After arrival at Nepalgunj Domestic Airport, the hotel representative will pick you up and lead you to the hotel; where hotel staff will welcome you with refreshing fruit drinks and then escorted to your rooms. Taking some rest and refreshment, our tour operator.guide will give you a short briefing of todays and upcoming programs.
After taking some rest from Lunch, we start our wildlife safari in Bardia National Park. Initially, we go on a cultural tour around Tharu villages and museums; and explore new things about them and their culture. Then, we visit Crocodile Breeding centers and finally viewing the sunsets from the Karnali or Babai river. We have dinner at Bardia Jungle Resort with a cultural program of Tharu community people.
Time Schedule for Day 1;
Departure to Nepalgunj by domestic airlines
1.00 P.M: Arrival at Bardia Jungle Resort & Welcome drinks and Program Briefing
2.00 P.M: Lunch and Rest
4.00 P.M: Visit Local Tharu Village, Elephant stable, Riverside sunset view
7.00 P.M: Dinner
8.00 P.M: Enjoyable Local Culture program
The next day kicks off with wakeup calls along with refreshing tea/coffee. After getting refreshed, you go on Elephant Jungle Safari Tour where you can view rare animals and birds. You can also Bardia National park Jeep Safari tour that takes you deep part of the forest where you see less visible animals and birds.
This national park is home to above 100 species of birds, therefore, making it a perfect spot of birds watching. Here you can encounter Bengal florican, white-rumped vulture, peafowl, grey-crowned prinia, jungle Prinia, Pale-footed bush warbler, aberrant bush warbler, striated grassbird, and many more birds species. For walkers, there is a nature walk tour that takes you among the forest wildlife ecosystem.
Take a canoe ride on the Karnali river and have a lifetime glimpse of Gangetic Dolphins and gharials lying on the sand.
Time Schedules for Day 2;
05.30 A.M: Wake- up call followed by tea/coffee.
06:00 A.M: Bird Watching
07.00 A.M: Breakfast
07:30 A.M: Dugout canoe trip
08:30 A.M: Visit the elephant breeding farm/ Swimming & elephant bath
09:30 A.M: Enjoy an ox-cart ride or a jeep drive back to the resort
11:00 A.M: Elephant ride / Nature walk / Visit the observation tower
01:00 P.M- Lunch
02:30 P.M: Tiger & one-horned rhino hunting tour
07:30 P.M- Dinner
This is the last day for Bardia Wildlife Tour before leaving you can have elephant safari and birds watching and nature walk.
Time Schedule for Day 3;
05:30 A.M- Wakeup call, Tea & Coffee
06:00 A.M- Bird watching tour
08:00 A.M- Breakfast and return back to Kathmandu