The Royal Bardia National park is really an area of 968 sq. km. in the mid-far Western region and is thickly forested by sal trees (Shorea Robusta). An area of 327 sq. km belonging to the park was turned into a buffer zone in 1997. This park is home to blue bulls, deer, wild boars the langur and rhesus monkeys, civets, hyenas, rhesus macaque, jackal wild dogs, sloth bears, otters, tigers, rhinoceros, mongoose, wild elephants, black buck, the gharial and marsh mugger crocodiles, the gangetic dolphin and many other rare and endangered species. Passionate bird watchers and naturalists find this park a paradise for sightseeing exotic bird species like the Bengal florican, silver-eared mesia, lesser florican, and the saurus crane etc. On your wildlife safaris, you will get awesome views of six different species of deer, namely: the Chital or spotted Deer, Hog Deer, Sambhar deer, Swamp Deer, Barasingha deer and the Barking Deer all cheerfully hopping around the high grasslands. While in the park, you get abundant opportunities to enjoy the famous elephant safari, bird watching, rafting alongside the Karnali River, & an interesting village tour. This will also include a visit to the crocodile breeding center. Your fun in the wild is ultimately concluded with a scintillating cultural dance performed by the local belles in the area. Wildlife tour in these parks gives you a whole lot of fun, adventure, excitement and pleasure. It’s almost mandatory to visit parks when on holiday to Nepal. Your holidays are never complete without this trip into the wild.
A typical ITINERARY for one of your holidays in the park will read like this:
Day 01
- Arrival and welcome with refreshments
- Briefing by the Lodge manager about the park
- 1300....... Lunch amidst the chirping of birds {welcoming you}
- 1530........ Elephant ride/nature walk/a visit to observation tower
- 1830........ Slide show/Tharu stick dance {real exciting}
- 1900........ Dinner
Day 02
- 0530........ Wake up call
- 0545........ Tea/Coffee
- 0600........ Elephant ride/bird watching
- 0800........ Breakfast {to the tunes of chirping birds}
- 0900........ Canoe ride/elephant breeding center / swimming and bath
- 1300....... Lunch
- 1500........ Elephant ride / nature walk / visit to observation tower / Canoe ride
- 1830........ Tharu Stick Dance/slide show
- 1930........ Dinner
Day 03
- 0530 ........A.M. Wake up call {at most times, its done by the birds themselves}
- 0545........ Tea/Coffee
- 0600........ Bird watching/elephant ride
- 0800........ Breakfast
- 0900........ Elephant briefing/swimming and bath/Canoe ride
- 1300 .....,..Lunch
- 1530........ Jungle drive/elephant ride/Canoe ride
- 1830........ Slide show/Tharu stick dance
- 1900........ Dinner
Day 04
- Morning free for packing.
- 8:00 A.M. Breakfast
- 9:00........ Departure from the lodge
