About Chitwan National Park Safari
The Chitwan National Park has 43 species of wildlife, including the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger, one-horned Rhinoceros, freshwater Gharial crocodiles, gaur (Asian bison), wild elephants, four-horned antelopes, Gangetic dolphins, striped hyenas, monitor lizards, pangolins, and python. Other wildlife in the park includes sambars, barking deer, chital (spotted deer), sloth bears, palm civets, langurs, and rhesus monkeys.
Chitwan is also home to more than 450 species of birdlife, including the Giant Hornbill, Bengal Florican, Lesser Florican, Black Stork and White Stork. Other common birds seen in the park include Peafowl, Red Jungle fowl, Herons, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Egrets, and Flycatchers.
Chitwan National Park is also known for 45 species of amphibians and reptiles, including Marsh mugger Crocodile, Green Pit Viper, cobras, and various species of frogs and tortoises.
Chitwan National Park has many lodges, jungle resorts and tented safari camps. The park can be reached via an overland journey of 190 kilometres from Kathmandu or Pokhara, or by a 20-minute flight to Megauli or Bharatpur, followed by a short drive. The ultimate way to reach it is with a surge of adrenaline and scenic floats: rafting on the Trisuli River. The months of March to January are the best time to watch the birdlife here.
