Jungle Safari in Nepal

Royal Suklaphanta National Park is situated in the extreme south-west of Nepal and the park area is 155 sq.km. Lying in the Terai region, its sal forests interspersed with grasslands make this a prime deer habitat. It is considered the best park for wild elephants, and the lake of Rani Tal hosts many local and migratory waterfowl.

 Makalu-Barun National Park & Comsercation area

    Nepal's new national park and conservation area is in the planning stages. The park covers 2,330 sq.km. Bordered by Sagarmatha National Park, the Arun River and the Tibetan border, it includes the rich forested valleys of the Barun and seven other rivers. New trails will be built, providing easier access to

Mt. Makalu basecamp, the Hongu glacier and Mera Peak. The populated southern and eastern portions have been designated a conservation area.

Langtang National Park covers an area of l,710 sq.km. Alpine pastures, sub-alpine scrub and dense forests of pines, rhododendrons, maples and oaks support a large variety of mammal and bird species. In the lower forests are leopards, Himalayan black bear, and wild boars. In

the higher regions are musk deer and Himalayan thar. Many varieties of pheasants and partridges, including Nepal's national bird.

  This area encompasses the Annapurna Massif, which includes middle hills, sub-alpine, alpine and trans-Himalayan dry plateau ecosystems. A world model for successful participatory natural resources management, the project has combined village development, education and conservation with the conservation education of trekkers. Annapurna Conservation Area Project covers an area of 2,600 sq.km.

 Rara National Park is situated about 370 km north-west of Kathmandu and covers 106sq.km. In the temperate conifer forests surrounding lovely Rara Lake are Himalayan black bears, yellow- throated martens, musk deer, and the ghoral and scrow. Here, ornithologist s. Dillon Ripley rediscovered the spiny babbler after 106 years.

Khaptad National Park

 The area of the park is 225 sq.km. This is the only park representative of the flora and fauna of Nepal's western middle hills. This rolling plateau of mixed forest and grasslands supporting leopards, Himalayan black bears, and musk deer is singular in that conservation efforts there have been led by a remarkable Hindu holy man, the Khaptad Baba