The term Chitwan is translated in the local language as the ‘heart of jungle’. Chitwan National Park is one of the premier destinations of Nepal. This heritage site covers 932 square kilometers of grassland, marshland and forests. The region has a decent animal population and thus, spotting animals and birds is quite easier. If you were very lucky, you would spot the famous leopards of the region or sloth bear. Very rarely, you would spot the Royal Bengal Tiger.
This Park with the adjacent Parsa Wildlife Reserve is the largest, longest protected, least disturbed and most studied of the sal forest communities of the Terai. The tall grasslands and riverine forest support a wild ungulate biomass and species diversity much higher than any other in the subcontinent. Rare species include tiger, gharial and the world's second largest population of Asian rhinoceros. The Himalayas provide a spectacular distant backdrop to a landscape much visited for its beauty.
