Bardiya
Pristine jungle, Bengal tigers and the authentic wildlife of the west
Bardiya is home to Bardiya National Park, Nepal's largest national park in the Terai and one of its least-visited major wildlife destinations.
The park shelters a resident Bengal tiger population, wild elephants and endangered Gangetic river dolphins in the Karnali and Babai rivers, with far fewer visitors than Chitwan.
Bardiya offers a genuinely wild, less-commercialised safari experience for travellers willing to venture further west than Nepal's more established parks.
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People & Culture
Bardiya is home to a large Tharu population, whose forest-based traditions, longhouses and stick dances predate the national park's establishment. Tharu-run homestays and community forestry programmes around the park have given local communities a direct stake in conservation, an approach credited with helping the park's tiger and rhino populations recover in recent decades.
Activities
Things to Do
Take a wildlife safari through Bardiya National Park
Spot Gangetic river dolphins in the Karnali and Babai rivers
Experience Tharu village culture and community homestays
Visit Bardiya National Park, nepal's largest Terai national park, home to its second-largest tiger population
Visit Khairapur Blackbuck Conservation Area, sanctuary for blackbuck antelope, around 40km southeast of Bardiya National Park
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Best Time to Visit
October, November, February, March
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