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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