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Chitwan National Park

Sauraha, Nepal


After Pokhara we headed south for a few days at Chitwan National Park - we hoped to see some wildlife. We stayed in the Traveler's Jungle Camp, which had been recommended to us by a fellow traveler, in a place called Sauraha just outside the park itself. Chitwan is located south of Pokhara and at a lower altitude and the weather was boiling !!! We went on an early morning canoe ride down the Rapti River, which was good, and saw some real life crocs !!

After the canoe ride we took a jungle trek through the National Park but didn't see any tigers or rhinos, in fact it all felt a bit contrived. We saw some funny baby elephants at the breeding centre. Later that day we helped to bathe some more elephants

There wasn't a great deal to do at night here apart from chill out with a cold beer and watch the glorious sunsets.

The highlight of our time here though was getting to see a wild bull elephant who would emerge from the park each evening and head into town to do the wild thing with a female elephant who was based at one of the lodges. He was cool....



permalink written by  jonnik on January 1, 2008 from Sauraha, Nepal
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