Royal Chitwan National Park
Royal Chitwan National
Park, is one of the best in Asia and holds
a place of pride in the world Heritage List. This National Park preserves
a unique ecosystem of significant value to the entire Indian Subcontinent.
It covers an area of 932 sq. km. This great jungle is situated in the Inner
Terai Lowlands on the foot-hills of
Great Himalayas. Here, even now, you can feel the spirit
of the time of the great explorers of the gone-by days.
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Chitwan
Rhino |
Chitwan elephants |
Following the Rhinos |
This park conserves
more than 50 species of the mammals and 525
out of total estimated 852 specifies of birds
found in Nepal. More than 123 species
of butterflies found in lowlands, out of some 645 species recorded
in Nepal, are found in this National Park.
There may be many more
species of butterflies in this National Park.
It is for you to find-out. There
are 45 species of amphibians and reptiles.
But for the bird lovers the main attractions
are endangered species of birds such
as Bengal florican, darters, giant hornbills, black and white storks
and great Indian sarus. This park is specially renowned for the protection
of endangered one horned rhinoceros and tigers.
At present the estimated
population of the rhinos is 460 in this National
Park, which may be slightly more than one-third of the total world
population of the last remains of this pre-historic mammals. This
Figer fluctuates slight as some rhinos are transfer to Bardiya and
Sulklafat. In 1989 Census, 25 royal Bengal tigers and 40 tigresses
were recorded in this park. There are many other species of rare wildlife
in this park such as gaur-bisons, wild elephants,
four horned antelopes, pangolins, dolphins,
monitor lizards and pythons etc.
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| Canoeing
starts in front of Tiger Camp |
Tiger
Swims in the National Park |
Python Devouring Spotted Deer- (A P A -P) |
Other species of wild
animals found in the park are sambar deer, chitals, hog, deer, barking
deer, sloth bears, common leopards, wild dogs, langur
and rhesus monkeys, etc. This park has saved "Gharial" crocodiles from being extinct.
The Gharial Breeding Center is now a major tourist attraction. But
the main tourist attraction is the Elephant Breeding Center of
Sauraha. It is said to be one of the only 3 in the world. Viewing
of actual mating is an unique experience and playing with
the baby elephants is great fun. There are two museums in
the National Park (one in Sauraha and the other in Park H.Q., Kasara).
Winter is a little bit cold at night in Chitwan, but very
pleasantly warm during the day. Summer is slightly hot. The Monsoon
usually begins from mid-June and continues until mid-September.
Because of the heavy rain-fall during this time, the rivers are
flooded. But the lush green of the scenery is something special,
which you never see in any other seasons.
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