Chitwan National Park

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 !!

A real life Croc !!

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

Look out !!

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

Sunset at Royal Chitwan National Park

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....

Wild elephant

written by

jonnik on January 1, 2008 from Sauraha, Nepal

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

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