Bardia National Park

Overview

Royal Bardia National Park visit

The Bardia National Park offers a variety of experiences in its vast undisturbed wilderness. About 70% of the forest consists of Sal trees with a mixture of grassland and riverine forests. Sal leaves are used in a festival and religious offerings. Bardia National Park is home to endangered animals such as the Royal Bengal tiger.

Also wild elephant, Greater one-horned rhinoceros, swamp deer, and blackbuck; the other endangered species include gharial-crocodile, marsh mugger and Gangetic dolphin. Endanger birds are found in the park are Bengal florican, lesser florican, and Sarus crane, more than 30 different mammals, over 230 species of birds, and several species of snakes, lizard, and fish have been recorded in the park’s forest, grassland, and river. In addition to the resident species, several migratory birds visit the park. Some of these animals and birds can be seen during jungle safari in the park.

Bardia National Park is very rich on wildlife Diversity

The Royal Bardia National Park Nepal was initially a Royal hunting reserve. It was in 1976 that it was gazette as Royal Karnali Wildlife Reserve with an area of only 368 sq. KM in 1982; it was renamed as a Royal Bardia Wildlife Reserve. Which also included the Babai River Valley. It was only in 1988 that is was granted a status of National Park to preserve the dwindling species of rare ecosystems. Likewise including flora and fauna, particularly the tiger and its other prey species.

Moreover, the Bardia National Park is the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in the west Terai. The park providing excellent habitat for most of the endangered species of wildlife and birds. The park now covers an area of 968 sq. KM. It was only 1994 basic facilities that existed for independent visitors. It has extensive and varied wildlife-all endangered rhinoceros, Wild elephants, The Royal Bengal Tiger, Swamp deer, Blackbuck, Gharial Crocodile, Gangetic Dolphins.

More than thirty different mammals, over 400 species of birds, many snakes, lizards, and fish have been sighted and recorded in the park’s forest, grassland, and river habitats. Among these include Langur monkey, common leopard, and Jungle cat, fishing at, large and small Indian civets, mongoose, hyena, wild dog, and jackal. Sloth bear, otter, porcupine, bandicoots, blue bull (Nilgai), Sambar deer, hog deer, barking dear, wild boar, etc. This Bardia National Park is one of the best places to see the most magnificent of cats, The Royal Bengal Tigers. The chances are almost 80% depending on the season.