Bardia National Park
Royal Bardiya National Park is situated in the mid-Far Western Terai, east of the Karnali River. The area of this National Park is 968 sq. km. The National Park has established in 1976 and further extended in1984.
The park is the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in the Terrain. About 70% of the park is covered with dominantly Saal forest with the balance a mixture of grassland, savanna and riverine forest. The park provides excellent habitat for endangered animals like the rhinoceros, wild elephant, tiger, swamp deer, black buck, gharial crocodile, marsh mugger crocodile and Gangetic dolphin. Endangered birds include the Bengal florican, lesser florican, silver-eared mesia and Sarus crane. More than 30 different mammals, over 200 species of birds, and many snakes, lizards and fish have been recorded in the park's forest, grassland and river habitats. A good number of resident and migratory birds are found in the park
The park is the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in the Terrain. About 70% of the park is covered with dominantly Saal forest with the balance a mixture of grassland, savanna and riverine forest. The park provides excellent habitat for endangered animals like the rhinoceros, wild elephant, tiger, swamp deer, black buck, gharial crocodile, marsh mugger crocodile and Gangetic dolphin. Endangered birds include the Bengal florican, lesser florican, silver-eared mesia and Sarus crane. More than 30 different mammals, over 200 species of birds, and many snakes, lizards and fish have been recorded in the park's forest, grassland and river habitats. A good number of resident and migratory birds are found in the park