After pick up from your hotel in Kathmandu, you will fly from the domestic terminal to Bharatpur Airport.

Sauraha Chitwan Nepal

Arrival and transfer to your hotel

Chitwan National Park

Begin your safari adventure with a peaceful canoe ride down the Rapti River in a traditional dugout canoe. Drift silently downstream while spotting gharial crocodiles basking on riverbanks, marsh mugger crocodiles, kingfishers, herons, egrets, storks, and cormorants. Sometimes one-horned rhinoceros come to the river to drink or cool off. Your guide points out wildlife and explains the river ecosystem's importance to the jungle.

Sauraha Tharu Culture House

After dinner, experience traditional Tharu culture through a captivating stick dance performance. The Tharu people are indigenous to Nepal's Terai region and have lived alongside the jungle for centuries. Watch colorful traditional costumes, live folk music with traditional instruments, and learn about Tharu history and their relationship with the forest.

Embark on an extensive open-air jeep safari through the national park's core zone. Travel through diverse habitats including sal forests, grasslands, and riverine forests. Almost guaranteed to see multiple one-horned rhinoceros (the park has over 600), plus spotted deer, sambar deer, wild boar, langur and rhesus monkeys, peacocks, and diverse bird species. Visit key wildlife zones and watering holes. While tiger sightings are rare, you may see tiger tracks, scratch marks, or scat (the park has around 120 Bengal tigers).

Chitwan National Park

Experience the most immersive wildlife activity—walking on foot where wild animals roam freely. Your experienced naturalist guide leads you through Chitwan's sal forests and grasslands covering 4-5 kilometers at a leisurely pace. Learn tracking skills as your guide reads footprints, droppings, scratch marks, and feeding sites. Understand the complex jungle ecosystem. Possible wildlife encounters include one-horned rhinoceros, spotted deer, langur monkeys, wild boar, diverse forest birds, and various animal signs including tiger pugmarks. The walk is very safe when following guide instructions.

Explore Chitwan's incredible avian diversity with over 500 recorded bird species. Join your naturalist guide for a specialized session in prime habitats near the river and forest edges. Spot resident species like paradise flycatcher, hornbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers, and water birds including storks, herons, and egrets. Look for raptors like eagles and hawks. Your guide uses binoculars and identification books to help you learn species by sight, calls, and behavior.

Transfer to Bharatpur Airport and transfer from Kathmandu airport to your hotel.