Chitwan National Park is a very popular tourist destination in Nepal where you can experience jungle safari in easy way. It is one of the country's jewels and most visit place in Nepal. Chitwan National Park is worth place to visit especially if you are wildlife enthusiasts. Chitwan is famous for their wildlife and beautiful landscape. Chitwan offers different activities and here we are with some of the most popular and worth doing activities in Chitwan.
Elephant Safari is the most popular activity in Chitwan. Ride atop an elephant through the high grassland and riverbeds to see a wide range of wildlife, including the star of the event: the amazing one-horned rhino. The park encompasses not only dense forests, but also flood plains and grasslands, where the grasses can sometimes reach 20 feet in height, dwarfing even your mount for the morning!
Full day jeep safari trip is highly suggested for those interested in wildlife. Jeep Safari in Chitwan is an exciting trip driving on an open top jeep into the dense forest. Jeep safari in Chitwan provides you an opportunity to observe the amazing wild animals from close in safe way. Jeep safari in Chitwan National Park is the best way to see more of wildlife in Chitwan.
Near Sauraha, on the opposite side of the Bhude Rapti River, is the Elephant Breeding Center. Here, visitors can enjoy the sight of mother elephants bonding with their adorable babies, drinking from nearby streams and lakes, or simply going about their everyday lives.
Elephant bathing is an exciting activity that you can experience in Chitwan. Each afternoon the working elephants of Chitwan National Park are taken down to the Narayani River for a bath and if you are interested in bathing with an Elephant, you can participate in this fun (and wet) activity. You can play with the elephants and dive in the river. If you do not like to get wet, you can just enjoy the elephant bath watching from bank of the river.
If you are interested in learning about Tharu people, their lifestyle, daily like, culture, you must visit Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center. It is located in Bachhauli, the Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center features various exhibitions of artifacts and local customs of the Tharu people. For centuries, the Tharu have lived in harmony with their environment, living near sources of water and developing an extensive knowledge of medicinal herbs.
Bird watching in Chitwan is an opportunity to watch the resident and migrants birds that coming from thousands of miles away. Chitwan National Park is home for around 160 species of migrant birds and 543 species in total including Giant Hornbill, Paradise Flycatcher, and Lesser Florican and more.
A few hundred meters past the park headquarters in Kasara is a crocodile breeding project, where you can see both gharials and marsh muggers up close. The decade-long program has been a great success in releasing both endangered species back into the wild.
Canoe is a dug out boat made traditionally with a single wooden log by locals. Canoe ride in Rapti River can be done in the morning and afternoon. Canoe ride in Chitwan is a thrilling activity to explore Chitwan National Park and to view different aquatic animals and wildlife of Chitwan National Park. While enjoying canoe you can enjoy sights of the popular Marsh Mugger and Gharial crocodiles basking on the banks of the Rapti River. You can see the rare species of birds, reptiles and more on wetland.
It is a short walking tour along the banks of a pristine river where you will get opportunity to see some of the over 700 species of birds and other wildlife.
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