Bardiya National Park is a great place for wildlife lovers and nature freaks. This perfect wilderness offers a glimpse of raw natural beauty, with giant Bengal tigers roaming free and rare species finding refuge in dense forests and meandering rivers. The Bardia National Park is spread over 968 sq km and located in the western Terai on the eastern bank of the Karnali river. The park is the largest and most undistributed protected area in the Terai and is home to the endangered Royal Bengal tiger and Nepal’s famous one-horned rhinoceros.
It is thickly forested by Sal trees, glass lands, savannah and riverine forest. The park host 30 different mammals, more than 250 species of birds, and several varieties of reptiles and water animals. Some of the other animals found here are elephant, swamp deer, blackbuck, gharial crocodile and marsh mugger crocodile, birds include endangered varieties of Bengal florican lesser florican, silver eared mesia and sarus crane.
If you have time then Packages of 3 night 4 days and 4 night 5 days are better for looking Tiger and wild elephant. But if there is shortage of time 2 night 3 days package is also available . The Best season for jungle Safari tour in Bardia national park is March to June and October to December.
Firstly you will have a flight from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj . Where our representatives are ready for your warm welcome. When you reach Nepalgunj at the gates of Bardia, you will be greeted by the locals. You will be taken to your accommodation Pick up and taken for fresh Lunch after that there will be visit to the temple area, Village, the Bazar and also you will enter in a actual tharu model house and see the local life back to hotel and dinner overnight.
The very next day, you will get to hear the sound of chirping birds and the fresh air will make you fell a once In lifetime experience. Early morning breakfast will be ready for you ,and after we drive one hour from hotel to Chisapani, over the Karnali Bridge this day we have lunch (with local fish) in typical restaurant for real Nepali test . After lunch we start the floating safari (on raft).There are no grade rapids. The excursion offer good opportunities to see animal and wonderful landscapes and birdlife among other animals. This day evening, we pitch the tents on a sandy beach (just across the river, outside NP) then we go to authentic Tharu village for cultural dances and diner this village is very remote (This is special Bardia trip). After the dinner we will go back to the tents where a big wood fire awaits us. The dance with tired day ends here.
In the third day, as usual there will be Breakfast in the early morning, then you will go on elephant back safari. Elephants are very adapted to go inside the vegetation and give good possibilities to get near to rhinos back to resort lunch after you will go in the national park in a jeep. This is a super excursion to learn the geography of the National park and the different ecosystems. We can go down the car for small walk some areas back to resort diner and overnight.
The last day of the Safari, and the most exciting day where we wake up early morning pack picnic breakfast, and then we will cross the river and go on foot in the Bardia national park for the full day with a naturalist guide including porter this day Picnic lunch in the Jungle .There are must possibilities to see wild asian elephants or Bengal tiger, one horned rhino among other animals too and evening Back to Resort dinner and overnight. It is the most adventourous activity from all as you will get to experience all the natural habitat in foot and even get to click amazing pictures of the animals. After the completion of this we will head back to hotel from where if you want to extend then you can do it otherwise we will depart and return back to Kathmandu or go on other trekking or tour packages. Bardia Safari is magically one of the best selling tour packages from attentive holiday as we have been serving a lot of clients with best services at a affordable price range.