BARDIA WILDLIFE NATIONAL PARK:
This 968 sq km park in southwest Nepal is an interesting place to visit. There are over 30 different mammals including tigers, leopards, jungle cats, sloth bear, Nilgai (blue cows), blackbuck and rhesus and langar monkeys. There are also spotted hog, swamp, sambar and barking deer. You are more likely to see a tiger than any other place in Nepal, including Chitwan. The park is around 70% sal forest and the rest of the park is grassland, savanna and riverine forest. The grassland is great for viewing wildlife. The Asian one-horned rhinoceros were hunted to extinction in the beginning of the 20th century; some rhinos were moved to the park in 1986. Now there are around 45 rhinos in the park, which means most people will see one. There are around 50 tigers and 50 wild elephants in the park. One of the elephants, called Raja Gaj, is 11 feet 3 inches (3.4m) at the shoulders and may be the largest Asian elephant in the world. In the Geruwa River there are mugger and gharial crocodiles and the rare Gangetic dolphins.

There are over 300 species of birds including storks, parakeet, geese, herons, duck and some endangered species such as the sarus crane and Bengal florican. A common site in Bardia is the termite mounds, which can be up to 2.5m high.

Activities:
Elephant back safari
Visit of Gangetic crocodile farm house locally known as Gariyal
Jungle excursion
Jeep safari
Canoeing
Bird Watching
Nature Walk
Bicycling
Fishing
Cultural show by Tribal people

Some advantages of Bardia over Chitwan are it isolation and the fact that it has much less visitors and is more secluded. The problem with it is that it is so far from Kathmandu and takes a day to travel to it. It is over five hours from Chitwan. To come here you need a day to get to it, two days at the park and then a day to return to Kathmandu or Pokhara. It is also not well developed and the places to stay are limited, but there are some budget places.

CHITWAN WILDLIFE NATIONAL PARK:
Nepal's first and most famous national park is situated in the Inner Terai lowlands of Chitwan. Covering an area of 932 sq. kilometers the park includes hilly areas of the Shivalik Range covered by deciduous trees. Parts of the park are floodplains of rivers Narayani, Rapti, and the Reu, covered by dense tall elephant grass, forests of silk cotton, acacia and Sisam trees. Royal Chitwan National Park was officially established in 1973 and included as World Heritage Site in 1984.The park in Chitwan is shelter to the last endangered Asian species like the one-horned rhinoceros and the Royal Bengal tiger. Other animals found here are the leopard, sloth bear, wild boar, rhesus monkey, grey langur monkey, wild dog, small wild cats, bison, the four species of deer and other small animals. Marsh crocodiles inhabit the swampy areas. The Gangetic crocodile that only feed on fish are found in a stretch of the River Narayani. Also found here is one of the four species of fresh-water dolphins.

Chitwan park is also home to 450 species of bird and hence is ideal for bird watching. Some of the resident specialties are woodpeckers, hornbills, Bengal florican, redheaded trogons, waterfowl, Brahminy duck, pintails and bareheaded geese. In summer the forest is alive with nesting migrants such as the fabulous paradise flycatcher, the Indian pitta and parakeets.

Activities:
Elephant back safari
Visit of Elephant breeding camp
Jungle excursion
Canoeing
Bird Watching
Nature Walk
Elephant bathing
visit of Tharu tribal village
Cultural show by Tribal people