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Nepal national parks, answered

Which parks matter, where to see tigers, rhinos and birds, what the permits are and the best month for each.

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Best for tigersBardia, Chitwan

Best monthsNov to Mar (Terai)

PermitsNeeded at every park

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Which are the main national parks in Nepal?Nepal has twelve national parks.
Where in Nepal can you see tigers and rhinos?Chitwan is the best place for one-horned rhinos and a decent chance of a tiger sighting; Bardia has more tigers per visitor but fewer rhinos;...
What is Banke National Park and who is it for?Banke National Park lies in the mid-western Terai near Nepalgunj, next to Bardia, and was set up to protect the forest corridor that animals use...
What is Parsa National Park?Parsa National Park lies east of Chitwan and shares a forest corridor with it, so tigers, elephants and leopards move between the two.
What is special about Langtang National Park?Langtang National Park was the first Himalayan national park in Nepal, established in 1976, and covers the valley north of Kathmandu up to the Tibet...
What is Makalu Barun National Park?Makalu Barun National Park adjoins Sagarmatha National Park in the east and protects steep valleys from lowland forest to the Makalu peak.
What are the far-west conservation areas?The far western hills hold Api Nampa Conservation Area, near the Indian border, which protects high forests and meadows below Api and Nampa peaks,...
What is the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area?The Kanchenjunga Conservation Area covers the far north-east corner of Nepal, named after the world's third-highest peak.
What is the Manaslu Conservation Area?The Manaslu Conservation Area lies in north-west Nepal around Mount Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain.
What are the Gaurishankar and Blackbuck conservation areas?Gaurishankar Conservation Area lies north-east of Kathmandu near the Tibet border and includes the Rolwaling valley, high peaks and sacred mountain...

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