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Chitwan Nemzeti Park

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan November 3rd 2010

Naplemente elott

arpivera

Kepek Chitwan nemzeti parkbol... read more

A walk in the park

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan October 25th 2010

Rhino up close

scottandanny

Having successfully completed the trek to Chitwan National Park, we decided we had better take a walk within it. In truth, the park was always the objective and the trek just an interesting way of getting there. This is not to disparage the trek, which turned out to be a most serendipitous little walk, but more to highlight how much I've been looking forward to spending some time in one of Asia's premier national parks. I only hoped that the means did not end up trumping the objective. What appealed most about Chitwan was that here, unlike almost all other national parks in Asia, they still allow visitors to enter the park on foot, giving anyone who wishes to do so the opportunity of having a close encounter with some potentially very dangerous creatures. We wished ... read more

Going wild in Chitwan National Park

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan October 22nd 2010

Riding on an elephant in the jungle

Serpil does it alone

So I haven't written a blog entry in quite a while as I've been having such a great time, and there hasn't been that much internet access available, but I am back! Back in Chitwan to be precise! I arrived in Chitwan from Pokara and the bus finally pulled up, in the middle of nowhere and here I was. We were basically in the middle of a big field, and there were a million touts and jeeps and men shouting and reps and it was all a bit too chaotic. Especially as I had just spent two days unfolding and calming my mind in a meditation and yoga retreat. Anyway, I sort of somehow found my self on a jeep. I was meant to be meeting Lizzie, this lovley English girl I had met in Pokara ... read more

A short walk to the park.

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan October 21st 2010

Hattibang

scottandanny

I have been looking forward to visiting Chitwan National Park from about the time the moment this trip was conceived. I have been excited about the prospect of walking there for about two months; ever since I discovered it was possible. The reason that this walk appealed so much was that it seemed, on paper, to meet all of our trekking requirements. Because we are travelling as a couple we have to compromise occasionally on our activities, so instead of a twenty day marathon over high passes, we opted instead for a shorter trek through the Mahabharat range that, in a country possessing several of the worlds highest mountains, constitute mere hills. It was not just the trek's lack of difficulty and altitude that appealed, but also the fact that it would lead us well away ... read more

Chitwan jungle feeling

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan October 18th 2010

arpivera

ket napja meg 4000 meter folott, huvos, kopar sivatagos, ugyanakkor gyonyoru Tibeti fennsikon furikaztunk, tegnap megaludtunk Kathmanduban, ma pedig lefurikaztunk a Chitwan Nemzeti Parkba, ahol jo meleg van, sok-sok allat es dogleszto paratartalomm. szakallfelesegtol gyorsan megszabaditott a helyi borbely, kicsit ramenos arc volt, de a hajvagast es a masszazst megusztam, hihi. holnap utan reggelig itt vagyunk: http://www.junglesafarilodge.com elmenyek es fotok coming soon...... read more

Easy Dahl Baat in 3 hours: Cooking with Tharu tribal women

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan October 1st 2010

KimandMikeinNepal

An unexpected but priceless experience. Mike and I decided to take up the offer to spend the evening in a Tharu Village and cook with the women. The Tharu are a primitive tribe living close to Chitwan. Walking through their villages is indescribable…..I felt like we landed in the middle of Princess Buttercup’s farm in Princess Bride. We were picked up at our lodge by an ox cart, driven by 2 oxen. We arrived in the village around 4:30, met the Tharu women and started cooking. All of this done with NO English, just hand signals and a lot of laughing from them. They don’t even speak Nepali - their language is a Tharu tribal language. The dish we prepared was traditional Dahl Baat, a combination of rice, lentils, tomatoes, potatoes and onion which they eat ... read more

Chitwan National Park: crocs, rhinos and elephants

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan September 30th 2010

Elephant Cutie!

KimandMikeinNepal

Namaste from Chitwan National Park! We took a 20 minute flight from Kathmandu Airport here to Chitwan yesterday. Up and down basically. But we flew over green, green hills that looked like the Jolly Green Giant should be living there. Or perhaps the family from the Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing commercials in the 70's. Things are quite warm here - we went from hot and muggy to HOTTER and MUGGIER - I don't think I have every felt this humid outside of an actual sauna. But our choice of hotel, I'm happy to say, was right on. Sapana Village Lodge, a Dutch guest house located right outside Chitwan Park in town of Sahaura. Charming guesthouses and great food. Elephants, goats, water buffalo and cows walking around. Quite a different experience than Kathmandu - the indiginous ... read more

Day 41-42 Lumbini to Chitwan

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan August 19th 2010

Elephant Safari 1

AJ amandajane

Day 41 Lumbini to Chitwan (Fri 13th Aug) Up this morning but not in too much hurry. Only a few hours on the coach today and we were in Chitwan before midday. Considering all our recent journeys, we were a bit nonplussed at how short it was. We were all waiting for the catch... The ‘resort’ we are staying at is a bit out of town, but still in walking distance and quite beautiful. Lots of green here! The rooms are quite spacious and at last we have flyscreens on the windows!! A big relief since with no air conditioning it does get hot. The fans work though, even if we have been warned the power goes off for a couple hours each evening. We all decided to go for a walk since we had so ... read more

Sauraha Chitwan National Park

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan June 3rd 2010

Waiting to Hop in our Elephant

Sameera

I, my 3 year old daughter Sana and hubby Rajesh along with bro-in-law & his 3 year old son Subid planned a trip to Sauraha, Nepal’s famous Chitwan jungle safari on 8th April 2010. We reached Sauraha late evening almost dark say 9ish. My husband and his brothers had already booked in a hotel, but we got lost for a while. Gosh the roads were dreadful and it was dark and a long long road only to realise it was almost 3 km away from nearest town. Since it was late nite, we missed the scenery of the Chitwan Lake ,but there was so much excitement of sitting on the elephant and touring the jungle. The happiness and excitement in my daughter’s eyes, she been waiting for this day ever since we planned our trip 2 ... read more

Chitwan National Park - Jungle Island Resort

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan May 20th 2010

Asian Rhino

Guy and Liffy

Olifont Fun Leaving GP in the capable hands of Rosie and Claire, Guy, Ling, Annie and myself headed off to the national park in search of the famed Nepali Tiger...................and anything else we might find lurking in the bushes. We stayed inside the park in a pair of delightful cottages (Barbet 1 & 2) set on an island in the middle of the glacial fed river, accessible only by small canoe, and aptly named "Island Jungle Resort" Meals were laid on canteen style, and tea and coffee flowed freely, so we were able to relax thoroughly in between nature walks, elephant rides and canoe trips. We were amongst just a handful of other tourists, in our jungle hideaway, most notably young Daisy and her parents who entertained and delighted us on many little adventures together. They ... read more

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