the hotel, freshen up and enjoy the welcome drinks. your guide will give you the brief of your tour and jungle activities. You will then visit the nearby ethnic Tharu village, where you will get an excellent opportunity learn about Nepal’s one of the oldest ethnic community, the Tharus. Dinner will be served at the hotel, where you will enjoy the delicious local cuisines. Overnight stay in the hotel.
Day2. Jungle Activities
You will get a wake up call from the hotel at around six am. After enjoying the breakfast at the hotel, we will gear up for the jungle activities awaiting us. We will start with the jungle safari by elephant riding. This safari will give you an excellent opportunity to sight royal Bengal tigers, one horn rhinoceros, monkeys, deer’s, python and other wildlife. After the safari we will visit the crocodile breeding centre where we will get to observe the government and local tourism’s effort to save these endangered species.
We will move on to the tharu cultural museum after that which will give us a better insight to their lifestyle and culture. We will have a big lunch provided in the hotel and then move on for our jungle walk. This jungle walk will be guided by our experienced naturalist and wild life tracker. We will track some of the mammals and wild life for the jungle from the tower as well. This will give you a great opportunity to capture the beauty of the Bardia national park in your lenses too. After dinner we will retire for the day.
Day 3 The Final day
The hotel will give us a wake up call. We will enjoy the bountiful breakfast at the hotel and go for our bird watching activity. Bardia national park is adorned with more than 407 species of bird, we will sight some of the world’s rare and endangered birds on our journey. After the bird watching, we will go for dolphin sightseeing in the Kamali river. Bardia is the only place in Nepal where you will find fresh water Dolphins. After this rare opportunity to sight Dolphin in Nepal, we will return back to hotel for lunch and check out after bidding our goodbyes. Departure to our next destination.