Area: 1325sq. km Established: 1983 and gazetted in 1987Location: Dhorpatan hunting reserve adjoins Rukum, Myagdi and baglung districts in the Dhaulagiri Himal range in west Nepal. Putha, churn and gurja Himal extend over the northern boundary of the reserve. This is the only hunting reserve in the country, attracting Nepalese and foreign hunters wi...
Read MoreArea: 175sq. km. Established: 1976Location: Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve lies on the flood plains of the Sapta Koshi in Saptari and Sunsari districts of eastern Nepal. The eastern and western embankments of the river define the reserve. Rapid and complete inundation of the reserve to depths ranging from 10 to 300 cm occurs during the monsoon. The...
Read MoreArea: 499sq. km Established: 1984 Location: parts of Chitwan, Makawanpur, Parsa and Bara districts, in central Nepal. The dominant landscape of the reserve is the Churiya hills ranging from 750m to 950m and running east west through the reserve. The reserve has a sub tropical monsoon climate. The forest is composed of tropical to subtropical forest...
Read MoreArea:155sq. km, 305 after completion of extension area. Established: 1975 and gaetted in 1976Location: The Royal Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve is situated in the southern part of far-western Nepal in Kanchanpur district. Predominant Sal associated with asna, simal, karma, khair and sossoo are found along the riverside. Main grass species of the pha...
Read MoreArea: 2330sq. km Established:1992 This park is sutuated in the Sankhuwasabha and Solukhumbu districts, bordered by the Arun river on the east, Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park on the west, the Nepal Tibet border on the north and Saune Kanda (Ridge) to the south. This is the only protected area in Nepal with a strict nature reserve. The park...
Read MoreRara National Park(106sq km) Rara National Park is located in North-west Nepal about 371km air distance from Kathmandu. Most of the park area including Lake Rara, lies in Mugu district, a small area adjoins Jumla district of Karnali zone. This is the smallest park in Nepal, containing the country’s biggest lake (10.8 sq. km) at an elevation of 29...
Read MoreBardia National Park is situated in the mid-far western Terai, east of the Karnali river. It covers 968sq km of land, the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in the Terai. About 70% of the park is covered with dominantly Sal forest with a balanced mixture of grassland, savanna and riverine forest.Approximately 1500 inhabitants of this val...
Read MoreChitwan National ParkLocated in Sub-tropical inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal, Chitwan National Park is 932sq. km in size. The park was designated as a world heritage site in 1984 and is the oldest national park in Nepal.The park covers a pristine area with a unique ecosystem of significant value to the world. It contains the churiya h...
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