Area : 932 sq. km.
Established : 1973
LOCATION
Royal
Chitwan National Park, the oldest national
park in Nepal, is situated in the subtropical
inner Terai lowlands of South-Central Nepal.
The park was designated as a World Heritage
Site in 1984.
The park covers a pristine area
with a unique ecosystem of significant
value to the world. It contains the Churiya
hills, ox-bow lakes and flood plains of
Rapti, Reu, and Narayani Rivers. Approximately
70% of the park vegetation is saal forest.
The remaining vegetation types include grassland
(20%), riverine forest (7%), and sal with chirpine
(3%), the latter occurring at the top of the
Churiya range. The riverine forests consist
mainly of khair, sissou and simal. The grasslands
form a diverse and complex community with over
50 species. The Saccharum species, often called
elephant grass, can reach 8 m. in height. The
shorter grasses such as Imperata are useful
for thatch roofs.
There are more than 43 species
of mammals, over 450 species of birds, and more
than 45 species of amphibians and reptiles in
the park.
Formerly, the Chitwan Valley
was well known for big game hunting and until
1950 was exclusively managed as a hunting reserve
for the Rana Prime Ministers and their guests.
In 1963, the area south of the Rapti River
was demarcated as a rhinoceros sanctuary.
In 1970, His late Majesty King Mahendra approved,
in principle, the creation of Royal Chitwan
National Park.
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FEATURES OF CHITWAN NATIONAL PARKS
Within the park lie the Churia
hills, ox-bow lakes, and the flood plains
of Rapti, Reu and Narayani Rivers. The
Churia hills rise gradually towards the east
from 150m. to over 800m. elevation. The lower
but more rugged Someshwor hills occupy most
of the western portion of the park. The flood
plains of Chitwan contain rich alluvial
soils. 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 the Parsa Wildlife
Reserve.
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SEASONS OF CHITWAN NATIONAL
PARK
The park is influenced by a tropical
monsoon climate with relatively high humidity.
Winter, spring and monsoon are the three main
seasons. The cool winter season occurs from
October to February. Spring begins in March
and is soon followed summer that ends in early
June. Summer days are typically hot with up
to an average 30C daytime temperature. The monsoon
usually begins at the end of June and continues
until September. The mean annual rainfall is
about 21-50 mm. and during this time of the
year rivers are flooded and most of the roads
are virtually impassable.
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VEGETATION OF CHITWAN NATIONAL
PARK
The Chitwan Valley is characterized
by tropical to sub-tropical forest. Roughly
70% of park vegetative cover is sal (shorea
robusta) forest, a moist deciduous vegetation
type of the Terai region. The remaining vegetation
types include: grassland (20%), riverine
forest (70%), and sal with chirpine (pinus roxburghii)
(3%) forest, the latter occurring at the
tops of the Churia range. The riverine forests
consist mainly of khair, sissoo, and simal.
The simal has a spiny bark when young and develops
buttresses at the bottom in older stages. The
grasslands form a diverse and complex community
with over 50 species.
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ANIMALS OF CHITWAN NATIONAL
PARK
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 themarsh 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.
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PLACES OF INTEREST
Places of Interest in Chitwan
National Park Place Distance In Km. From
Kasar Darbar, Park HQ.
Gharial Breeding Center, Kasara 1
Lamital 2.5
Devital 25
Bikram Baba (religious site) 1
Chitwan Hatisar, Sauraha 19
Elephant Breeding Center 3 (from Sauraha)
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Itinerary: Chitwan Safari package tour
for 2 nights 3 days |
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Day 01: |
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Early morning after breakfast departure
from Kathmandu or Pokhara on a tourist
bus or private car or Jeep to
Chitwan National park - reach in Chitwan
after about 5 hours drive - see the
hotel representative in the last bus
station and proceed to the hotel /
welcome drinks / introductory talk by
the Guide about the package program /
lunch / after the lunch just a
short tour to local village & back to
hotel / dinner . |
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Day 02: |
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wake up call early morning / tea or
coffee / have a breakfast / with
jungle guide ready for canoeing
for an hour. After canoeing we
start jungle walk for another hour &
return to the hotel / lunch / Afternoon
we are going for an elephant safari
arround two hours & return to hotel
evening we organise a cultural program
performed by Tharu people / dinner . |
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Day 03: |
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wake up call early morning tea or coffee
/ with guide to go for bird watching
tour / return to hotel heavy breakfast /
Warm departure from Chitwan to
Kathmandu or Pokhara.
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