Visiting Places
Lumbini
Bardia National Park
Nepal's largest Terai wilderness — the best chance of a wild tiger, far from the crowds.
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Bardia is Nepal's largest Terai wilderness and the best place in the country for a real chance of seeing a wild Bengal tiger. Far quieter than Chitwan, it also shelters wild elephants and rare Gangetic river dolphins in the Karnali. Jeep and walking safaris run from lodges around the park edge.
Known for
- Wild tigers
- Gangetic dolphins
- less-crowded Terai jungle
At a glance
- Region
- Lumbini
- Province
- Lumbini
- Getting there
- In the far-western Terai; fly to Nepalgunj, then drive to lodges around the park.
- Best time
- October–April for wildlife; March–May offers the best tiger sightings as water dries up.
Things to see & do
- Jeep and walking safaris with Nepal's highest density of wild tigers
- Wild elephants and one-horned rhinos in the sal forest and grassland
- Rare Gangetic river dolphins in the Karnali, on a boat trip