National Park In Nepal

SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK

Sagarmatha National Park is located north-east of Kathmandu and covers an area of 1, 148 sq.km. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. The park includes Mt. Sagarmatha (Everest), the land of Sherpa people and some of the most spectacular scenery on earth. It supports the Himalaya’s largest population of the goat-like Himalayan thar, as well as related species, the ghoral and the serow. In the mountain- forests Himalayan red panda, wolves, weasels and musk deer are found.

BARDIA NATIONAL PARK

It lies 585 km. away from Kathmandu, and is situated south-west of Nepal. Lying along the Karnali and Babai rivers, the park is an important preserve for the rare gharial crocodile and the Gangetic dolphin.

KOSHI TAPPU WILDLIFE RESERVE The Reserve covers 175 sq.km. It was established in 1976. Numerous waterholes and marshes make this one of the finest birding areas in Nepal. The grasslands support an important population of the Asiatic wild buffalo.

CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK

It lies 120 km. south-west of Kathmandu with an area of 932 square kilometers. It was established in 1973 and was later declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. Sub Tropical deciduous riverine forests, wooded hills and grasslands contain one-fourth of the world’s endangered great one-horned rhinos as well as the Royal Bengal tiger, leopards, monkeys, and the splendid gaur bison. More than 440 species of birds are found in this ornithologist’s heaven, including the giant hornbill, the rare Bengal florican and the paradise flycatcher.