Nepal Travel Guide
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Sightseeings in Nepal Nepal Visitor Guide
National Parks & Wildlife Reserves of Nepal
National Parks
National Parks & Wildlife Reserves Map
District Map
Parks Map
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News from Chitwan
Entry fees into Nepal's National Parks
Bardiya National Park
Makalu-Barun National Park
Langtang National Park
Parsa Wildlife Reserve Report
Khaptad National Park
Rara Lake National Park
Chitwan National Park
Sagarmatha National Park
Shey Phoksundo National Park
Shivapuri National Park

Uniqueness of Nepal becomes transparent through the prism of its diverse biogeography, ranging from the warm sub-tropical forests of Royal Chitwan National park to the breathtaking beauty of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park which includes the highest peak of the world and a vast unfurling range of summits of the Northern Himalayan region.

The existing as many as six National parks, including four Wildlife Reserves and a Hunting reserve in total occupy more than 7.30 percent lead area of the most contrasting and spectacular natural lanscape in the world.

They exhibit every different type of altitudinal geographical features and changing vegetation from the barren steppe of the trans-Himalayan region in the extreme north; the hemlock, deodar and firn trees of the higher altitude valleys and hills; pine and rhododendron of the intermediate altitude to the great sal (shorea robusta) forests of the Terai and dun valleys in the southern region.

Almost one hundred different species of mammals and more than 800 species of birds survive in their natural habitat in these National parks of Nepal.

The Chitwan National Park has so far successfully managed to preserve and save some of the most rare animals in threatening peril by protecting them in its sprawling jungles.

The chief aims of the National parks and Reserves are, primarily, to ensure the conservation and management of the natural resources and environment, including the flora and fauna as well as their habitats, and secondly, to develop and promote nature and wild life tourism, where suitable in such areas possessing tourist attractions, so long as these activities are not detrimental to the implementation of conservation programmes.

Nepal has so far succeeded in drawing appreciably increasing numbers of foreign and regional tourists every year and it is evident that there is tremendous potential of the national parks and the reserves for future expansion of nature, wild life and jungle adventure holiday tourism.

National parks now a days are gaining increasing importance as one of the most sought after tourist attractions in the world and in recent years have made major contribution in the spectacular growth of tourism in Nepal. Numerous accommodation facilities hotels, wild life camps and cafeterias have mushroomed in the park areas to cater to the increasing volume of visitors.

The existing eleven parks and Reserves are widely spread throughout the country and are located in all five development regions from east to west.

All of these National Parks and Reserves are accessible by air followed by road and few days walk (for mountain parks and reserves).

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