{"id":57,"date":"2007-12-31T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/royal-chitwan-national-park-nepal\/"},"modified":"2007-12-31T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:44:10","slug":"royal-chitwan-national-park-nepal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/royal-chitwan-national-park-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royal Chitwan National Park<\/strong>, in Nepal<\/a>, is a huge
\nand beautiful nature reserve protecting 932 sq km of sal forest, water marshes
\nand rippling grassland.  It is one of the last refuges of the endangered
\none-horned Indian rhino and there are sizeable populations of tigers, leopards
\nand rare Gangetic dolphins.<\/p>\n

By far the easiest way to visit the park is on a tour,
\nbut this is the most expensive option.  To save money stay at the nearby
\ntown of Sauraha<\/strong>. A small but lively
\ntourist centre has grown up along the river bank about 6km south of Sauraha
\nChowk, with hotels, restaurants, bars, money changers, travel agents, Internet
\ncafes and anything else you might need.<\/p>\n

When to visit<\/h2>\n

October to February are the best times to visit Royal
\nChitwan National Park – the skies are clear the average daily temperature is 25
\ndegrees Celsius.  Always bring plenty of insect repellent as mosquitoes are
\nan inescapable part of jungle life, and malaria is present in some parts of the
\n region.<\/p>\n

Inside the park<\/h2>\n

Animals<\/h3>\n

Chitwan boasts more than 50 different species of mammals,
\nincluding monkeys, tigers, leopards, sloth bears, wild boar, hyenas, deer,
\nelephants and rhinos.  There are more than 450 different species of birds,
\nand some 67 species of butterfly, some as large as your hand.<\/p>\n

The park is most famous for the gaida<\/strong>,
\nthe one horned Indian rhinoceros. Despite poaching you stand a good chance
\nof seeing one on elephant safari. <\/p>\n

The park also significant  populations of tigers,
\ncrocodiles and Gangetic dolphins (rare, blind, fresh water dolphins).<\/p>\n

Safari<\/h3>\n

If you are intent on seeing the animals at the park, give
\nyourself time for several safaris, as there is no guarantee you will see all of
\nthe wildlife.  Two whole days is really the minimum for a complete
\nexperience inside the park.  Beware that 3 and 4 day safaris often have a
\nfull day of traveling included at either end of the trip, so check what you are
\n getting.<\/p>\n

The Maoists problems in Nepal have led to huge drops in
\nvisitors numbers to the park.  This has helped the wildlife, but poaching
\nhas increased, and several smaller resorts have closed. <\/p>\n

\n

Outside the park<\/h2>\n

Sauraha<\/h3>\n

Careless development has undermined some of the safari
\natmosphere at Sauraha, but the setting is impressive – perched beside a wide,
\nslow-flowing river with a wall of dense jungle looming on the far bank. <\/p>\n

There is a massive range of activities on offer here,
\nprobably more than at the big expensive lodges in the park.<\/p>\n

Elephant Breeding Centre<\/h3>\n

About 3km west of Sauraha on the far side of the small
\nBhude Rapti River, this interesting breeding centre supplies most of the
\nelephants for elephant safaris at Chitwan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Royal Chitwan National Park, in Nepal, is a huge and beautiful nature reserve protecting 932 sq km of sal forest, water marshes and rippling grassland.  It is one of the last refuges of the endangered one-horned Indian rhino and there are sizeable populations of tigers, leopards and rare Gangetic dolphins. By far the easiest way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}